suggestions for a good Midi Sound card for a Recording rig

michael_knight

I need to get a PCI sound card that can do midi, someone told me to just get a digidesign Mbox but I don't want to pay $450 bucks for it, I just need something that can take midi ins and outs preferably 2 ins and 2 outs It's ok if it's used but I need it to work, Anyone have any suggestions

JDMurray

It sounds like a Sound Blaster solution is what you should look into. Maybe something like the Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro and the X-Fi - 3DMIDI Player.

Ahriakin

EMU 1212m is an excellent and affordable choice but you might be better off getting a USB Midi controller and get a soundcard that just focuses on audio quality and latency separately. The Audigy's/Blasters/Xfis are good home cards but just can't provide low latency at high quality audio settings.

michael_knight

thanks I'll look into it, I have a real old turtle beach something or the other that I threw in my system, but it's so outdated when I hit a key on my synth I can say a sentence before I hear it play on the PC

Ahriakin

That's the latency in effect. Good dedicated audio cards can do 2-4Ms under moderate load at 24bit/96Khz so it's pretty much unnoticeable.

jkstech

the soundblaster's work fine for midi, but i would get an EMU 0404 and call it a day, they are cheap, good quality and come with some nice software.... plus you'll have audio inputs if you ever need them.

http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?category=505&subcategory=491&product=10447