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2012/12/03 12:27:16 (permalink)

Sound Cards

My Pc has died so am getting a new one :(

Also, I am absolutely sick to death of M-Audio and their ropey drivers for Win 7 Ultimate 64bit........

I am now about to take the plunge into a new primary card and selling on my Delta1010....

I was looking at the Roland Octa capture.... Any fellow Cakies out their running this card with X2?

Any Problems?

Its either that or I'm gonna go down the MOTU MK2048.....

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    Gregmang
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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/03 12:33:38 (permalink)
    Just got a MOTU Track16 and very much liking it...
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    markyzno
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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/03 13:00:19 (permalink)
    What version of Sonar are you running? Any Driver lock up / release issues?

    Win 7 64 bit?
    Gregmang


    Just got a MOTU Track16 and very much liking it...




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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/03 13:03:58 (permalink)

    I use 2 Edirol UA-101 together, and have no problems with X2 (and Win 7 / 64).

    The UA-101 is discontinued ; a friend of mine use an Octacapture with X2, and is very happy with it (note that you can eventually use 2 Octacapture together).

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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/03 13:07:04 (permalink)
    Yup, this is a bonus for me in using two together *eventually*

    Just need to know about the drivers before I take the plunge......

    The issue of SonarDPR.EXE crashing and not releasing the drivers with the Delta 1010 has actually caused my so much headaches and time that I even considered going down that awful route of a Mac and PT (Dont scream at me, I am still here and I love Sonar too much!!)
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    I use 2 Edirol UA-101 together, and have no problems with X2 (and Win 7 / 64).

    The UA-101 is discontinued ; a friend of mine use an Octacapture with X2, and is very happy with it (note that you can eventually use 2 Octacapture together).




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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/03 13:29:37 (permalink)
    I have good luck with RME Babyface.................

    Purrrfect Audio:  Intel i7 7700k (Kabylake), 32Gig DDR4/2133, Windows 10x64 Pro, USB RME Babyface, Sonar Platinum Current
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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/03 13:40:19 (permalink)
    For 64bit, MOTU and RME have greatest drivers. I never used a Roland card, so i cant say anything about those

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    Gregmang
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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/03 13:47:36 (permalink)
    W7 64-bit
    Sonar X2 64-bit
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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/03 13:51:37 (permalink)
    I too sold my delta1010 and bought an octa capture. Much better soundcard, haven't had any major problems as of yet but when sonar does crash on occasion the sonarDPR.exe problem can still rear it's ugly little head. I'm not sure that its been confirmed by cake that soundcard drivers cause this event to happen, but I could be wrong, because it usually happens if I try and do something whilst audio is playing. Not very often mind.
    Bottom line is... I don't think you would regret the Roland.

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    Gregmang
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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/03 14:41:39 (permalink)
    I should have added that I went from a Delta 66 > MOTU Track16.
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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/03 15:22:01 (permalink)
    markyzno


    I was looking at the Roland Octa capture.... Any fellow Cakies out their running this card with X2?

    Any Problems?
    I'm not using the Octacapture, but I'm using the Quadcapture with a laptop, Win 7 Pro, 64 bit, no problems. I'm thinking about getting an Octacapture for the tower to use with hexaphonic guitar PU.
     

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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/03 15:29:10 (permalink)

    Since Cakewalk is a part of Roland Corp, i think that there is no compatibility issue with Sonar and Roland audio cards.

    That is why i began with Edirol (UA25, FA101, UA1000, UA101), and i never had any problem of stability (except with the FA101, because of the firewire).

    I have read somewhere that Roland have already published the Win 8 drivers for its audio cards.

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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/03 15:32:13 (permalink)

    For the way to use 2 octacapture together, you can download the Octacapture manual, in which it is explained.

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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/03 21:33:32 (permalink)
    Anything RME, even thier old pci stuff on ebay is still killer gear!
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    markyzno
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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/04 13:33:13 (permalink)
    Decided to go for MOTU in the end.

    Cant find anything horrific about their drivers on google........

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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/04 13:35:49 (permalink)
    Mr Wizard, you stopped me from buying a Roland card! lol! Congrats!
    wizard71


    I too sold my delta1010 and bought an octa capture. Much better soundcard, haven't had any major problems as of yet but when sonar does crash on occasion the sonarDPR.exe problem can still rear it's ugly little head. I'm not sure that its been confirmed by cake that soundcard drivers cause this event to happen, but I could be wrong, because it usually happens if I try and do something whilst audio is playing. Not very often mind.
    Bottom line is... I don't think you would regret the Roland.

    Bibs



    Sonar Platinum 64 bit > Pro tools 10.3.2 >Intel i7 3770K > 16Gb Ram > Gigabyte Z77-D3H Motherboard> NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2 GB > ATi RADEON HD5700 > 240GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD> Win 10 home 64 bit> Delta 1010 > MOTU Audio Express > MA-15D's > NI Ultimate 9 > NI Kontrol S61 1.1 > NI MAschine Studio 2.3 / KORG MS-20 Mini - Arturia MicroBrute > KORG SQ1 - KORG Kaoss Pad KP3 > iPad and IO Dock 2 running various bits > Bunch of guitars >

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    Re:Sound Cards 2012/12/04 14:06:02 (permalink)
    It all depends what you are looking for and what you are willing to spend.

    RME has the best drivers and lowest latency even though the Roland Oct card runs in very low latency too. I never used it myself.
    Very good budget card. EMU 1616M is another winner with the best professional converters 120 db Cirrus Logic same converters as Digidesign's flagship ProTools HD 192 I/O Interface. You need to pay at least €1800 to get the same quality as EMU 1616M converters.
    http://www.creative.com/emu/products/product.aspx?category=505&pid=19007
     
     
    In the high end category RME's converters doesn't sound very great.  RME sound very harsh and clinic.
    So if you looking for best audio and quality I would do this.
     
     
    RME MADI FX or RayDAT (PCIexpress card + best drivers)
    http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_hdspe_madi_fx.php
    http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_hdspe_raydat.php

    Hooked up to-----> SSL Alpha Link
    http://www.solid-state-logic.com/music/xlogic%20alpha-link/

    or Lynx Aurora 16
    http://www.lynxstudio.com/product_detail.asp?i=1



    Or perhaps UAD Apollo. Be aware that Apollo's routing isn't the best. Its really stupid controlpanel if you want to hook up hardware.
    http://www.uaudio.com/apollo


    post edited by Freddie H - 2012/12/04 14:15:05


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