My next big purchase
Oct. 27th, 2005 12:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oneirophreniaThe SoundBlaster X-Fi Elite Pro.
Yes, it's a $400 sound card. That's a lot of fucking money.
But!
1) "The Elite Pro competes sonically with semipro multichannel audio interfaces, and no board offers gamers a better combination of flexibility and sound quality. In addition to all the connectors found on the I/O drive, its breakout box includes an RIAA-equalized phono jack that lets you record LPs without a preamp, a high-impedance input for directly attaching electric guitars, a special DIN connector that lets you control the sound board, and a set of compatible Creative speakers with a single remote. Best of all are its handy front-mounted knobs for Crystalizer, CMSS-3D, EAX, and 3DMIDI, which make these features a pleasure to use. Rounding out the package are copies of Steinberg's Amplitube LE tube-amplifier simulator, Cubase LE music composing/recording software, and WaveLab Lite soundfile editor."
and
2) I got my Sound Blaster PCI 512 in, like, 1996...and I used it until earlier this year. I now have an Audigy 2 Pro running in my Sony Box. If I transfer than to my old computer to use as a backup sound-design machine and jam the X-Fi monster into the Sony, I don't think I'll need to get another sound card of ANY kind for at least TEN years. Hell, it'll pay for itself after a few months.
Yes, it's a $400 sound card. That's a lot of fucking money.
But!
1) "The Elite Pro competes sonically with semipro multichannel audio interfaces, and no board offers gamers a better combination of flexibility and sound quality. In addition to all the connectors found on the I/O drive, its breakout box includes an RIAA-equalized phono jack that lets you record LPs without a preamp, a high-impedance input for directly attaching electric guitars, a special DIN connector that lets you control the sound board, and a set of compatible Creative speakers with a single remote. Best of all are its handy front-mounted knobs for Crystalizer, CMSS-3D, EAX, and 3DMIDI, which make these features a pleasure to use. Rounding out the package are copies of Steinberg's Amplitube LE tube-amplifier simulator, Cubase LE music composing/recording software, and WaveLab Lite soundfile editor."
and
2) I got my Sound Blaster PCI 512 in, like, 1996...and I used it until earlier this year. I now have an Audigy 2 Pro running in my Sony Box. If I transfer than to my old computer to use as a backup sound-design machine and jam the X-Fi monster into the Sony, I don't think I'll need to get another sound card of ANY kind for at least TEN years. Hell, it'll pay for itself after a few months.
