RE: Home Studio

["Javier Miranda V." <gnominus@earthling.net>]

I recommend you read the information at http://www.guillemot.com.  Their 
soundcard is pretty decent.  I purchased their Home Studio thing.  Since I 
don't have other software like Cubase or Cakewalk, I don't know if they 
have any issues with this soundcard; however, the recording program called 
Quartz SE it comes with is so-so.  Anyway, it is said not to rely heavily 
on your CPU.  For the money, I think it's a bargain.  I found the best 
price at http://www.necx.com.  

I used to have a Cyrix P166+ (so-called P133) and really slow old-style 
IDE hard drive, a Quantum BigFoot.  Since then I've upgraded to an Asus 
TX-97E motherboard with a Pentium 233MMX and a Western Digital Ultra-DMA 
6.3-GB hard drive, as well as a Maxtor Ultra-DMA 11-GB hard drive, and 
this things rocks.  I'm now considering that new AMD P300 "2" CPU they got 
out that fits in my Socket-7 type of plug for the CPU.  That should really 
speed it all up.

However, I'm also considering it may make more sense to buy a whole new 
computer with a Pentium II 400 MHz.  They are really fast.  This month 
they started building 450-MHz computers.

| -----Original Message-----
| From: Steve Lauder [mailto:steve.lauder@elspa.com]
| Sent: Friday 21 August 1998 1:46 AM
| To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
| Subject: Re: Home Studio
| 
| 
| >Today, I went and picked up the Soundblaster 128PCI soundcard...
| 
| 
| Great!  Do you think you could let me know how you get on with it?  I'm
| itching to upgrade my AWE 64, but I'm looking for the right card to do it
| with.  The main thing I'm concerned about is how heavily it relies on the
| CPU for its operations.
| 
| I run a P166MMX (6 months ago it sounded like a dream machine, 
| now it sounds
| like I need to upgrade!), and even a simple task such as playing 
| a music CD
| whilst playing Quake causes considerable system slowdown.
| 
|  - Steve
| 
|