Re: Creative Sound Blaster sound card

[Eric Busch <jymminbusch@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Tobias, 

I would recommend RME too.
They include very good documentation about the way their machines work in the manual, 
everything is manufactured at high quality and the interfaces I tested so far operate completely stable.
(Recording sessions over weeks with 10-12 hours runtime per day, with no breakdown, drop-out, lag or anything funny at all.)
I use the Fireface 800 on a regular basis.
It might be interesting to have a look at their pci cards as well: 
http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_overview_pci_express.php

 
Best Regards,
Eric Busch


Am 19.08.2014 um 14:32 schrieb Brian FG Katz <brian.katz@xxxxxxxx>:

> For years we have relied on the RME series of audio interfaces. These are
> very high quality, very stable controlled latency over multiple channels,
> and easily operable on Win and Mac. 
> 
> I would highly recommend anything they make. 
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception
> [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Tobias Overath
> Envoyé : mardi 19 août 2014 00:27
> À : AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Objet : Creative Sound Blaster sound card
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Creative have discontinued the Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD sound card,
> which I understand is widely used for studies requiring sound delivery with
> high temporal precision. Creative say that there is no natural successor to
> this sound card, but have pointed me to the Sound Blaster Z series
> (http://us.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-z); has anybody used
> this sound card and could perhaps provide some advice on its temporal
> characteristics and fidelity (regardless of all the signal processing
> software that it comes with and which is not really wanted for delivering
> experimental stimuli)?
> 
> If the Sound Blaster Z series is not the way to go, what would people
> recommend to use instead?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tobias