Hi all! Well, apparently, my old SoundBlaster Live! has bit the big one. Drivers, loaded, effects, loaded, no sound, though. :) This is a modern computer, so nothing connects to the disk drives like for audio from cd roms as in the old days, but, nothing! It worked before, but now, nothing. What do you all recommend about a decent sound card? I record a lot from differing sources, so need something of decent quality. This "real_tech97," is a piece of sh**t, really, sounds like a transistor radio through my audio_file Sony headphones, all highs and no bass hardly at all, and do not want to record over a motherboard installed chip set, under any conditions. So please, flood me with suggestions, and why, etc. I really do need to know! I would prefer a PCI mounted one, though an external USB is not out of the question, as much as why someone would recommend one more than they would a PCI mounted one. Why would an external USB mounted one be preferred, portability, or true audio-file quality? Do sound cards come with R I A A equalization for turntables and cartridges? It might be important, since if I bought, sometime down the line a V15 type 5 and a GOOD turntable, I'd want something that would justify such a good pickup, to be transferred into digital form properly. I don't need "roll off" in the card on the bottom end or top end, just flat response between, probably 10Hz to way above 20000Hz. Those who think that twenty thousand Hz is the top end for music don't know about overtones and double speed recording of sound since I want to be doing, so that when restored to proper octave, no loss at the top end, know what I mean?
Thanks, and come on guys, let your hair down as to why you think you have the best sound card. I truly need to know, and wouldn't you know it? Today or soonest since I have projects and my good old SB_Live! is no longer living. True it had a noise floor of probably no more than minus 65DB, but hey, most of the time, it worked fine and there was no limit on the bass response. I probably want to be able to record at 192000Hz, so keep that in mind if they exist yet. At least I want to be able to record at 88200Hz sampling. Curtis Delzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: callto:curtis1014 W B 6 H E F Fessenden, North Dakota; 58438-7300 Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
