Gah, having so much trouble finding a decent soundcard

[gpwurzel]

Having had my sb live die (cmon, its only 12 years old, why'd it have to die on me lol......) I'm having a major issue in finding one to replace it. Part of the criteria for my new soundcard is it must have a front plate that I can plug my guitar/mixer/effects board into - which is where the snag is coming in. Locally all I can find are some cheap cards - but no frontplate, and they wont accept the lead from the frontplate to the card grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


So - recommendations please.

Sytem currently running amd athlon 64x2 dual core 4600+
4gb ram etc etc
550w psu

Wurzel

[TequilaChaser]

Having had my sb live die (cmon, its only 12 years old, why'd it have to die on me lol......) I'm having a major issue in finding one to replace it. Part of the criteria for my new soundcard is it must have a front plate that I can plug my guitar/mixer/effects board into - which is where the snag is coming in. Locally all I can find are some cheap cards - but no frontplate, and they wont accept the lead from the frontplate to the card grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


So - recommendations please.

Sytem currently running amd athlon 64x2 dual core 4600+
4gb ram etc etc
550w psu

Wurzel

got a pic of this front plate you are talking about?

what type of connection you refering to? the Guitar cord 1/4" ?

stand by for recommendations.....after I know the answer to the above 2 questions.....

[Delirium]

I used this for a while;



However, those X-Fi cards are a real pain in the tail feathers to get working right in Vista/Win7, worse yet in the 64bit version.

[gpwurzel]

Looked for one of those Delirium - none to be found - front plate must have jack plugs in for guitar (1/4) or mixer/effects board - bloody annoying that none of the shops round here carry a good selection (useless buggers).


Wurzel

TC front plate is a bit like the one in Del's post - and yep, needs to be guitar (1/4")

[TequilaChaser]

The one Del posted is what I am using now , along with a Line6 TonePort UBX2 ( is an older version )

here is link of newer version:
http://line6.com/podstudioux2/

I do not use the Creative software hardly at all, I use CuBase, Reason and Pro Tools and the Line6 software


I use to have in my old PC ( gave to my Daughter in Florida ) M-Audio and Audiophile PCI sound cards ( yes 2 and used them both concurrently/simultaneously )

similar but newer version of the M-Audio PCI card I had:
http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/MAudio-Delta-1010-LT-PCI-Digital-Audio-System?sku=701376


and a final suggestion? have you thought of getting one of these?
http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/Behringer-Guitar-Link-UCG102?sku=241228

I went to local music store and tested/tried these out for a Relative to get his Sons this Christmas.... they work pretty well...... ( although I had em plugged into a Laptop :-/ )


hope this helps...... Good Luck

johnny ( TC )


NOTE: With the TonePort UX2 ( or older UBX2 version I have ) you really do not need anything but a good sound card....... it covers everything else....

EDIT: not sure about others, but I have had only 1 minor issue in Windows 7 , that was getting my sound in AH as clear as I had it in winXP.I did it .and have had no other problems/issues  with my SB X-Fi card........YMMV......

[gpwurzel]

Thanks guys, interesting idea there TC - will keep looking for now, but may have to go with the Pod if I cant find one with a front plate.



Wurzel

[Ack-Ack]

How about something like this?



Tracker Pre USB 2.0

or...



E-MU 1820 Digital Audio System

Or maybe even this


X-Fi Elite Pro


ack-ack

[gpwurzel]

Thanks Akak, looking into those today.

Appreciated bud

Wurzel