Subject:Audigy 4 Pro Question

Posted by: jdscogin

Date:8/22/2006 5:16:16 AM

OK, don't Flame me. I know that SB is not the best sound card. I am a one man show and I am using an Audigy 1 SB now and it is ok for what I do. I would like to have more inputs. I noticed that SB Audigy 4 Pro says it has 6 inputs. Does anyone have any experence using this card with Acid Pro 6. Buy.com has it for $129. If it really has 6 usable inputs, I want it. I just want to be sure I can seperate the inputs into seperate tracks. Ok Flame On. Thanks

Subject:RE: Audigy 4 Pro Question

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:8/22/2006 9:25:01 AM

N00bish n00b! Silly little n00b! Think you can come in here and throw your n00biness around...even though you've been a member of this forum since 2001...BUT STILL..!

I'm kidding if you didn't notice.

But seriously...

That's weird. I don't see a page pertaining to the Audigy 4 Pro on Creative's Sound Blaster site—just the plain Audigy 4.

It looks like it has the inputs you want (getting the info from Buy.com's site), but I have to ask: If you're a one-man show, why do you need six inputs? ;)

The one thing that's always bothered me about Sound Blaster cards is the bloatware—applications you don't need and/or will never use. Be sure that if you go with this card that you customize the installation of any software.

Iacobus

Subject:RE: Audigy 4 Pro Question

Reply by: jdscogin

Date:8/22/2006 4:00:10 PM

Thanks for the response. I agree about the bloat ware.

Why do I need more than one input? Guitar, Drum Machine, Voice. All with effects which makes them stereo. If I play the guitar and sing at the same time, I can ajust the levels or edit seperatly. (Which I NEED to do). And splitting the voice and guitar to two tracks will work, but again the effects. Other than that, Acid Pro 6 can do it and I want to be able to do it. And sometimes I have friends over, or at least I plan to.

I was thiking of the toneport, but I have read some bad reviews on it. The SB seems to do pretty good for me now. (after deleting the bloat ware)

lol on nOOb. I don't mind being a nOOb anyway. There is a lot of fun in learning. Flame on. Jd

Subject:RE: Audigy 4 Pro Question

Reply by: billybk

Date:8/22/2006 4:39:04 PM

I was thinking of the toneport, but I have read some bad reviews on it.


You may want to take another look at the TonePort. It is the best, bang for the buck, audio device, on the market. If you are interested, I wrote an extensive TonePort review, of my UX2, that may give you a better understanding, of it's capabilities and usage, in a DAW environment:

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.asp?m=642117&mpage=1&key=toneport??

Yes, not only do you get a great portable USB low latency ASIO audio device (I can easily get down to 2.9msec /128samples), but you get all those great Line 6 guitar & bass amps/cabs/fx and (6) mic pre models, as well. It also works great in ACID Pro 6b too!
Line 6 just released the free GearBox 2.0 update, which greatly enhanced it's capabilities. In the Fall, a GearBox 3.0 upgrade will be made available that will give GearBox "VST plugin" compatibility, in your DAW host software, as well.

http://line6.com/gearbox_plugin/


Cheers,

Billy Buck

Subject:RE: Audigy 4 Pro Question

Reply by: luces1

Date:8/22/2006 5:30:21 PM

It may seem pricey,but I would go with the Presonus Firebox(firewire) if you need mobile use. I use a Firepod(more ins/outs,blah,blah) and it seems to be rock solid AND sounds AMAZING!!! Good luck,luces

Subject:RE: Audigy 4 Pro Question

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:8/23/2006 11:08:17 AM

"Why do I need more than one input? Guitar, Drum Machine, Voice. All with effects which makes them stereo. If I play the guitar and sing at the same time, I can ajust the levels or edit seperatly. (Which I NEED to do). And splitting the voice and guitar to two tracks will work, but again the effects. Other than that, Acid Pro 6 can do it and I want to be able to do it. And sometimes I have friends over, or at least I plan to."

Ahh. Understood. A tip (if I may): Generally speaking, you can record your guitar and vocals in mono...unless you're going for some far out, stereo ping-pong-type sound your hardware guitar/vocal effects provide.

I usually record several tracks of mono guitars (usually no more than 4) and pan them accordingly. Has a nice, thick sound.

"lol on nOOb. I don't mind being a nOOb anyway. There is a lot of fun in learning. Flame on. Jd"

Tell me about it. I've had to readjust my recording/programming workflow ever since ACID Pro 6 hit. It's like learning to walk all over again. (Not that that's a bad thing.) I'm still thinking in "one medium per track" mode. Old habits are hard to break. LOL

Iacobus

Subject:RE: Audigy 4 Pro Question

Reply by: thenoizzbox

Date:8/23/2006 4:49:11 PM

Tell me about it! I've had to adapt to Acid Pro 6 too and I hadn't used Acid much since Acid Pro 4's days. I made an incursion in Sonar's world for a while (I was using Cakewalk Pro Audio before Acid) but Acid Pro 6 brought me back to the fold and I love it.

Speaking of learning to walk again, I'm completely changing the way I work my drum tracks (again) so only adapting to mltiple media per track is pretty easy ;-)