soundcard

davidnsibs · Jan 14, 2005, 12:08 PM

Hiya guys,

Right, I'm not very up on pc audio, I've had my nforce2 board for nearly 2 years and always been happy with soundstorm. However, I play guitar/keyboard and would like to do a bit of recording, multi-layers, so I can start to put a few tracks together. Can you give me some ideas of which soundcards would be good for this purpose (perhaps that would include software too), as well as being good for games as I do play most of the big fps games (farcry, maxpayne1+2, cod etc). I'm not particularly bothered about 5.1 or 7.1 or anything like that as I have 2 speakers of reasonable quality and I'm not too interested in anything more. Cheers in advance

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ps. I use overclockers.co.uk mostly so something off there'd be cool!
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal..._Cards_11.html

**dj_stick** · Jan 14, 2005, 01:15 PM

a soundblaster audigy 2 zs, or audigy 2 value should fit your needs

davidnsibs · Jan 14, 2005, 02:14 PM

yeah, that was what I was thinking, my housemate's got an original audigy pro which seems pretty good so I thought the audigy 2's would be a good choice, only thing is I've seen a lot of rumours about the drivers not being too great, but I'll probably give it a shot, they seem pretty well priced too

Samir · Jan 14, 2005, 03:01 PM

Well, there are kX drivers, they are MUCH better if you want to make some music...
See www.kxproject.com.

Good luck!

davidnsibs · Jan 16, 2005, 07:07 PM

right. ive ordered my new audigy 2 zs, cant wait to have a play around with it now! i can try the proper drivers, the audigy 4s and these kx ones. and eax 4, think ill be trying out colin mcrae rally with it. cheers

**dj_stick** · Jan 17, 2005, 12:21 AM

if you mainly play games, don't bother with kX - it doesn't support eax

davidnsibs · Jan 20, 2005, 12:45 AM

well it arrived yesterday and im very pleased. im using a prog called audacity to record my guitar and it sounds great, ive not looked into the creative software much yet, doubt therell be anything incredible, but its cool that i can record acoustic + electric separately on different tracks and next im gonna try my digital piano, hopefully will start getting entire tracks laid .. now i need only to find a good drummer or a drum machine that sounds lifelike. ive tried drumsite 1.1, its a free trial, and it seems pretty good, but not like the real thing

**dj_stick** · Jan 20, 2005, 01:04 AM

try searching the net for free samplers (i know that the Computer Music magazine comes with one that is quite decent) and some good samples. In the kX Soundfonts forum there are links to various Soundfont sites - you might find a decent drumkit there

davidnsibs · Jan 20, 2005, 12:31 PM

cheers - thanks for your help

eleterno1 · Jan 21, 2005, 04:08 AM

if you want a good soundcard for recording, get de audiotrack or terratec, soundblaster is for people that wants to do both (games and music), but in recording, terratec and audio track are more advance, but i guess the creative audigy 4 pro is better, but i don't have one yet.

eleterno1 · Jan 21, 2005, 04:13 AM

thanks to bush we are paying mre money for soundcard and video card jeje, look, a soundcard from creative(audigy)44euros, while here in the u.s we have to pay 99$. mmmm.

good luck in choosing a soundcard.

Jan 14, 2005, 12:08 PM	#1
davidnsibs 9500pro Forever Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 273 Rep Power: 0	soundcard Hiya guys, Right, I'm not very up on pc audio, I've had my nforce2 board for nearly 2 years and always been happy with soundstorm. However, I play guitar/keyboard and would like to do a bit of recording, multi-layers, so I can start to put a few tracks together. Can you give me some ideas of which soundcards would be good for this purpose (perhaps that would include software too), as well as being good for games as I do play most of the big fps games (farcry, maxpayne1+2, cod etc). I'm not particularly bothered about 5.1 or 7.1 or anything like that as I have 2 speakers of reasonable quality and I'm not too interested in anything more. Cheers in advance . ps. I use overclockers.co.uk mostly so something off there'd be cool! http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal..._Cards_11.html __________________ Goodbye 9500pro, you've been a faithful servant through Half life, Deus Ex, Unreal 2, Max Payne 1+2, Nolf 1+2, CoD, Far Cry, Civ IV, F.E.A.R and many more

Jan 14, 2005, 02:14 PM	Thread Starter #3
davidnsibs 9500pro Forever Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 273 Rep Power: 0	yeah, that was what I was thinking, my housemate's got an original audigy pro which seems pretty good so I thought the audigy 2's would be a good choice, only thing is I've seen a lot of rumours about the drivers not being too great, but I'll probably give it a shot, they seem pretty well priced too __________________ Goodbye 9500pro, you've been a faithful servant through Half life, Deus Ex, Unreal 2, Max Payne 1+2, Nolf 1+2, CoD, Far Cry, Civ IV, F.E.A.R and many more

Jan 14, 2005, 03:01 PM	#4
Samir kX Lover Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 520 Rep Power: 0	Well, there are kX drivers, they are MUCH better if you want to make some music... See www.kxproject.com. Good luck! __________________ MU3NKA 3A HAPO6!

Jan 16, 2005, 07:07 PM	Thread Starter #5
davidnsibs 9500pro Forever Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 273 Rep Power: 0	right. ive ordered my new audigy 2 zs, cant wait to have a play around with it now! i can try the proper drivers, the audigy 4s and these kx ones. and eax 4, think ill be trying out colin mcrae rally with it. cheers __________________ Goodbye 9500pro, you've been a faithful servant through Half life, Deus Ex, Unreal 2, Max Payne 1+2, Nolf 1+2, CoD, Far Cry, Civ IV, F.E.A.R and many more

Jan 20, 2005, 12:45 AM	Thread Starter #7
davidnsibs 9500pro Forever Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 273 Rep Power: 0	well it arrived yesterday and im very pleased. im using a prog called audacity to record my guitar and it sounds great, ive not looked into the creative software much yet, doubt therell be anything incredible, but its cool that i can record acoustic + electric separately on different tracks and next im gonna try my digital piano, hopefully will start getting entire tracks laid .. now i need only to find a good drummer or a drum machine that sounds lifelike. ive tried drumsite 1.1, its a free trial, and it seems pretty good, but not like the real thing __________________ Goodbye 9500pro, you've been a faithful servant through Half life, Deus Ex, Unreal 2, Max Payne 1+2, Nolf 1+2, CoD, Far Cry, Civ IV, F.E.A.R and many more

Jan 20, 2005, 12:31 PM	Thread Starter #9
davidnsibs 9500pro Forever Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 273 Rep Power: 0	cheers - thanks for your help __________________ Goodbye 9500pro, you've been a faithful servant through Half life, Deus Ex, Unreal 2, Max Payne 1+2, Nolf 1+2, CoD, Far Cry, Civ IV, F.E.A.R and many more

Jan 21, 2005, 04:08 AM	#10
eleterno1 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 44 Rep Power: 0	if you want a good soundcard for recording, get de audiotrack or terratec, soundblaster is for people that wants to do both (games and music), but in recording, terratec and audio track are more advance, but i guess the creative audigy 4 pro is better, but i don't have one yet.

Jan 21, 2005, 04:13 AM	#11
eleterno1 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 44 Rep Power: 0	thanks to bush we are paying mre money for soundcard and video card jeje, look, a soundcard from creative(audigy)44euros, while here in the u.s we have to pay 99$. mmmm. good luck in choosing a soundcard.