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Article #190Re: Do SBLive and Audigy cards only have 128 GM/GS sounds?!!
From: jimmy
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 18:28
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 18:28
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sb live does not need to resample @44khz, that is bobbins sir "Laurence Payne" <l@laurenceDELETEpayne.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:nhe29v0si21nnd1lt9j0sp48u9v4nkpac7@4ax.com... > > I used to use an SBlive and still have it in my old > >PC and it is OK as a pc soundcard and game card. > >IMHO it's not that the SBLive or Audigy sound bad but here are 10 reasons > >I can think of NOT to use one. > > > >1. The hardware is locked to a 48khz sample rate. > >2. Sample CD's will have to be resampled to 48khz. > >3. Some VSTi's won't work properly at 48khz such as the EVP73 which needs a > >44.1Khz sample rate to play in tune. > > Yeah. Plus the problems with playing multiple tracks in synch unless > you work at 48KHz. This is really the only issue. > > > >4. Creative drivers are buggy. > >5. Creative software is shitty and buggy and installs, or tries to, a lot > >of crap that is either unusable or useless. > >6. The Audigy is advertised as a 24 bit card but is incapable of recording > >at 24 bit. > >7. It is advertised as having low latency but try using 2ms with 10 VSTi's > >and effects at once. hehehe > >8. No professional +4db setting > >9. No professional XLR mic inputs or preamps > >10. SB and Audigy do not work with GigaStudio on W2k/XP > > > >...and the list goes on > > My CubaseFAQ page www.laurencepayne.co.uk/CubaseFAQ.htm
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f5ab3,77ac258c4c6a57f2 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5ab3,public X-Google-Thread: 1021cd,77ac258c4c6a57f2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1021cd,public X-Google-Thread: 104221,77ac258c4c6a57f2 X-Google-Attributes: gid104221,public X-Google-Thread: 10e134,77ac258c4c6a57f2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e134,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-07 11:29:31 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!proxad.net!proxad.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!internal-news-hub.cableinet.net!news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "jimmy" <jim.plunkett@blueyonder.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.tech,alt.steinberg.cubase,creative.products.sound_blaster.live,alt.comp.periphs.soundcard.sblive References: <tb0ja.25353$vs.1404596@news3.calgary.shaw.ca> <f0c1bc20.0304031910.76cf5666@posting.google.com> <qniq8vg8d6gmfdn2icf5bhpiqofhlhkv2p@4ax.com> <f0c1bc20.0304040957.525aa566@posting.google.com> <gbir8v0inrdu3l9rte0ajrer1kpamaltsd@4ax.com> <3e8dd729.3430522@news-west.giganews.com> <f0c1bc20.0304051352.5f350796@posting.google.com> <b6nnt5$4v8$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk> <f0c1bc20.0304051951.57b2ad33@posting.google.com> <Nh3ka.392383$sf5.716703@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net> <nhe29v0si21nnd1lt9j0sp48u9v4nkpac7@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Do SBLive and Audigy cards only have 128 GM/GS sounds?!! Lines: 37 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <esjka.31$D02.26@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 19:28:08 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.192.234.153 X-Complaints-To: abuse@blueyonder.co.uk X-Trace: news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk 1049740170 80.192.234.153 (Mon, 07 Apr 2003 18:29:30 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 18:29:30 GMT Organization: blueyonder (post doesn't reflect views of blueyonder)