Can this replace crappy Windows sound card? Enhance sound quality for WAV and MP3's exported from DAWs like Reason, Cubase, Adobe Audition?
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Definitely can be used as a windows sound card. In Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Manage Audio Devices, you can set the Babyface as your default device. Once that is done windows sounds and internet audio will be routed through the Babyface on each bootup.
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Absolutely my friend. This is a pro. Audio card. You can do a professional recording with this and send it to record companies. Top end. If price is issue look at roland audio cards too. Cheaper and do the same job. I bought tri by roland very cheap and good card. But this rme is up there withe best. Good luck :-). Whatever u do dont buy Motu audio cards. They are faulty and horrible. I tasted that before and had too many problems.
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Yes this is a great sounding professional sound card at a reasonable price. I have two and haven't had any issues with either of them going on two years now.
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If it has ASIO drivers for windows or core audio for Mac you should be good to go
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You're better off getting a stereo recorder. This is only mono, and audio quality is not so great for something like music concerts. You could try this with an external higher quality microphone, but still not recommended. I can't recall if Windows will burn WAV files directly to an audio CD, but you can use other software to convert WAVs to MP3 then burn directly through Windows Media Player. Most stereo recorders will also offer the option to record to MP3 or WMA, so you would get better sound quality and eliminate the conversion step.
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Previously I used Sound Forge but found that Audacity, a free software application, has more capabilities. You can download the software without purchasing the product & try it.As with most of the inexpensive SW, it does not allow live EQ support - getting that costs a lot of $.
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You can use any sound card you'd like. There are a wealth of inputs and some accept more than one type of connector. I think that for optimal sound, you should use a source with balanced output over XLR. This would be ideal, and any professional level SoundCard, or mixer for that matter, should offer a balanced output via 1/4" or XLR cable connection.
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Yes, you can. Kind of the point of a usb MIDI controller. Works with all the DAWs I've tried on (ie Ableton and FL).
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ABSOLUTELY. Anytime you get a dedicated card the overall quality will be a TON better. The amount of customization and power that a dedicated card will run to your speakers will be awesome. I'm not sure how it compares to headphones, but I noticed a huge jump in quality and of course the equalizer alone let me tune everything to have very epic bass and no distortion.
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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.
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not at all man. i bought it and i returned it because i didn't like it. it was too slow to start even a basic software like winamp. so i think you may need to reconsider buying it if u wanna use it for djing
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I would contact the manufacturer. They have amazing customer service. I did some quick research and found compatibility issues with certain configurations. Changing the dsp setting to 32 bit helped solve some issues with asio. From my personal edxperience a dedicated digital converter such as this far outperforms any sound card. Email the manufacturer. If you are serious about the quality of your music this is for you. Seriously brought my system to life.
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Nothing much. You need a USB port (and potentially a USB hub with an external power supply in case there isn't enough power for the interface). Other than that as long as your computer can support a proper DAW it should be fine.
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Wow, I am truly sorry that one is too technical a question for me. I purchased to replace a Sound Blaster card that wasn't compatible with Windows 7 updates. It works great and the sound is fine but other than it works for me is the best I can tell you.
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Do you know what I would use to export files in .wav format? I have a pc with the basic stuff. I would ultimately be using Audacity sound editing software. I've always used .wav files with it. I'm not to experienced with the tech side of things.Andrea
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Audacity is freeware, and works fine in windows 7, 10, xp. Great software but not necessary to buy.
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Yes, I have Windows 7 and the machine works. BUT, before you burn CDs with your digitized music, be sure to go into your Windows 7 audio controls and set things so you get the fidelity you want. I did not, and the fidelity was poor--neither bass nor treble could be heard.
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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.
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If you have this slot on your computer. It will support everything the built-in sound card does. This is an older verison of X-Fi and windows 8 may have better mixing software. Most computer today don't come with this Express card slot and I think Creative has gone to USB and on-board motherboard applications. Finally, this particular version (Notebook) you have does sound better than all of the rest, in my opinon.