i was told by cakewalk guythe usb audio capture devise whould work as good as internal

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2009/11/20 22:14:26 (permalink)

i was told by cakewalk guythe usb audio capture devise whould work as good as internal

i love my delta with the ten inputs'''' but will a external device with phantom power and preamps be better???
does the usb make a change in latincy. is external as good as internal card

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    Re:i was told by cakewalk guythe usb audio capture devise whould work as good as internal 2009/11/20 22:25:22 (permalink)
    All things being equal, an internal card should be capable of lower latency than a serial-connected device. In practice, however, the difference will probably not be enough that you'd notice.

    If you're considering upgrading your interface, do it for more features and better preamps. And plan to spend significantly more than what you paid for your Delta.


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    Re:i was told by cakewalk guythe usb audio capture devise whould work as good as internal 2009/11/20 22:34:40 (permalink)
    what do you think is a good preamp. do you think the cakewalk ones ther pushing are good externals
    im short on cash and i have 3 internal card but the 0404 emu and delta are the same i have a external 0202box i use for my laptop but i didnt think it would be good enought ,or if i could use ASAO driversem 0202 but no phantom power

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    Re:i was told by cakewalk guythe usb audio capture devise whould work as good as internal 2009/11/20 22:45:43 (permalink)
    What you have is equal, or better, than the usb devices that cakewalk sells. Unless you're willing to shell out for RME/Lynx/Lavry, you won't see a difference. A PCI or PCIe slot works fundamentally different than a USB or firewire connection. In my experience, you will get lower latency using something other than usb or firewire.

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    Re:i was told by cakewalk guythe usb audio capture devise whould work as good as internal 2009/11/21 00:11:29 (permalink)
    For what it's worth I tried usb, took it back and told then to give me something that worked....ended up going with pcie and couldn't be happier. Maybe current USB is better but when I tried it it was crap.
     
    What's wrong with what you've got anyway? It's got canon inputs, word clock, spdif in/out, 24/96, switchable input level....pro specs as far as I can see. If the drivers are ok you can't go wrong getting a decent preamp with phantom power and running in balanced.
    Another option is to go for a DA converter like the Apogee Mini Me and go direct digital in via spdif bypassing you cards A/D converters, less jitter and cleaner signal. Depends on how many inputs you need at the same time though, you'll think you actually did get a new sound card. The Behringer SRC2496 is a good value converter for the money too but no phantom power.
     
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