Compatible Sound Card

maddog1 wrote on 5/10/2003, 11:09 AM

Hello

I would be interested in any comments/suggestions on sound card upgrade. i'm not doing pro-recordings, just looking for a more compatible pci card to run with vegas 4.0.
A card with good /better quality for capturing anolog from either live broadcast/vhs so I can record to dvd projects. Movies.etc... and runs on win 2000 pro.
I currently have soundblaster live, which when recording (capturing) through vegas vidcap causes aud/vid artifacts. Ive looked through all forums and tryed all fixes (software/hardware & driver issues) that were suggested. Nothing helped. At one point, I uninstalled sound card and all ......Artifacts were removed......Ha!.. but all I was left with was std sound (mono). I haven't been able to let windows drivers control card or I went about it wrong.
System: intel p4 2.53ghz, gigabyte mthrbrd-chipset:845pe, 2gig ddr ram, gainward geforce4 ti4400 ultra700 (golden sample), 2 wd 80gig se (8mg buffer)- 1 for os, 1for storage., win2000pro, sony dvd+rw dru500ax, Canopus 1394 pci cap card w/opt frt bay.
Using vegas4.0+dvd.
Any suggestions, tips would be greatly appreciated!
Mad Dog

ps: i've been looking at Echo mia..........?.......

Comments

bgc wrote on 5/10/2003, 9:49 PM

go with the echo mia. it's a solid card and has good drivers and works great with Vegas and is super affordable. and and and. I said and.
bgc

JTelles wrote on 5/12/2003, 2:46 PM

I bought one recently, but I was disappointed when I found out it CANNOT control the recording level (either using line in or digital in). The rec level can only be controlled by the external source sending the signal to the computer. I wrote Echo about this and they simply answered: Mia is a line card, if the incoming sinal is not to the exact desired level you should buy an external mixer or preamp...
Apart from that it is a good sound card, but if I compare it with the simple Digigram VxPocket2 PCMCIA card I have in my laptop (also a stereo 24 bits card but controls both analog and digital recording levels in its simple mixer), I can't help feeling somewhat unhappy about it. So if this is not a limitation to you, Mia is certainly a good choice.
Good luck
JTelles

bgc wrote on 5/12/2003, 3:00 PM

I think nearly everyone in this forum would agree that the benefit of having an external mixer interfacing to the sound card is much greater than the price.

AudioNut wrote on 5/12/2003, 4:41 PM

I just purchased a Delt 44, and it's amazing. I used to run a Soundblaster Live as well. The Delta 44 has great quality and 4 balanced in/outs. I find it much cleaner sound than the Blaster Live.