No offense, but the board is not DOA - to return it as such would be stealing. This kind of behaviour makes prices higher for the rest of us. You made a legitmate mistake, they may or may not refund your money. If they don't, expensive lesson learned.
The only problem I have with the Audigy is that it is set to record at 48,000hz. That means whenever you have completed a tune, you have to convert it to 44,1-- to burn it to CD. You lose a little in the process, but it might be just fine. One great thing about the audigy is the Soundfont...
If he is really serious about it here is what I would do for someone starting out:
Sound Card: Midiman Audiophile
Mixer: Mackie 1604 VLZ Pro
Mic: Shure SM57 or Shure SM58
Speakers: Low end Monitir speakers if he wants to do some good mixing - search under "powered studio monitors"
Audio Apps...
Actually, any type of consumer grade speaker is not going to be that good for recording, BOSE or not. To get good results while mixing you need a set of good reference monitors. All consumer speakers colour sound in some way, true reference monitors will spit out true sound, which is handy when...
I have been recording for several years now, here is what I use and it works well:
PC - Get the fastest he can afford
Sound1: I use a Delta 44 (4ins & 4 outs) for recording audio - all depends on how many inputs you need
Sound2: SoundBlaster Audigy OEM - I use it for MIDI only works fine, plus...
I'd stay away from the Audigy - with the ASIO drivers, it keeps you locked at 48Hz. If you don't mind converting your finished products to 44.1, it may be allright. I know there are some audio apps that you can't use anything but 44.1, so the Audigy would be useless there. The Audiophile may...
Thank you - how do I do that? - connect to a molex connector that has nothing else on it? It was originally hooked up to the MB, I then moved to a molex connector
For some reason, the fan on my Chrome Orb, requires a "boost" to get going after switching cases. It won't start up unless I take a pen or something and move it a little first. Any ideas?
I hope they don't use that same old sell with the Audigy Cards "your future is protected" - three years later im still waiting. The only way to get anything more out of my Live is to sell it and buy an Audigy - future proof? yea, right
I wouldn't do that unless you want to smoke your Live! - I have seen reports somewhere (big help) that an IDE cable will work with some minor modifications. I've also read of people hooking up a standard IDE cable and frying their Live!.
Well, it all depends on your budget :)
The Live! isn't a bad card for recording if you plan to use MIDI at all, the Soundfont support is great and you can download them everywhere. The only problem with the Live! is that it processes everything at 48,000 as opposed to 44,100 which is CD...
The "old" Live is based on the exact same chip - the EMU10K1 orginally developed by EMU for their APS line of cards. It is an amazing chip that, for some reason, Creative does not know how to use. The only reason I keep my Live Platinum (alongside my Delta 44) is for SoundFont support...
The integrated sound looks promising, but I'll still keep my Live! for SoundFont support. DLS just doesn't compare to SoundFonts yet, maybe in version 3.
I have the same DVD drive. The only CD's it reads are CD-RW. I've tried countless CDR's with no lucks. I am now using Maxell CD-RW & they work great. A great place for info on your DVD player is vcdhelp.com
In an effort to lighten the load of the ever asked sound card questions, try these links first:
Poll: Which Soundcard
For Gaming.......Which Soundcard
Best Soundcard With Digital Out for under $50
Who Makes the Best Overall Sound Card?
Santa Cruz/SMP Capable Sound Cards
Hercules Game Theatre...
3com home connect has the best picture - i had one. I now have the Creative Labs Web Cam Go Plus. The picture is nowhere near the 3com, but you can use it as a standalone camera to take average looking pictures.
I've done some recordings in Cubase at 44 & 96 and there is a difference. Only problem is that it takes one heck of a computer to keep up recording multiple tracks at 24/96. Most pro studios record at 24/44 anyway. If your stuff is going to a mastering house they will be able to handle it at...
Its usually better to install one component at a time. i.e. install Motherboard, CPU, RAM & Videocard, boot, make sure it works and then move on. I've made the same mistake of hooking everything up and then having the computer not boot and spending a couple of hours find out my video card...
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