#Best Audio card for PAR?
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We need to grab synced video/audio with the PAR, and need to get a good
professional quality audio card, I know the Monterrey is a popular one, but it
seems to be discontinued. (several mail order places aren't carrying them
anymore) Should I still try to get one, or should I get something else, like
the AWE 32, RAP-10, etc?
Thanks,
JNJ
There are only a few good reasonably priced sound cards out there for use under
Windows 3.1. My 3 favorites are Digital Audio Labs Card D+, Roland RAP 10, and
Turtle Beach. The best tech support was with the Card D+, its great, whenever
I call there (mostly to pester them about making NT drivers for their card!) A
PERSON answers the phone and you can actually TALK to them about their product
(just like at in:sync!). The card is reasonably priced. Let me know if you
need more details.
I've never heard of the D+ I'd like more info. No NT drivers? Definately a
down side. We're trying to get the system running NT asap.
Thanks,
JNJ
John,
I'm using a Turtle Beach Monterey. It has the best audio specs. AWE 32 drops
off somewhat. I'm recording all of my audio, music, etc. to the hard drive
first, then mixing it in Razor or Wave and shooting it back out to tape. Sound
really good.
Thanks Mark, we'll probably go with the Monterey. Are you running NT with it?
JNJ
John,
Liked you idea about the Dolby/Surround. Would put some sound engineers out of
business…
Turtle Beach is writing the NT drivers as we speak so they should be out soon.
There is an article out this month in Digital Video about sound editors and
sound sync you might want to read. The editors article talks about the TB
products. I use Wave for Windows for sound editing and Quad Studio for mixing
myself. They're cheap and they work. You can get Quad bundled with the Monterey
card too.
Have Fun! Bye!
Thanks Mark.
The Monterrey sounds like the way to go, thanks for the NT info.
Someday someone will take my ideas and run with them.. 🙂 I can't work on
them all!
JNJ
>Turtle Beach is writing the NT drivers as we speak so they should be out
soon.<
I was looking at getting a TB card. From what I have read on the WinNT forum TB
has been promising NT drivers for over 2 years. I wouldn't count on seeing
drivers when they say, though hopefully I am wrong.
Tim,
I'm using a Turtle Beach Monterey card in NT 3.51 with drivers from a 3rd
party vendor, his name is Peter Haller. The drivers are on the MULTIVEN Forum
under the Turtle Beach lib section. The drivers only support the Multisound,
Monterey and the Tahiti cards.
-Mike
I have heard of people having trouble getting the AWE32 working under NT too,
so this may not be a viable soultion.
I will try to get you a phone number for the Card D+… (If you want it right
away, call me or anyone at insync on our 800 864 7272 number and ask for the
#.)
>I have heard of people having trouble getting the AWE32 working under NT too,
so this may not be a viable soultion.<
Yeah, I thought the monterrey would be better. I'm not too sure about a
"generic" card like the Card D+.. it may be good, but I'm sceptical on lifespan
of driver support, etc. (remember that "ancient" thing called the Targa?) If
they haven't been interested right away, I'm not too sure about whether they'll
go with NT soon or not.
But since you all use, and recommend it- I give it more hope than I would
otherwise. Whenever you find the info, I'll check them out. (and pester them
about NT drivers for ya while I'm at it. <g>)
You all need to get with Yost Group and develop a way to generate 3D sound by
attaching .wav files to MAX's objects, and sticking ears on the camera, and
"rendering" the sounds it'd hear. 🙂 Then license Dolby Surround, and DTS,
and encode it for some wonderful uses. It'd make you big bucks. (just give me
a copy) 😉
Thanks,
JNJ
>>Monterrey…
Hey John,
I have a brand new TB Monterrey that I'll part with – a Really Good Deal.
After I bought it I decided I would be better off with a lower-end card for
what I was doing, so I bought a different TB. (I was going to send it back for
a refund but I was so busy with work that I forgot all about it – it's still
sitting on my shelf, in the box, complete with the optional MIDI adaptor.)
Interested?
JKJ, Oak Ridge, TN
Hey John, haven't heard from ya in a while 🙂
I'm interested in the Monterrey, but it's not my checkbook. E-mail me, and
I'll check on it with the pen holder. 🙂
I don't think we'll need the midi adapter though.
JNJ