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woodhead	Date: November 27, 2003 @ 6:45 PM I am thinking of buying this sound card any one have any pros and cons on this particular unit. Soundblaster Audigy Platinum eX Sound System
Grimoire	Date: November 28, 2003 @ 4:07 AM the only thing you should check on is the latency. If it's too hi then your music could be off time.
Arthen	Date: November 28, 2003 @ 1:24 PM creative soundcards suck for recording and multitracking stuff. latency is totally fucked. get at least an echo or terratec. or if u have the money...RME.
Thaspian	Date: November 28, 2003 @ 1:56 PM Dear God. Stay AWAY from Creative for recording. Creative makes the best cards for games. Best CPU usage, and best EAX stuff for games. No doubt... but for the rest, it's iffy. Recording especially. Creative is more of a mainstream card, not pro recording. The only card I could even close to recommend from them, is the Audigy 2 ZS. Any Audigy 1 and below is horrible. M-Audio and Terratec are the top choices. Terratec is VERY expensive, and usually has the same or less than M-Audio, as far as features and quality go. The M-Audio Revolution exceeds all the Creatives in recording quality, as of now, and has the _best_ sound quality of any sub $300 soundcard, for $90. For PRO recording, and top notch quality, get the Audiophile by them. It's their premire card, and has the recommend of everyone in the business, and even better quality than the Revolution. http://www.m-audio.net/products/m-audio/audiophile.php For $150, you get a soundcard that is competetive with $400+ ones. Do a bit of searching around the web and on hydrogenaudio.org, they'll say the same. Hope I was of help.
woodhead	Date: November 28, 2003 @ 2:49 PM thanx guys.
GeneHilbert	Date: November 28, 2003 @ 3:38 PM It really depends on your budget, number of in/outs you want/need. I have a M-Audio Delta 66 4in 4out & S/PDIF 24/96 $250. Good sounding middle of the road card but presently it's all I need - but I will someday upgrade. I also have a Creative SB16 I use for midi and some default computer crap, works great for those applications. They are both patched thru a Mackie 1604-VLZ. So only having 4/in/out is not an issue but I will admit more would be nice.
furiousBall	Date: November 28, 2003 @ 6:53 PM i've got an m-audio omnistudio - it's a 66 card with a different break out box basically and a midiman uno for MIDI. i record guitars and my motif through that, been very happy with it.
Thaspian	Date: November 28, 2003 @ 7:04 PM M-Audio rules - even the cheap ones.

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