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"mehere" <mehere@home.org> wrote in message news:<tb0ja.25353$vs.1404596@news3.calgary.shaw.ca>...

> >
> > Well, I'm sure that's what the makers of the "Pro" cards would like
> > you think anyway. 

> 
> You get what you pay for. Do you REALLY think that people pay $800 or more
> for a card such as a RME Hamerfall just for the boasting rights? Your
> statement above speaks more about how you feel the need to  justify the use
> of a SB card. 

What I think is that a lot of people badmouth SB cards when they've
never really explored them. In a series of blind comparisons, I'd be
very curious if you could consistently pick the Audigy out from the
mega buck cards. And yes, people overpay for things all the time
because of the artificial sense of prestige it gives them.

Certainly there are reasons why people use various other cards for
doing production - the SB cards don't have multi in/out, but it
doesn't alter the fact that for doing 1 or 2 tracks at a time, the
Audigy does a superb job, and as far as sound quality, it will compare
favorably to any midi system, for a fraction of the cost.

Even a few years ago, what would you have had to pay for gear with
these specs?

-Midi patch size limited ONLY by you system RAM. You got 3 gigs of
RAM? You can use anything that isn't being used by the system for
midi. That 64-meg pro module you paid an arm and a left nut for
suddenly seems kinda lame compared to this "gamer" card, huh?
-64 voice midi polyphony
-102 db signal to noise ratio
-24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion during playback with sampling
rates of 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz in 5.1 mode
and up to 192kHz in stereo mode
-24-bit Analog to Digital conversion during recording in 8, 16 or
24-bit at sampling rates of 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and
96kHz
-SPDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) input at up to 24-bit/ 96kHz
quality
-SPDIF output up to 24-bit at 48 or 96kHz 

All in ONE card. Will you produce the soundtrack for the next
Spielberg movie on it? Probably not, but for Joe HomeStudio, this kind
of capability for the price represents nothing short of a miracle.

Of course we won't talk about Creative's lame tech support, but hey,
whaddya want, everything?