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Genaro Laymuns Heilmaier escribi� en mensaje <352D2056.5759@bigfoot.com>...
>Hola :
>Estoy comprando un PC y quiero instalar una tarjeta de sonido que
>me permita conectarle una guitarra electrica y editar los sonidos
>con diversos efectos. Pero tambien me interesa que la tarjeta sea
>compatible con todos los estandares actuales para trabajar con
>multimedia, tales como los juegos y cosas asi.
>Para ello me ofrecen la tarjeta Malibu Turtle Beach, de la cual me
>dicen, que trabaja con midi y esas cosas. Lo que no entiendo es que
>es mas barata que la Sound Blaster 64 Gold, pero supuestamente mucho
>mejor. (?)
>Alguien me puede guiar al respecto ? O al menos explicarme el porque
>de la diferencia de precio ?


Hola,
No he probado la tarjeta que mencionas, pero la siguiente es la evaluaci�n
que le hizo PC Magazine:

Turtle Beach Malibu Surround 64
Turtle Beach Systems, Yonkers, NY; 800-233-9377; www.tbeach.com.

Another low-priced board is the Turtle Beach Malibu Surround 64 ($80
street). Unlike the AudioPCI, the Malibu doesn't offload CPU-intensive tasks
onto the host processor, and it offers features like 64-voice
hardware/software MIDI synthesis and S/PDIF digital-audio output. It's not
in a class with "everything but the kitchen sink" boards like the AWE64
Gold, but for the price, it's hard to beat.
The Malibu is equipped with both a General MIDI synthesizer chip from
Kurzweil (a well-known name in MIDI keyboards) and Rockwell Semiconductor
Systems' WaveStream software synthesizer, each of which can play up to 32
voices. No patch-editing or sampling capabilities are supported, and the
board lacks a DSP chip. The software synthesis provides reverb and chorus.
Since few MIDI files require 64 voices, the final production version of the
Malibu will include a Voyetra Synth Layering (VSL) utility that will let
users configure the two synthesizers to play in unison. Our test unit only
let us toggle VSL layering on or off, but that was enough to reveal that the
feature usually makes a dramatic difference. Unfortunately, the effect
wasn't always an improvement, and it sometimes upset the delicate instrument
mix of our General MIDI test files.
The Malibu's audio section supports the DirectSound and Windows Sound System
APIs and includes a hardware implementation of SRS Laboratories' 3-D-
spatialization algorithm. It provides full-duplex analog audio but generates
digital output only at 44.1 kHz, making a conversion necessary to dump data
directly to a 48-kHz DAT tape. The Malibu has a connector for an optional
PCI-bus Audio Accelerator board (due early in 1998), which will provide
DirectSound acceleration and two added stereo analog outputs for
multispeaker surround effects.
Given its price, the Malibu ships with a surprisingly generous software
bundle that includes Voyetra's Windows 95/DOS sound board applet suite, the
MIDI Orchestrator Plus sequencer program, and the AudioView sound editor.
The board's weakest link is its MIDI output, which was the worst in this
survey. The hardware was merely acceptable, often producing slightly
synthetic sounding output. Things got worse when we added the software
synthesis, which sounded nothing like our reference Sound Canvas. Many parts
sounded strangled and artificial, and the board's outrageously loud
percussion often drowned out other instruments.
But even if the Malibu may not be the right board for serious MIDI
composition or recording applications, it's still a good buy. Despite its
flaws, you'll have a hard time finding a more sophisticated game-player's
board--especially one with a hardware synthesizer--at this price.
Don Labriola

From the January 6, 1998 issue of PC Magazine

Ojala esto te sirva para tomar una decisi�n, Si quieres leer el art�culo
completo de PC Magazine, donde hablan adem�s de otras tarjetas de sonido, el
URL es:
http://search.zdnet.com/pcmag/features/sound/rev4.htm

Saludos,


Eduardo