music & comp

[damnthenet]

hi,
Gonna buy a pc soon...
Please tell me what sound card I should opt for... I know music and I will use my computer for home recording... I'm only beginner and not an expert
Thanks

 

[Techno Monkey]

Creative sound card and speakers

 

[Pathik]

onboard sound on the motherboard is more than enuf 4 home use

 

[led_shankar]

There was a good FastTrack on Audio some months back. Don't you have that, Damnthenet?

 

[s18000rpm]

if only for home-entertainment, then buy Intel DG965WH m/b & any Core2Duo, to enjoy the ViiV technology.

this 965WH m/b has really nice onboard 7.1, Dolby... Audio card.

when you configure it to 7.1 mode, dude you never gonna regret this m/b, simply awesome experience (with an onboard ).

 

[wizrulz]

u gonna buy PC soon...good ..congrats...but how much u allocate for soudn card and speakers depends on ur budget and needs....so if u want config too ..please do post ur budget and use....else members here will start giving u there dream config ..even for soudn card and speakers ....

 

[samrulez]

wht is ur budget??

You can get creative Audigy 4 for 5k....Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 for 1.4k or X.Fi for 8k...you will hv to mention ur budget!

 

[ravi_9793]

for sound card I will suggest U ..Creative blaster..it will cost around 1200 bucks.

 

[piyush gupta]

Go for a Creative cound card and Altec Lansing speakers

 

[damnthenet]

thanks for all the replies...
I am an musician and I will need to record some music and connect my MIDI keyboad.... My budget is around 4k

 

[codename_romeo]

creative

 

[goobimama]

The main thing you haven't mentioned is what speakers you planning on plugging into the sound card. Cause its a waste driving a cheap 2.1 into an X-Fi...

 

[Ch@0s]

Will if you wanna do any sort of recording, stay away from creatives. Their recording capabilities are pretty poor other than the XFi platinum or higher. If you want a cheap nice recording card, look for the EMU 0404 or M-Audio Audiophile 24/96.

 

[gurujee]

how is creative SB 24bit and inspire speaker4.1 4400 and 5.1 5200 ? i havent heard creative proucts...do these sound like the sony mini hi-fi music systems ??

 

[alok4best]

how is creative SB 24bit and inspire speaker4.1 4400 and 5.1 5200 ? i havent heard creative proucts...do these sound like the sony mini hi-fi music systems ??

Creative Products are Awesome..BOSE is the best in business ,however BOSE is costly...in speakers I can assure u that Creative Inspire rocks.
2.1--1600rs
4.1--2500rs..approx Bangalore Prices...not idea abt 5.1..I guess it shud be somewhere arnd 3K. And I think most modern Motherboards have good on board sound cards..though Audigy series is pro..I think realtek ,ADI and sigmatel chips are also great..Intel 865GBF board has ADI,965 is having Sigmatel chip on it..most popular is Realtek among on boards.

 

[Ch@0s]

If you think bose is the best, its easy to pay no heed to ur opinion

 

[CadCrazy]

Anything less than Creative XFi = Onboard Sound

 

[alok4best]

If you think bose is the best, its easy to pay no heed to ur opinion

I didnt welcome you

 

[goobimama]

^^^ WTF?

@Jugnu: WTF?