julioxkingbeat
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PCIe soundcard esp1010e, improved software-hardware version
If you've purchased a new high powered PC lately, you may have been surprised like I was to find that PCI slots are now a thing of the past. My ZT PC has only PCIe slots (1x, 4x, 2 x 16x) and no firewire. I added a PCIe firewire/usb card and then started looking for appropriate sound cards. Not many out there. I contacted Cakewalk, they haven't updated their compatible sound card hardware list since mid-2011. After several searches I found and ordered the esp1010e, which is an improved version (both hardware and software) of the esp1010 (which was PCI). It has a nice breakout rackmouted analog interface, reports to have latency as low as 1-5 ms (not sure how many tracks that was running), 8 ins and outs, 2 headphone outs, 2 midi in and outs, plus a very good internal software system for routing all the connections, and ASIO of course. I should have it by next week and after installing and testing, I'll report back here to let users know how well it performs. With the i7-2600 chip (8 x 3.4 mhz processors) and 16GB RAM, hopefully it will run like a champ. http://www.esi-audio.com/products/esp1010e/
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BluesMeister
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Re:PCIe soundcard esp1010e, improved software-hardware version
2011/12/25 06:42:55
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Not many PCIe sound cards out there? Here's a list of the ones sold by Sweetwater:
E-Mu 1212M PCIe
E-Mu 0404 PCIe
MOTU 24I/O PCIe
Apogee Symphony 64 PCIe
MOTU 2408 CORE Mk III PCIe
Lynx AES16e PCIe
RME HDSPe AIO PCIe
E-Mu 1616M PCIe
Lynx AES16e-SRC PCIe
RME HDSPe-MADI PCIe
MOTU HD192 CORE PCIe
Solid State MADI Xtreme PCIe
Focusrite RedNet PCIe
I have no affiliation with Sweetwater, I'm merely a customer of theirs.
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julioxkingbeat
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Re:PCIe soundcard esp1010e, improved software-hardware version
2012/01/19 18:58:30
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Sorry, I should have been clearer that I need analog connection for 8 in/outs. On your list, many require additional hardware for the analog connection. Thanks for the research, as I still haven't received the ESP1010e (its been 30 days since I ordered it), I may have to choose another sound card if B&H Photo can't come through with the device.
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julioxkingbeat
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Re:PCIe soundcard esp1010e, improved software-hardware version
2012/04/02 22:19:05
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The esp1010e is no longer available per the manufacturer.
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Kev999
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Re:PCIe soundcard esp1010e, improved software-hardware version
2012/04/03 06:48:01
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julioxkingbeat
...you may have been surprised like I was to find that PCI slots are now a thing of the past...
I didn't expect that they would have gone altogether by now, as they seemed to be still very prevalent only 18 months ago. I was shopping for a motherboard around Oct-Nov 2010 and I was surprised to find that the majority of boards still had 2 or 3 of the old PCI slots. At the time I thought that one would have been sufficient.
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BluesMeister
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Re:PCIe soundcard esp1010e, improved software-hardware version
2012/04/03 23:26:31
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Kev999, the latest chipsets may NOT have native support for PCI even though they have PCI slots on the motherboard. My motherboard for example is one such instance of this.
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Re:PCIe soundcard esp1010e, improved software-hardware version
2012/04/05 05:37:44
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On your list, many require additional hardware for the analog connection. Thanks for the research. 
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julioxkingbeat
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Re:PCIe soundcard esp1010e, improved software-hardware version
2012/08/15 12:36:28
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I ended up getting the M-audio ProFire 610, which I'm fairly happy with. The two XLR inputs don't have as much gain as I'd like but that was fixed with a small Mackie mixer with nice preamps. By the way, B&H Photo has this unit for $219 now, which is about 1/2 the normal price. If you need Firewire, this is a good unit with lots of analog outputs and 4 inputs.
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