SOUND CARD/SPEKERS

jazzandblues

WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST SOUND CARD FOR THE GNX3 I,VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE CREATIVE SOND BLASTER AUDIGY 2 VALUE PCI CARD I HAS S/PDIF IN AND OUT.THAT IS WHAT I NEED RIGHT.I,L BE UPGRADING THE MENORY AS WELL.RIGHT NOW I HAVE THE GNX3 TO MIXER THEN PC.THE SMAT MEDIA CAERDS ARE HARD TO FIND SO THINKING BETTER HOOK UP S/PDIF SOON.THIS HAS 7,1 OR V5,1 SURROND SOUND AND SUGGETIONS ON SPEKERS.THE LOGITECHS LOOK GOOD?THAQNK YOU.

AlbertA

But it has optical S/PDIF doesn't it? Not coaxial?

jazzandblues

yes it dose but the sound card on my pc don,t .i want to upgrade the pc a little.becuose smart media cards are hard to find so i,ll do s.pdf.

sickstringz

Of course it depends on how serious you are and how much $ your willing to spend, but a little advice from someone whose been through the ins and outs on a prehistoric pc and a new one with consumer soundcards and this new one. Your soundcard is very important in your signal chain A good one will control your latency, offset, allow monitoring with plugins, and really increase the fidelity of your recordings.
I just added an M-Audio Delta 44 and couldnt be happier with how its performing, the audio is pristine, everythings in sync, no issues at all.
It came with a breakout box so my mic and guitar run into the gnx, the gnx's 1/4 outs into the box, and the boxes outs to the monitors. USB still feeds the drum synth, but all the recording is done from the box. (some of the other Maudios have spdif though.)
Granted they cost a little more, but that particular one has a lifetime warranty and id assume similar ones do as well. So youd most definitely get your $ worth.

jazzandblues

i have a dell dimsion2100.i.m in barrie ont.and some sound cards and stuff are hard to get so i,m going to get my tech that fixed my last pc to do everything for me.i,l go to futureshop for sound card and spekers and he,ll do the memory and put this suff in.