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On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 21:14:40 +0100, Laurence Payne
<l@laurenceDELETEpayne.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>>> >PS: do SBLive, Audigy 1 & 2 all have the same synth on the card?
>>> 
>>> It's only the consumer/gamer cards that have ANY onboard sounds.
>>> Better quality cards concentrate on doing one job - audio in and out.
>>
>>Well, I'm sure that's what the makers of the "Pro" cards would like
>>you think anyway. It likely irks them that for a fraction of the cost
>>you can have high quality midi/digital audio from one source. For
>>anyone who doesn't need multi-in/out, that Audigy or even a Live card
>>will do a spectacular job.
>
>I agree, the features of these top-end consumer cards are impressive.
>If it wasn't for the problems keeping multi-track audio in synch other
>than at 48KHz sample rate, there wouldn't be half the market for
>semi-pro  cards.
>
>I imagine the problem arises BECAUSE of the features.  If you're going
>to build in a midi synth and sample playback engine, you need a fixed
>internal sample rate.  Unfortunately Creative went for 48KHz, while
>the rest of the hobbyist and semi-pro audio world decided to input and
>output at 44.1KHz.

 I think the 48khz is part of the AC97 codec standard, required for
Creative to be listed as an approved Windows MME device and thus
included in PCs built by almost every manufacturer. I suspect the
48khz is also an attempt by the recording industry to "build in" in a
non-compatible direct/digital duplication process. You can record
digitally at 44.1 into an SBLive/Audigy but it is actually goes
through a conversion process to get there, not a direct digital copy.

And yes, there are the sync issues and the fact that ASIO is -only- at
48khz creating problems with many VSTinstruments.


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