which is the best soundcard for mrsax t and the trumpet ???

pablomarianapablomariana
edited June 2009 in General Questions
hi,i have a fast track pro, my laptop dell 7200 rpm dual core 1,8,2gb ram, but i dont like my soundcard

could anybody recomend something ?????

thanks

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  • zeppusclubzeppusclub
    edited 10:45PM
    hi,



    try this : http://www.echoaudio.com/



    yvan
  • pablomarianapablomariana
    edited 10:45PM
    which one ?
  • NiclasNiclas
    edited 10:45PM
    I certainly don't know, if it's the best interface, but I use the E-MU 1616m and I'm really happy with it. Great converters, greater drivers (fully 64bit compatible, flexible mixing possibilities, multiple applications that use ASIO can run simultaneously ...) and it works wonderfiully with Mr Sax T and The Trumpet (though I think, most interfaces will).



    I use a ECHO Audiofire 12 (thread above) at work for experiments and it's a great(and beautiful) card, too. The drivers arent as good as E-MUs IMO but latencies and sound quality are good. If you need Mic Preamps, you shouldnt buy the Audiofire 12, since it just has 12 Line Inputs. I think, its designed for people, who mostly need many analog inputs or outputs (thats why we bought it at my work). The Audiofire 8 is the better choice if you need Preamps (2). The ECHO cards have some advantages over the E-MU card (eg, 10in/10out simultaneously in 96khz/24bit) and vice versa.

    I think you should first decide what you actually need in a soundcard (whats the problem with your M-Audio card?) and then search for a card that fits your needs. There are plenty of fish in the sea of audio interfaces and most of them will work with the Samplemodeling stuff. just find the one you love ;)
  • pablomarianapablomariana
    edited 10:45PM
    i only use for mr sax t and the trumpet,i dont need mic,and nothing more

    thanks
  • pgillpgill
    edited 10:45PM
    pablomariana wrote: i only use for mr sax t and the trumpet,i dont need mic,and nothing more

    thanks

    It might help if you say (as already asked), what you don't like about the "fast track pro"? Is it the color :lol: or does it lack something you need?



    Personally it works great for me.



    Regards Pete.
  • zeppusclubzeppusclub
    edited 10:45PM
    Hi,



    More than 2 outs is very interresting for routing on stage performances with vst effects : you can use 1/2 for the sax, 3/4 for the trumpet, 5/6 for the sax effects and 7/8 for the trumpet effects.



    Yvan



    (demo ewi coming soon .... :D )
  • pablomarianapablomariana
    edited 10:45PM
    my problem whit the fast track pro, it is impossible play both trumpet and sax at once,whithout problems (noises,tk tk tk,ppppp,.....), i can play mr sax or the trumpet,but both i cant.

    my laptop is dell 1,8 dual core 7200 rpm 2gb ram

    thanks
  • pgillpgill
    edited 10:45PM
    pablomariana wrote: my problem whit the fast track pro, it is impossible play both trumpet and sax at once,whithout problems (noises,tk tk tk,ppppp,.....), i can play mr sax or the trumpet,but both i cant.

    my laptop is dell 1,8 dual core 7200 rpm 2gb ram

    thanks

    I might be wrong, but I don't think a new soundcard will solve your problems. I think if you do opt for a new soundcard, I would buy something that can be returned if it is not suitable.



    Have you turned off all unnessessary programs, applications, internet, network adaptors/wireless, etc?



    If your using Vista, it's much more Ram intensive than XP (and there may be other issues with Vista, as I have experienced), meaning you probably have less than 1GB spare.



    Regards pete.
  • pablomarianapablomariana
    edited 10:45PM
    my laptop is optimized for audio, no internet,no nothing more,only audio ,only vst, i use vstack,,thanks, i think the problem is the 88200,so i think to change soundcard.thanks
  • Giorgio TommasiniGiorgio Tommasini
    edited 10:45PM
    Pablo,



    tested on my PCs, Intel Core2 Duo & Quad, 2.66 GHz, 2 & 3 GB RAM, XP, Fast Track Pro.



    Mr. Sax T. and The Trumpet work perfectly at 88.2 KHz in Cubase, either on a single instance of KontaktPlayer2 (two instruments loaded, Sax & Trumpet), or on two instances of K2Player (one instrument loaded Sax or Trumpet).



    Best,



    Giorgio
  • pablomarianapablomariana
    edited 10:45PM
    hi giorgio ,your cpu faster that me 1,8 hz,maybe it is my problem ??

    and i listen that core duo(your) is better than dual core(me)

    thanks
  • zeppusclubzeppusclub
    edited 10:45PM
    hi,



    are you shure to have the latest versions of the

    sax and trumpet ?



    are you shure to have the best version of your drivers ?



    yvan
  • Phil999Phil999
    edited 10:45PM
    as far as I know, all calculations of the VSTi are done in the CPU. From my experience, 1.8 GHz is at the edge. It may play one instrument well, but not more than one. Loading only one instrument, recording, rendering to audio, then adding the second instrument, seems to be the workflow. I've done a saxophone section (4 saxes) on a 1.6 GHz netbook, it was possible.



    Increasing the buffer size of the audio card helps, but at the cost of more latency. One has to find a balance, or use different buffer sizes for mixing and tracking.



    The Trumpet uses significantly more CPU power than the sax.



    Using a dual CPU with 2+GHz is recommended, it makes life much easier.
  • pgillpgill
    edited 10:45PM
    pablomariana wrote: my laptop is optimized for audio, no internet,no nothing more,only audio ,only vst, i use vstack,,thanks, i think the problem is the 88200,so i think to change soundcard.thanks

    Again I don't think your problem is the soundcard. You don't have to play at 88200 on the "fast track", so if, for whatever reason you want to change that. Its easier to simply change the setting, rather than the soundcard.



    Regards Pete.
  • pablomarianapablomariana
    edited 10:45PM
    so...if upgrade my pc... core 2 duo or core 2 quad ????

    what do you recommend

    thanks
  • pgillpgill
    edited 10:45PM
    pablomariana wrote: so...if upgrade my pc... core 2 duo or core 2 quad ????

    what do you recommend

    thanks

    Obviously the higher spec the better, but as I only use one instrument/patch at a time, someone else could maybe offer you some advice on the best purchase.



    Regards Pete.
  • pablomarianapablomariana
    edited 10:45PM
    ok,finally i upgrade my cpu to core duo 2,16 and change my vst host to ableton live 7, and now the trumpet and mr t are both live together, thanks !!!!!
  • pgillpgill
    edited 10:45PM
    pablomariana wrote: ok,finally i upgrade my cpu to core duo 2,16 and change my vst host to ableton live 7, and now the trumpet and mr t are both live together, thanks !!!!!

    Good news :) glad to hear it.



    Regards Pete.

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