is this card good for music production?
233210
I don't use it for that personally but the friend who recommended it uses it for that purpose himself. I think he uses an external amp though.
233211
No, no, and NO. The card is only capable of a 20ms latency running ASIO - no where near what you'll need for audio production. Nothing but clicks and pops during playback and especially during multitracking. I sent mine back because of this, and the fact that the RCA outputs buzzed like crazy. If you're looking to produce music, get a decent IO system from M-Audio or Presonus, and either a firewire or thunderbolt card, depending on what the IO supports. Do NOT buy this card for music production.
233212
i would suggest getting a third party driver (UNi Xonar Drivers 1.72) from http://maxedtech.com/asus-xonar-unified-drivers/ as asus no longer supports this soundcard
1663142
If you're using headphones, you'll love the sound of this card. Just don't use it for outboard speakers and definitely not for audio recording.
1186227
Yes it's pretty good for any type of recording. Once you use it professional. It's a good pretty!!
2189650
depends? what are you going for? what OS do you have? if you just listen to music then that's some serious drop in cash for a minor upgrade (and even then prolly only the trained ear can hear a difference *or think they do* ) so it really comes down to what you do with the card and driver support.
92364
I would imagine a 4770 would crush any music production you threw at it. Easily.
127199
Although I have no idea what your 'music workstation/interface' is; I can say that IF it has a 1394a firewire plug AND you have the correct drivers, then yes I would assume it would work. But you NEED to make sure the device & driver you are going to plug into the PC is compatible with your version of Windows. I installed this PCI card into my friend's Dell low profile desktop (Win7) and interfaced with a 10 yr old DV digital video camera, no problems.
226206
I am unfamiliar with the equipment you refer to. But I can tell you that I mounted the card in a mobo that has good on-board sound and the card makes a big improvement. Very pleased with it.
1915566
Yes. I would recommend looking at one of the Asus Essence series cards for strictly music. http://www.asus.com/us/Sound_Cards_and_DigitaltoAnalog_Converters/Xonar_Audio_Cards_Essence_Series_Products/
1254016
Yes. Your computer will detect it as an external audio device and use it instead of the on-board sound card. I use mine as a second soundcard, I am a DJ and I need two soundcards operating at the same time to mix two beats.
1900972
i don't know anything about "arturia". sorry about that. but you'll be better off with a sound card that has "asio" tech. "asio" tech. doesn't rely on your cpu for the software performance. my acid studio took to it like a hungry dog. i've taken reg. wav. files (songs i recorded years ago", and drag & drop it on a track without a problem. had to burn cd's on the slowest speed, or the program would crash / lock up. its also tempermental with "midi files" and recording them. now, its only $18 so its not a bank breaker. you shouldn't have to get a 2nd mortgage on your home. i have creative sound blaster x-fi platinuim sound card / system. it was a real cool deal about 8 years ago and still is capable of doing a high-end job. you might look in that direction for doing music / computer / studio quality projects. i just invested a small fortune in "avid protools" and a "avid m-box 3". but haven't tried it out yet. i'm trying to get away with what i can on this old computer (os is windows xp with sp3). i don't know how much money your willing to invest or how much you already have invested, so if you can afford better software and have a pc that can handle it, my advice is "you get what you pay for".
1812806
I don't think so. The audio jacks (both front and back) that came with the computer are hard wired to the motherboard and once you enable the sound card, those are disabled. I bought the card my built in sound card failed. I was hoping the new card supported EQ function but it does not thus the audio/music sound like crap. I eventually swapped computers with my wife and gave her the Creative card as she can't hear the difference. I was disappointed the this card performance.
1676592
It all depends on your mother board. If it is a gaming motherboard it will most likely have a very good sound card built into it. If you have a cheap one, expect it to have cheap sound.
1915587
I am using it for video editing..and it works ok..and I dont think its for high end video games...and I dont play or use for video games...but it works well with Alien Shooter and Trans Ascend
78606
NO, as I and a number of others have said in their reviews.This card uses the VIA chip set, not the Texas Instruments chip set. So, if you're getting a card to do audio recording--like I was--you're one of the people who should stay away from this card.
781454
If you are not going to use a super performance graphic card then yes. that would be good enough.
1941742
That's right, you don't need them anymore for decent audio & video. If you want to use the machine for intensive gaming or video editing or something, obviously you'd want to add a card.
675252
Because the card acts as both tuner and a bridge, you will need a fairly good bit of hardware. I ran mine initially using a in iCore7 2.4GHZ with 8GB ram and a 512MB video card. That was caused a few issues with lag time and picture rendering. I replaced the video card with a 1GB version and doubled my ram, and things ran fairly well. If you are using all 4 tuners at once, though, you may experience a few issues with digital scoring.