Re: Sound card/canvas recommendations

At that price cap, why not just get the best Creative Audigy card.  In
addition to the midi sounds you can use soundfonts and get excellent sounds.
The SD20 is an external midi mod.
It is not clear what you really want to do--how many mic inputs would you be
using at one time and frankly, I don't think you have the PC power to do
much with multi-channel audio input.
JB
"Martin Lacoste" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Looking to upgrade the integrated sound card (!!!) on my P3 (500 MHz)
> to something that actually works and sounds better.  The following
> seem to come up quite a bit:
>
> Edirol SD-20
> Audiophile 2496
> Delta 44 or 66
> Echo Mia
>
> I want to be able to record live music, from microphones through a
> mixer into the computer, as well as multi-track record from a synth.
> I am looking for the best playback (ie. realistic sounding
> instruments) as I can get for not TOO much money (<$400US), and with
> minimum latency, esp. for recording while playing back.  So...,
>
> Am I looking in the right direction?
> Any preferences?
> Any other options?
> Do any of the above lack something that I might want - I have a
> midi-USB connector, so I understand that the latency should be
> comparable if I go with a sound card that does not have midi, yes/no?
>
> Thanks
> Martin Lacoste