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on: March 28, 2008, 12:40

Does anyone here have a soundcard in their old NuBus and/or PCI based beige Macintosh?   I'm thinking about picking up an Audiomedia II or III card.  I'm curious as to the advantages/disadvantages of using one of these versus the Mac's built-in sound hardware.  

Oh yeah, does anyone know if Sonicworx Power Bundle supports the old Audiomedia cards?   I was thinking that maybe this software would perform a little better if it had a DSP sitting in a PCI slot.
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Reply #1 on: March 29, 2008, 13:00

I had an old NuBus Audiomedia Card. I never got around to installing it and eventually sold it. For my purposes the build in sound was sufficient. I used Coaster and pecked away at digitizing all my vinyl.

If you want to work with more than two tracks, or you wish to explorer the world of effects, especially real time effects, you will want a sound card. If your hardware is 68030 or earlier or a a 68LC040 you will also probably need a card. Machines from the AV Quadras forward are all fast enough to handle two channel recording on their own.

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Reply #2 on: March 29, 2008, 16:27

Quote from: "wove"
I had an old NuBus Audiomedia Card. I never got around to installing it and eventually sold it. For my purposes the build in sound was sufficient. I used Coaster and pecked away at digitizing all my vinyl.


I'm just playing with SonicWORX Powerbundle.   I have no idea what I'm doing.  lol.   But it's fun.

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If you want to work with more than two tracks, or you wish to explorer the world of effects, especially real time effects, you will want a sound card. If your hardware is 68030 or earlier or a a 68LC040 you will also probably need a card. Machines from the AV Quadras forward are all fast enough to handle two channel recording on their own.


I'm using a beige G3.   I want an Audiomedia III as it appears to be about the cheapest I can find for tinkering with.   I'm in love with all of the meters that SonicWORX PowerBundle offers.   I need to get another cheap mixer so that I can actually hear the realtime tinkering that I do.  lol.

SonicWORX Powerbundle is a really fun piece of software.
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