I think it is a BIG improvement over a Soundblaster! :D
http://www.dilbir.org/emu0404_test.mp3
Chain is:
Guitar>Boss OD-20 (marshall govnor emulation)>Peavey Delta Blues>Shure SM57>Roland MMP-2 Mic Preamp>Emu 0404 Pci
Yep that sound card definitely has a good tone capture ability. Been a long time since I used a S-Blaster, so I don't recall how they sounded, although they were Ok back then...
Yep. Back then 15 years ago! :D
And back then, if you wanted to buy a soundcard same quality as this Emu 0404, you had to pay like $2000. :o
That's why I waited 15 years! ;D
Congrats! I used the 0404 for years!
Oh yeah, clip sounds good. :)
I LOVE the vampy vibe of the backing music, is that something you came up with? Hella cool.
No Derek it is a backing track I found on internet. You can download it here:
http://www.dilbir.org/Funky_BT.mp3
Got it. Been looking for something like that. Sweet. Thanks.
Zonta — Aug 23, 2011Yep. Back then 15 years ago! :D
And back then, if you wanted to buy a soundcard same quality as this Emu 0404, you had to pay like $2000. :o
That's why I waited 15 years! ;D
Yep about 14 years for me in the soundblaster, I still have a soundblaster in a defunct computer up on a shelf in my shed. Then I went with a Yamaha DSP Factory and added a Yamaha SW1000XG synth card (I still use the SW in my DAW for synth sounds only) Then to an Aardvark sound card of some decent quality, then to my Layla 24/96 around 2003 which I still use to this day. http://www.echoaudio.com/Products/Discontinued/Layla24/index.php
Yes Layla was definitely one of those big boys. It still beats many new generation cards.
That's awesome, Zonta!
DBM: I had a Darla24. Loved it until the PCI card crapped out on me.
Then I got a Presonus FireBox, which sounded awesome. Since the switch for phantom power broke it's graduated to my mobile DJ setup (which doesn't get used often) I also got a M-Audio Delta 44 for a project and decided to keep it. I still use that one and love it. Now I do most of my recording with my Edirol/Roland M-16DX Digital Mixer/USB 2.0 interface.
One of these days I'll get something really good, like an Apogee or MOTU interface, but for now, I'm very satisfied with what I've got.
Tripper
I got the Layla 24/96 a long time ago, if I had to I would go with the Echo Audiofire 12, which has much better converters, and as you know Echo Drivers are some of the best in the business. I have never had a single complaint with the Layla 24/96 at all.
Of course I would like to have a Pro Tools HD rig with Apogee interface as well. I have a friend who has a rig like that and it is so clear recording you can hear the individual hairs of the bow cross over the strings of a cello. But my recording days are just about finished as I see it. I have just about lost all interest in recording these days, but who knows it may come back someday. So I will eek out the lifespan of my Layla for as long as it lasts.
Has a USB 3.0 interface surfaced yet as something to consider over FW or is 2.0 simply still the standard? I like my profire610 (actually I luv it) but I just built a new USB 3.0 PC and I'm curious how a USB 3.0 interface will fare against a pretty good firewire preamp.
USB 3.0 sucks so far (and I say this as someone who also just built a computer with USB 3.0 onboard). The speeds are a long way from the promise at this point.
A couple of weird things are going on in the audio interface space. One is that USB 2 and Firewire 400 already offer craploads of transfer speed for audio--audio really takes very little bandwidth (although it is very, very time-sensitive bandwidth). A second is that USB 3 is really not in much of the market yet. Early adopters have it, but it is nowhere near any sort of market saturation. Who knows when it will be standard on laptops. And the third thing is Apple/Intel. Intel developed a completely new interface called Light Peak (now called Thunderbolt by Apple) that offers 10Gbps. Normally I wouldn't make much of it, but Apple has forgone USB 3 and already started adding Thunderbolt to it's Macbook Pros... this means two things--one, if you make a USB3 audio interface, Mac users will not buy it--and Mac users are a small part of the market but a large part of the audio market, and two, if history is any guide, Thunderbolt will be on our PCs in 5 years, and USB3 will have a very short shelf life.
Long story short? I wouldn't expect to see many USB3 audio interfaces, and in fact, maybe none.
I don't mind the long explanation, thanks for breaking it down like that, damn helpful. :)