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Recommend me a sound card

post #1 of 4
12/29/11 at 12:07pm
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Hi I'm new here so forgive me if I don't post all the relevant information at once. I'm very ignorant when it comes to sound parts for the computer.

 

Basically I'm a music producer looking to upgrade my sound card. I need high quality sound (24bit, 96kHz if poss) with low latency input / output. I would like the card to have inputs for microphones and guitars if possible. I have around £250 ($384 USD) to spend.

 

I play a lot of games so if it has extras for games that is nice but I am really focusing on the audio production side as much as possible.

 

I use Reason and Logic as my software if that makes a difference at all to sound card purchase.

 

 

Thanks very much for reading I look forward to your replies!

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post #2 of 4
12/29/11 at 12:44pm

Well, this complicates things. Proper audio interfaces with lots of inputs are lacking on gaming features, and consumer sound cards with gaming features don't really have a lot of inputs, usually just one or two mic inputs with pre-amps (one of them being for front-panel audio jacks in computer cases that introduce a lot of noise) and a line-in. If you want the best of both worlds, you might actually have to get two devices.

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post #3 of 4
12/29/11 at 12:59pm

Check M-Audio site for one of their USB interfases

 

http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=products.family&ID=USBinterfaces

 

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post #4 of 4
12/30/11 at 6:45pm

This soundcard was reviewed by Steve Guttenburg of the Audiophiliac and is highly regarded as one of the best soundcards.

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