Widows 7 sound card advice

Just got a new computer with windows 7 -  64 bit and upgraded my cakewalk to  Sonar pro. I put the sound card,(which worked fine in my old system) in the new computer and the latency is terrible. I think because it does not have ASIO drivers.  I would like to get a new sound card but have not had any luck finding  one that states it is windows 7 compatible. I mostly use sonar for composing with midi, so the midi sounds are important to me. Thanks

All new interfaces will support Windows 7, PCI, USB and Firewire . Any company still making an interface that doesn't support W7 should be avoided I would think. And don't buy a GAMING sound card. ( Soundblaster )

If you're using Sonar Producer then you'll be using the included soft-synths (ie: Dim Pro, Zeta, Session Drummer, TT1) to play the sound with.
Which are far above and beyond any 'soundcard' MIDI sounds. 

Mike

mango@ajajamusic.com


  Do externals set up the same way or are they a plug and play?

What I did was buy the UA-25EX and hooked it up. I then installed the 64 bit drivers from Roland. I went into BIOS and disabled my built-in soundcard to avoid any confusion. Then you just need to tell SONAR to use the UA-25 as the soundcard. When I first got into this the thought of an external soundcard was something I had to wrap my mind around.

The reason I went with external was it just seemed easier to hook things up. Plus it has volume controls, etc. as knobs. I like knobs.

Those that use internal cards can tell you the advantages of those.

I'm sure there are 2 points of views on this.

Gamer cards are meant for just that, games.
If you want to compose, record and mix music you really should invest in a quality audio/MIDI interface with good AD/DA converters.
You'll get much better performance and sound quality out of the proper gear.

Mike