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| location | Wellington, New Zealand | |
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| visits | member for | 6 months |
| seen | Feb 16 at 11:03 | |
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Feb 16 |
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Audio Interfaces - Internal versus External (USB) recommendation Well what a saga - it turns out that the Asus ASIO drivers are poorly implemented, so only have an option for a ridiculously low 4-sample buffer in Sibelius. Have returned the Xonar STX for a refund; looks like I'll be getting a Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 after all. Hopefully their 64-bit Windows 7 are up to scratch. |
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Feb 10 |
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Audio Interfaces - Internal versus External (USB) recommendation Thanks - points 2-4 gave the most for me to consider, and after this phenomenon called Christmas I settled on the Xonar STX. Hardware-wise this provided what I need without having too many IO ports that will go unused, and the nice thing is that it's integrated with my PC. I think a sixth reason people go for is ease of connectivity - there seems to be a perception that the mass market won't bother with having their computer opened up and would rather have something they can swap more easily between machines. |
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Feb 10 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Feb 10 |
accepted | Audio Interfaces - Internal versus External (USB) recommendation |
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Nov 21 |
awarded | Editor |
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Nov 21 |
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Audio Interfaces - Internal versus External (USB) recommendation Clarified the factors that influence my decision |
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Nov 21 |
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Audio Interfaces - Internal versus External (USB) recommendation Thanks, that's something for me to consider. At the moment I'm only concerned with the soundcard and having as little latency as possible. In my circumstance, I imagine I'd have my PC audio output (which includes output from Sibelius or Cubase) sent directly to the soundcard (over PCI-e, USB2 or Firewire) and 2 mono / 1 stereo input from my Korg keyboard. As I understand it, I'd be able to control the mixing of these 2 input channels in the soundcard through its software, though once I set up the levels I don't imagine I'd change this too often. |
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Nov 21 |
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Audio Interfaces - Internal versus External (USB) recommendation Thanks for the suggestion - that's another thing to consider. My main dilemma is over internal (PCI-e) vs external (either USB2 or Firewire). I notice that Wikipedia's entry for Firewire mentions having 2 separate buses for data (1 for each direction), while USB uses 1 bidirectional bus. Is this the main hardware implementation you are referring to? |
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Nov 20 |
awarded | Student |
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Nov 20 |
asked | Audio Interfaces - Internal versus External (USB) recommendation |
