[RWP] A good soundcard for a voice over talent?

Sun Jun 29 06:39:18 EDT 2014

I'll let someone else who owns it comment if they like.

But it's similar to the mackie onyx i series but has some more routing 
features and built in fx.

On 6/29/2014 4:08 AM, Mario Loreti wrote:
> Sorry, what is Studio Live?
> Il 28/06/2014 17:11, Chris Belle ha scritto:
>> Yeh, nothing's perfect for us, but this kind of thing offers the most 
>> flexibility and the least headaches.
>>
>> I'm curious about the midas stuf, and the allen & heath zed r16.
>>
>> since mackie changed their firewire chipset and the interface is no 
>> longer accessible.
>>
>> But the only thing I ever needed to change in there was the latency 
>> setting.
>>
>>
>> On 6/28/2014 9:33 AM, Patrick Perdue wrote:
>>> Yeah. Still like my StudioLive as much as I ever have, with the same 
>>> few complaints. I have different versions of those same complaints 
>>> with just about any digital or analog mixer hybrid audio interface, 
>>> so that just comes with the territory.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Jun 28, 2014, at 7:39, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> yeh Patrick and considering the headaches that can happen for us 
>>>> when we try and match this stuff up.
>>>>
>>>> You might remember the headaches I had with the octane pres and the 
>>>> profire 2626
>>>> I had to set the clock to the octane, and the profire wouldn't run 
>>>> without the octane connected and it wasn't
>>>> turned on,
>>>> and I was limited to 48k, and I could have gone straight line in I 
>>>> guess, but I didn't have 8 line inputs on that thing, and that 
>>>> would defeat the whole purpose of why I bought the octane, to have 
>>>> 8 more inputs.
>>>>
>>>> So that meant getting in to the interface to set both clock source, 
>>>> and or change sampling rates.
>>>> on a regular bassis.
>>>>
>>>> and I couldn'[t make presets, because loading them, you still had 
>>>> to wiggle a knob to make anything work, so I finally said screw it, 
>>>> I'm going analog as much as I can for my signal path.
>>>>
>>>> For my monitoring, and everything,
>>>> input to the interface, and life has been much easier since then.
>>>>
>>>> I guess we both kind of did the same thing, except I got the mackie 
>>>> and you got the studio live.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not against digital at all, but it sure depends on a lot of 
>>>> other things being right, and also as we've seen where they put the 
>>>> digital in the signal path.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 6/28/2014 6:13 AM, Patrick Perdue wrote:
>>>>> I'm looking at an upgrade from my ART TPS-II. I'd really like two 
>>>>> channels of Focusrite Isa One, or the 610 you mentioned, but won't 
>>>>> be buying anything for a while, as I'm about to move. Fun stuff to 
>>>>> look for in the future, though.
>>>>>
>>>>>   I don't particularly need a digital output, though it would be 
>>>>> nice to have, assuming the  A/D doesn't suck. I have seen a couple 
>>>>> of low end  preamps where the digital output is  noisier than the 
>>>>> analog output. Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 28, 2014, at 6:54, Mario Loreti <mario.loreti at gmail.com> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a Neumann TLM 102 and yes, a Rode NT1A.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good idea to use a preamp with an SPDIF. I want to change also 
>>>>>> the preamp in the future, actually I have a TL-Audio Hivory 5051 
>>>>>> channel strip that works as a preamp, a compressor and EQ, but 
>>>>>> it's noisy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm oriented on the Universal Audio Solo 610, but I don't know if 
>>>>>> this has an SPDIF out, probably not. My dream is an Avalon 
>>>>>> VT737SP, but it's only a dream for now, because of budget reasons.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Has anyone used the UAD 2 plugins?
>>>>>> Other suggestions?
>>>>>> Il 28/06/2014 12:29, Patrick Perdue ha scritto:
>>>>>>> The Deltas are good old cards, but the analog input section has 
>>>>>>> been far surpassed by lots of other stuff. If you still want to 
>>>>>>> keep that card around, you could always go the route of finding 
>>>>>>> a good preamp with sp/dif out, and slaving your Delta's clock to 
>>>>>>> that, thereby not using the Delta's A/D section for input.
>>>>>>> No idea if the Roland preamps are good.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Of course, things also depend on what mics you are using.
>>>>>>> If I remember, you have a Neumann TLM103 and a Rode NT1A?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 6/28/2014 5:34 AM, Mario Loreti wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi, I was looking on it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Actually I have an M-Audio Delta1010LT, and now I was looking at a
>>>>>>>> better a/d conversion.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do you believe that this a / d can be better?
>>>>>>>> Il 27/06/2014 19:20, Brandon Keith Biggs ha scritto:
>>>>>>>>> Have you looked at the Roland quad? Dancing Dots sells them.
>>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Brandon Keith Biggs
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 6/27/2014 4:32 AM, Mario Loreti wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I've looked to the focusrite forte. Why you have preferred 
>>>>>>>>>> the motu
>>>>>>>>>> to the focusrite?
>>>>>>>>>> Il 27/06/2014 10:19, Patrick Perdue ha scritto:
>>>>>>>>>>> Have you looked at Focusrite stuff? Those have good preamps, 
>>>>>>>>>>> even
>>>>>>>>>>> their low-end stuff. I had a Saffire Pro14, loved the sound, 
>>>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>>> ended up replacing it with a MOTU Audio Express.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jun 27, 2014, at 3:34, Mario Loreti 
>>>>>>>>>>>> <mario.loreti at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi, I'm looking for a good soundcard with good a/d converters.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I've looked at the RME interfaces, but these have too many 
>>>>>>>>>>>> inputs
>>>>>>>>>>>> and outputs, I'am looking for 4 in and 4 out, not 8 or 10.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Can anyone suggest something?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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