Anybody using USB sound to play sims? I'm in need of a new audio adapter
and I saw some good deals on external USB units. I would like to know if it
sounds good with games and if there is a performance hit vs. something like
an Audigy 2.
Then I tried an Audigy PCI card which also provided connections to a front
panel that mounts in a drive bay, and It works beautifully. The front panel
is nice because it has mic/line inputs and level control knob, headphone
jack, Midi in/out, firewire input, RCA type input jacks, optical in & out,
and SPDIF in & out. It also has an infra-red remote control device.
In a nutshell, I find this to be a fine unit which allows me to record
digital audio (several guitars, drums, keyboards, and anything else I want
to throw in there) in Cakewalk "Sonar" with perfect results. I highly
recommend it. Hope that helps.
Brian
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You must have a standard card without the front panel. In that case, you
need to purchase an adaptor at radio shack which will convert your 1/4"
instrument plug down to 1/8".
You have at least two 1/8" input jacks on your card. One is called "Line In"
and one is called "Mic In". If you are just plugging a guitar into the card,
you need to use "Mic In" because this input is much more sensitive than
"Line In" and a guitar signal is extremely weak. For the best
signal-to-noise ratio, you would plug into a pre-amp first, then into the
"Line In" input. Line In is for strong signals (usually instruments that are
pre-amped) and Mic In is for weak signals (like microphones and guitars).
The Mic In on most sound cards is considerably noisier than the Line In.
If you have any more specific questions I'll be happy to help. You can ask
here or you can e-mail me directly.
Hope I'm not confusing you!
Brian
> >In a nutshell, I find this to be a fine unit which allows me to record
> >digital audio (several guitars, drums, keyboards, and anything else I
want
> >to throw in there) in Cakewalk "Sonar" with perfect results. I highly
> >recommend it. Hope that helps.
> How did you connect your instruments to the computer? I have an Audigy in
a
> second system, and have been unable to get it to record anything... :-(
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They released a beta driver in June that was set to expire in August. Rather than release a final version before Aug they just let everyone foolish enough to use this driver time out. Worst part was you couldnt re-install the origianl drivers or remove the beta driver. I ended up having to miss a RASCAR race because I was re-installing XP the morning of the expiration. Since then there was an official release that has worked well but getting here was HELL.
Mitch
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 10:09:31 -0500
I bought an Audigy 2 Plat. and have been quite happy with it (WinME, 1.3-GHz
Athlon, Logi Z-680; FPSs, flight sims, no driving games, gfx & foto s/w),
altho I haven't used the front panel for any musical instruments; only a
Plantronics headset w. mic for use w. Teamspeak.
> > I tried an Audigy USB 2.0 device, and the latency was abysmally bad.
> > Then I tried an Audigy PCI card which also provided connections to a
front
> > panel that mounts in a drive bay, and It works beautifully. The front
> panel
> > is nice because it has mic/line inputs and level control knob, headphone
> > jack, Midi in/out, firewire input, RCA type input jacks, optical in &
out,
> > and SPDIF in & out. It also has an infra-red remote control device.
> > In a nutshell, I find this to be a fine unit which allows me to record
> > digital audio (several guitars, drums, keyboards, and anything else I
want
> > to throw in there) in Cakewalk "Sonar" with perfect results. I highly
> > recommend it. Hope that helps.
> > Brian
> > I tried an Audigy USB 2.0 device, and the latency was abysmally bad.
> > Then I tried an Audigy PCI card which also provided connections to a
front
> > panel that mounts in a drive bay, and It works beautifully. The front
> panel
> > is nice because it has mic/line inputs and level control knob, headphone
> > jack, Midi in/out, firewire input, RCA type input jacks, optical in &
out,
> > and SPDIF in & out. It also has an infra-red remote control device.
> > In a nutshell, I find this to be a fine unit which allows me to record
> > digital audio (several guitars, drums, keyboards, and anything else I
want
> > to throw in there) in Cakewalk "Sonar" with perfect results. I highly
> > recommend it. Hope that helps.
> > Brian
CL is only seen as good as there are few alternatives. I personally am no
fan of the Audigy 1 but use it since its about the only solution. You just
have to get use to poor drivers, software, lack of support, and the typical
CL pops and crackles.
has about the most***poor software developers in the biz and complete
lack of support. Hey Harvey Fong ..I..
Rather than release a final version before Aug they just let everyone
foolish enough to use this driver time out. Worst part was you couldnt
re-install the origianl drivers or remove the beta driver. I ended up
having to miss a RASCAR race because I was re-installing XP the morning of
the expiration. Since then there was an official release that has worked
well but getting here was HELL.
> Mitch
> On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 10:09:31 -0500
> > On paper the Audigy 2 Platinum Pro is the card I want and I would just
run
> > out and get one if it wasn't for the fact that I have been burned by
> > Creative before. I bought a SB Live about 2 years after it was
introduced.
> > Not once during that entire time do I remember hearing anything bad
about
> > that card. But shortly after I got it I found some things didn't work
> > right, and a little research revealed that the hardware acceleration was
> > actually hardware deceleration and you had to turn it off to get the
card to
> > work properly. Why then did I never hear anything bad about the card
for
> > the preceding 2 years? All the articles and reviews I ever saw on it
swore
> > it was the greatest sound card ever. So I am very leary about getting a
new
> > Creative product. Everybody says the Audigys are great. Hmm, I've
heard
> > that before. Supposedly it has the lowest CPU utilization and I do want
a
> > card with either front panel connectors or a break out box, but I need
to be
> > convinced that there aren't any hidden problems. Are you running games
with
> > full hardware sound and EAX acceleration? Are you running XP? What
games
> > do you run? What type of computer do you have it on (Intel or AMD)?
Not
> > trying to pick at you, I just want to be sure that this card will work
in my
> > setup. Thanks for any info you can give.