Subject:Digital sound card recommendations...
Posted by: KMorley
Date:12/14/1999 12:18:00 PM
I'm interested in capturing two-channel digital music from DSS satellite (connect via TOSLink), selecting and manipulating tracks on my PC and then outputting the finished product digitally to DAT or CD-ROM. I know that Sound Forge is the sofware that I want to use, but can't find a reasonable digital sound card. I'm looking for something with TOSLink in/out, capable of handling at least 20-bit/48Khz samples that doesn't cost over $350 or so. It should also handle everything completely within the digital domain (without conversion to analog for processing/aquisition and then back to digital). I prefer a PCI card. Note that I am not a gamer or musician, so I really don't care about MIDI or wavetable synthesis, etc. I just want accurate digital aquisition and output. Any reccommendations will be greatly appreciated! Ken Morley |
Subject:Re: Digital sound card recommendations...
Reply by: RickZ
Date:12/15/1999 7:02:00 AM
Hi Ken, Check out www.digitalaudio.com, CardDeluxe product. This is a PCI Card with a Coax S/PDIF that will do up to 96 KHz/24 Bit audio. This card is a little higher than $350, appx $450 from www.leighs.com. Very solid performer. It also has analog in/out, so you could listen to the result of your edits etc. You'd also need a TosLink/Coax box, but I think they're only about $50 ? I use mine with SoundForge and Vegas, flawless. Regards, Rick Z Ken Morley wrote: >>I'm interested in capturing two-channel digital music from >>DSS satellite (connect via TOSLink), selecting and >>manipulating tracks on my PC and then outputting the >>finished product digitally to DAT or CD-ROM. >> >>I know that Sound Forge is the sofware that I want to use, >>but can't find a reasonable digital sound card. I'm >>looking for something with TOSLink in/out, capable of >>handling at least 20-bit/48Khz samples that doesn't cost >>over $350 or so. >> >>It should also handle everything completely within the >>digital domain (without conversion to analog for >>processing/aquisition and then back to digital). I prefer a >>PCI card. >> >>Note that I am not a gamer or musician, so I really don't >>care about MIDI or wavetable synthesis, etc. I just want >>accurate digital aquisition and output. >> >>Any reccommendations will be greatly appreciated! >> >>Ken Morley >> |