Best soundcard for Ableton Live?

stegi · Post by **stegi** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:47 pm

motu traveler for me

Willem · Post by **Willem** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:36 pm

mackie onyx 1220 firewire running with no probs for a year in here

ikke · Post by **ikke** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:50 pm

no firewire for me

quandry · Post by **quandry** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:51 pm

pcmcia to firewire adapter maybe?

SubQ · Post by **SubQ** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:57 pm

i guess he's on a desktop.

quandry · Post by **quandry** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:04 pm

SubQ wrote:i guess he's on a desktop.

pci firewire cards are dirt cheap

ikke · Post by **ikke** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:40 pm

i use a windows desptop machine and i dont like a firewire connection (its good for video transfer but i dont like it for audio connections...maybe mfor mac its another case?)

SubFunk · Post by **SubFunk** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:40 pm

tomperson · Post by **tomperson** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:35 pm

Firewire works perfectly, I'm on PC, and have no problems whatsoever with it, and I'm not alone on this one.

I don't have an RME card, but as they have said, I haven`t ever heard of a bad comment about them.

AND DON'T GET ANYTHING WITH PCMCIA!!! DON'T!!! PCMCIA is bound to change for express card.

quandry · Post by **quandry** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:14 pm

ikke wrote:i use a windows desptop machine and i dont like a firewire connection (its good for video transfer but i dont like it for audio connections...maybe mfor mac its another case?)

not sure if you've had bad experience, but firewire is a solid and tested solution for audio soundcards like RME's fireface 400 and 800. As far as I know, there is no difference between firewire implementation on macs and pcs other than the manufacturer of your firewire chipset (texas instruments is top choice for pcs). Other than that, they should work in exactly the same way, and with a solid interface like a fireface, you are good to go. If you are going to drop big bucks, it would be wisest to get something that will last for years and suit your needs next time you get a new computer. Firewire is probably the smartes choice at this point, since the interface can work easily on a desktop or laptop, mac or pc, with no extra adapters/cards to buy.

ikke · Post by **ikke** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:48 pm

so youre saying pci is getting replaced by a new form of pci in the near future? i dont keep track of pc/mac hardware development..

but i know G5 has a new pci connection and i think the new pc 64 bitters as well?

quandry · Post by **quandry** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:20 pm

ikke wrote:so youre saying pci is getting replaced by a new form of pci in the near future? i dont keep track of pc/mac hardware development.. but i know G5 has a new pci connection and i think the new pc 64 bitters as well?

desktops have pci slots on the back--as far as I know, nothing has changed with these, and there's no plan to phase them out.

laptops on both mac and pc platforms don't have pci slots, they have pcmcia slots which are roughly equivalent in speed to pci, but much smaller. New macbook laptops don't have pcmcia slots, they have express card slots. Also, many new pc laptops don't have pcmcia cards either. While there is word that some manufacturers are working on adapters to let people with pcmcia products (like my RME multiface) use express card slots, but as far as I know none exist. The word on the street is that pcmcia will be phased out on all new laptops in 3 or so years. So buying a pcmcia audio interface at this point isn't nearly as wise as buying a firewire one, especially since firewire works on a desktop or laptop.

ikke · Post by **ikke** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:15 am

yes yes that i know i just thought they were gonna phaze out pci as you made it sound like that

thanks for the help

ze2be · Post by **ze2be** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:26 am

Willem wrote:mackie onyx 1220 firewire running with no probs for a year in here

Mackie onyx rocks! Got the 16 chanel version. Exelent quality, exelent preamps and eqs. Perfect for live giging, if you got hardware instruments and mics. if not, go RME.

ONyx has 16 inputs, firewire! 24bit/196khz.

ze2be · Post by **ze2be** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:30 am

ikke wrote:i use a windows desptop machine and i dont like a firewire connection (its good for video transfer but i dont like it for audio connections...maybe mfor mac its another case?)

woot? Firewire is much more data stable trancefer then usb! pc here.