What is the best soundcard to use with the program?

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The choice of the soundcard depends on many factors, among which price, sampling quality, number of inputs, MIDI synth etc.

n-Track is compatible with any soundcard that has standard WDM, MME or Asio drivers, including PCI, USB and Firewire (IEEE 1394) audio devices. Here follows a list of a few soundcards that have proven to work well with n-Track Studio. Also see the soundcards settings page.

  • General purpose cards
    • Creative Soundblaster Audigy series: the cards works well with n-Track Studio. The old Audigy I was a 16 bit card, it didn't support 24 bit recording or playback as the specifications may seem to suggest. It has a very good MIDI hardware synth. The Audigy 2 and later models unlike the Audigy 1 finally support true 24 bit recording and playback at sampling frequencies up to 96 khz.
  • Audio Recording dedicated cards
    • M-Audio Delta series (44, 66, 1010)
    • Emu 1820, 1820m, 1212m with built-in hardware accellerated VST plug-ins
    • M-Audio Quattro, Duo, Audiophile external USB & Firewire devices
    • Egosys Waveterminal series (2496 & 192)
    • Echo Gina, Darla, Layla, Mia
    • Aardvark DirectPro
    • Tascam US428 & US224 with MIDI control surface
    • Edirol FA-101
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