upgrading! soundcard, speaker and sampler

juanm2t · Post by **juanm2t** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:13 pm

hey mates, i´m about to upgrade things here at home so i was wondering if any of you can recommend me a nice soundcard for laptops, also nice speakers and some sampler.
thanks!!!
cheers

cyhl · Post by **cyhl** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:17 pm

what do you have know?

fredrik_h · Post by **fredrik_h** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:07 pm

soundcard, depends on how many in's and outs you need.

echo indigo i/o, if you got pcmcia slot for your laptop.
portable, good drivers, echo has always been quality to me.

speakers/monitors,

alesis active m1 mkII, next decent steps up are genelec, event 20/20... etc.

sampler:

I used to be hardware geek, but I'm glad I've gone software when it comes to samplers, saves time and kontakt (for example) has very nice sending filters, good routing ability.

if you still insist on a hardware sampler I've always been a fan of the filters in the emu's... emu 6400 ultra is the best sounding sampler I've ever had. very good modulation matrix.

Had a S6000 (akai), which has a bit of a better interface maybe, and looks cooler (veeeeeeeeeery important if you want to make minimal music!!!

) ... sounds good too, don't like the lack of routing ability of it, atleast compared to the 6400. I'd go for the emu 6400 ultra, which is cheaper too.

my 2,215123658 cents

juanm2t · Post by **juanm2t** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:55 pm

cyhl wrote:what do you have know?

headphones, bad speakers and midi keyboard

juanm2t · Post by **juanm2t** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:01 pm

fredrik_h wrote:soundcard, depends on how many in's and outs you need.

echo indigo i/o, if you got pcmcia slot for your laptop.
portable, good drivers, echo has always been quality to me.

my 2,215123658 cents

i have pcmcia slots, but this indigo sound card can give to outputs?

sorgenkind · Post by **sorgenkind** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:07 pm

what your budget?

fredrik_h · Post by **fredrik_h** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:46 pm

there's a few different versions, the I/O version has, as its name suggestions - input and output. there's a dj version of the card with 2 outputs too... and the old indigo only had one output (+ a headphone output)

so it all depends on what you need... I think the I/O version is brilliant, even though I don't own it myself. (using a rme + multiface)

juanm2t wrote:
fredrik_h wrote:soundcard, depends on how many in's and outs you need.

echo indigo i/o, if you got pcmcia slot for your laptop.
portable, good drivers, echo has always been quality to me.

my 2,215123658 cents
i have pcmcia slots, but this indigo sound card can give to outputs?

juanm2t · Post by **juanm2t** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:28 pm

sorgenkind wrote:what your budget?

i can affort 200 dolars for each thing