Comments on: The Sound Card Reviews are Coming

By: gybp

gybp — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:06:30 +0000

what do you guys think of the numark dj i/o?

By: DJ ToS

DJ ToS — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:00:38 +0000

/ignore Frank

By: Fatlimey

Fatlimey — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:20:02 +0000

I have an Edirol FA66 and it’s boringly reliable. Plug, play, sound comes out, it just works. It has 6 outs, but two of them are utterly useless digital ports, so it’s just enough for DJing with no spares. The _real_ problem is finding a fast laptop that has 6-pin firewire (IBM T60 has no firewire, Sony VAIO only has 4-pin so you’ll need to cart a wall-wart).

It’s also good to know that you can produce balanced outputs if necessary. Bring your own 1/4in and RCA connections to guarantee good quality connections.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:33:38 +0000

Nice post! I would also like to see that review.
Just a couple of months ago, I have started reviewing all regarding “Digital DJ”.
I have watched your videos on youtube, I bought a VESTAX VCI-100, and the next step is buying a soundcard. I’m currently using an onboard card (Soundmax), and of course I cannot use this anymore.

I would like to learn how to use Traktor, btw I’m using Virtual DJ, it’s basic in comparison to Traktor, but it has a more intuitive interface and I could mix like a Real DJ without making too many efforts. (I would like to know if you can configure layers in Virtual DJ as in Traktor)

As I saw in your video, you recommended the Presonus FireBox, but in comparison to Edirol FA-66 which one do you think is better?

I also checked MOTU Ultralite, it’s another concept of soundcard. I would like to know it’s performance.

I?m going to use the soundcard just to mix, and perhaps to mix in front of an audience. I wouldn?t use it to record from musical instruments.

Right now, with my onboard soundcard, and my friend’s one (SoundBlaster Audigy S.E., that makes all by software instead of hardware), the results are almost the same. Both of them have lag. It consumes about 180MB of system resources (VIRTUAL DJ.EXE), and by adjusting BMP using Key Lock it doesn’t sound as clear as it should. Perhaps by buying a good soundcard this things wouldn’t happen anymore.

I also made and adjustment in Windows, just to increase my onboard soundcard performance. I have changed the default value of audio buffer.

1) Go to ?Device Manager? (Start, Control Panel, System. Then in System Properties go to Hardware, then Device Manager)
2) Go to ?Sound, Video And Game Controllers?
3) In ?Sound, Video And Game Controllers?, click on properties
4) Click on ?mciwave.dll?, then in settings
5) Change the default value (4) seconds to 9 seconds of buffer. ?You may configure the amount of memory that MCI Waveform driver will use for buffering audio data during playback or record?
6) Click OK, restart your computer and you?re ready to enjoy.

By making this little change you can make a big difference. In my experience, it doesn?t lag as it used to be.

Excuse me for my large post and my possible language mistakes (I?m from Argentina).
Keep on working with this site, it helped me a lot.
See you on next post.
Best Regards.
Frank.

By: Editor

Editor — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:42:43 +0000

can i get one of those 50 sound cards, when you’re done with them? :p

;-) you can buy my echo indigo dj if you want! I have to send all the testers back though :-(

By: Greg Swindle

Greg Swindle — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:25:22 +0000

Looking forward to your review! That’s next on my list. :)

By: Travism , Philippines

Travism , Philippines — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:41:33 +0000

I’m using the M Audio 410 with my Traktor. So far so good… I’m getting the Audio 8 soon.

By: whiskers

whiskers — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:13:07 +0000

can i get one of those 50 sound cards, when you’re done with them? :p