Placing my tongue on the GR meter to taste the gain reduction I some how improved my skills.
Placing my tongue on the GR meter to taste the gain reduction I some how improved my skills.
Placing my tongue on the GR meter to taste the gain reduction I some how improved my skills.
Placing my tongue on the GR meter to taste the gain reduction I some how improved my skills.
itroitnyah wrote:Just the thread I've been waiting for to return.
the4thImpulse wrote:itroitnyah wrote:Just the thread I've been waiting for to return.
Those don't run off of USB, they are 'hardwired' into the computer which will provide the potential to handle many more tracks at lower latencies and with higher sample rates. USB is much easier to operate, especially when you don't need all the I/Os, you can get great sound from them. These PCI cards are the real deal for someone who needs what they offer. They will hook up directly to various preamp's and I/Os which is where you will find the typical plug in points for microphones and other gear. (I know my computer lingo is somewhat wrong, forgive me).
Placing my tongue on the GR meter to taste the gain reduction I some how improved my skills.
itroitnyah wrote:...So essentially it just gives 0 or almost zero latency on recordings and can handle more tracks...
In comparison, an audio interface will get more latency and still run plenty of tracks. I'm not even sure why you would need 400 tracks. I'm not even sure what that means, really. Like, is it the number of tracks on the virtual mixer that the soundcard can handle? That type of thing?
So in reality, since I don't plan on recording much more than vocals, and I don't think that having a bit of latency will make vocal recordings sound much less quality than zero, so I guess it'd just be a better use of money for me to get a $300 audio interface
Placing my tongue on the GR meter to taste the gain reduction I some how improved my skills.
itroitnyah wrote:...So essentially it just gives 0 or almost zero latency on recordings and can handle more tracks...
In comparison, an audio interface will get more latency and still run plenty of tracks. I'm not even sure why you would need 400 tracks. I'm not even sure what that means, really. Like, is it the number of tracks on the virtual mixer that the soundcard can handle? That type of thing?
So in reality, since I don't plan on recording much more than vocals, and I don't think that having a bit of latency will make vocal recordings sound much less quality than zero, so I guess it'd just be a better use of money for me to get a $300 audio interface
itroitnyah wrote:...So essentially it just gives 0 or almost zero latency on recordings and can handle more tracks...
In comparison, an audio interface will get more latency and still run plenty of tracks. I'm not even sure why you would need 400 tracks. I'm not even sure what that means, really. Like, is it the number of tracks on the virtual mixer that the soundcard can handle? That type of thing?
So in reality, since I don't plan on recording much more than vocals, and I don't think that having a bit of latency will make vocal recordings sound much less quality than zero, so I guess it'd just be a better use of money for me to get a $300 audio interface
Well that depends on the type of "Professional". A professional mixing and mastering engineer probably doesn't need a soundcard that can connect a dozen microphones. Since I won't be recording with dozens of microphones at once a regular audio interface will be fine for me. 4th's post goes into better detail on this.You missed the last seneptence where I said about these are for professional use
Well I guess that if I ever decide to go into orchestral (which I may, it's an interesting genre that I may decide to try at one point in time) I may have to consider getting an internal soundcard depending on how many tracks I find myself using. That still doesn't answer my question about tracks though.That citric fruit guy wrote:some orchestral stuff
Yeah, I'm just going to be sticking with an audio interface instead of a soundcard, then.4th wrote:It offers more analog inputs and outputs, higher sample rates (192 Kbps) and lower latency.
If you want to record a vocal for a song, you do not need it, if you want to record an entire band's bed tracking you could desire 20+ tracks for microphones and all direct inputs from instruments and amplifiers and room microphones. If out out want to record a full sized orchestra you would want 100+ inputs so you can record each instrument, each instrument section, and the whole room in various positions all at once.
It's the most professional option out there but it's unnecessary for someone like you or me, interfaces can provide the same quality in sound, just less tracks.
itroitnyah wrote:What exactly is a "track"? There are so many meanings for the word, I don't know which one you guys are referring to. Do you mean track as in the tracks on the sequencer? The virtual mixer? The playlist?
This is exactly what I want defined. This tells me nothing. The tracks on the sequencer? Virtual mixer? the virtual tracks where???CitricAcid wrote:virtual instrument tracks can have an impact as well.
itroitnyah wrote:This is exactly what I want defined. This tells me nothing. The tracks on the sequencer? Virtual mixer? the virtual tracks where???CitricAcid wrote:virtual instrument tracks can have an impact as well.
So in this case that we're talking about, it's the audio samples and vsts and such. Well, I don't think I've used anywhere near 64 tracks (which is half of what most audio interfaces are said to handle, I think), so I don't see why I would ever run into this problem. Of course, people doing live orchestral performance recording would, obviously. But that's not me. So I have nothing to worry about *Sits back in chair and lets out a satisfying sigh*the4thImpulse wrote:I hope this helps clear the picture, I don't know everything about how the computer handles all of it so all I can give are the basics (which are often good enough).
itroitnyah wrote:So in this case that we're talking about, it's the audio samples and vsts and such. Well, I don't think I've used anywhere near 64 tracks (which is half of what most audio interfaces are said to handle, I think), so I don't see why I would ever run into this problem. Of course, people doing live orchestral performance recording would, obviously. But that's not me. So I have nothing to worry about *Sits back in chair and lets out a satisfying sigh*the4thImpulse wrote:I hope this helps clear the picture, I don't know everything about how the computer handles all of it so all I can give are the basics (which are often good enough).
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