multi-channel soundcard- can someone give me some advice?

[Scott]

hi,
i am buying a new PC (2.2GHz Athlon, 256MB RAM, 80GB HDD) and I was
hoping to purchase a multi-channel soundcard for recording my band.

We will be looking to record using Nuendo and will want to do live
drums, and maybe even record the full band (2 guitar, bass, drums, 1
vocal) live so I was thinking 10 inputs would be enough (correct me if
I'm wrong!).

I really dont know what to get so some advice would be much
appreciated! Do I need to get one with a preamp? My options so far are
the M-Audio Delta 1010, St Sudio DSP2000, Marian Adcon all of which I
can get for just over £300 which is my ball park price range.

Thanks!!
Scott

[Mondoslug1]

Anthony Gosnell wrote:


>"Scott" >
>> I really dont know what to get so some advice would be much
>> appreciated! Do I need to get one with a preamp? My options so far are
>> the M-Audio Delta 1010, St Sudio DSP2000, Marian Adcon all of which I
>> can get for just over £300 which is my ball park price range.
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>I have also been researching a new soundcard in the same price range. I have
>not investigated the Marian Adcon but looked at the STaudio DSP2000c-port
>and the M-Audio Delta 1010lt.
>These both seem to have very similar specs.
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>For the STaudio I know of someone who has had one since the begining of the
>year and who later bought another one so that he can record twice the number
>of tracks. He is very happy.
>I also found someone who was unhappy as it was noisy. He didn't make any
>measurements but just said that it was much noisier than his Digi card.


Yeah that was me. I seem to be the only one though. Haven't heard the Aardvark
Q10 but I think that has a bunch of pres & seems to get decent reviews.


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>For the M-audio I could not find anyone who had actually used the
>Delta1010lt. Many people vouch for the Delta 1010 which is more expensive
>and which has better specs.
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>I chose the STaudio because it has an extra MIDI output and a breakout box
>with 1/4 inch connectors. I am still waiting for delivery.
>The M-audio Delta 1010lt is the same price but only has a breakout cable
>with rca connectors.
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>To record a live band you will need a mic preamp for each microphone you
>plan to use so you will need plenty. Both of these cards have two mic pre's
>so you would need a whole lot more to record a full band. You can use the
>pre-amps on a mixer or buy better quality dedicated pre-amps.
>If you do not already have a mixer you might consider buying a more
>expensive card with builtin pre-amps such as the STaudio M-port which has 8
>pre-amps and better quality AD convertors. It is a lot more expensive but
>will save you the cost of a mixer.
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>The other thing to remember is that all of the above cards have 8 analog
>inputs and 2 digital Spdif inputs. So if you want to record 10 channels
>simultaneously you will need an external convertor of some sort to give you
>the extra two channels as Spdif.
>
>--
>Anthony Gosnell
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