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| Platform |
Product |
Price |
Distributor |
Tel |
Web |
Score |
Issue |
| PC/Mac |
Aardvark
Direct PRO |
£649 |
Aardvark |
01442870103 |
www.aardvark-pro.com |
8 |
26 |
|
The sound quality more than makes up for the price of this excellent
soundcard |
| PC/Mac |
Aark24 |
£887.50 |
The
UK Office |
01442870103 |
www.aardvark-pro.com |
9 |
26 |
|
24-bit multi-analogue and digital I/O soundcard with incredible
sound quality and compatibility. A blinder! |
| PC/Mac |
Audiophile 2496 |
£179.99 |
Midiman |
01423 886692 |
www.midiman.co.uk |
9 |
29 |
|
A stunning sounding card with loads of control at a very reasonable price - well worth a look.
|
| PC/Mac |
Digi
001 |
£769 |
Digidesign |
01753653322 |
www.digidesign.com |
9 |
24 |
|
Pro Tools on the PC � highly desirable but make sure you�ve
got a powerful PC |
| PC/Mac |
DIGI96/8 PST |
£387 |
JoeMeek |
01803 321921 |
www.joemeek.co.uk |
9 |
29 |
|
Astonishingly good sounding card with onboard DACs, direct input monitoring and an easy to use driver interface - fantastic! |
| PC/Mac |
Korg
OASYS |
£1,299 |
Korg |
01908857100 |
www.korg.co.uk |
8 |
19 |
|
Studio on a card that sounds incredible � but it�s gonna cost
you a pound of flesh... |
| PC/Mac |
MaxiSound
Fortissimo |
£39.99 |
Guillemot |
02086865600 |
www.guillemot.com |
8 |
20 |
|
A great card for the price, complete with an XG soundset and
ACID DJ |
| PC/Mac |
MaxiSound
ISIS |
£249 |
Guillemot |
02086865600 |
www.guillemot.com |
6 |
26 |
|
A budget soundcard, but sadly the price comes at the expense
of audio quality |
| MAC/PC |
Omni I/O |
£548/229 |
Midiman |
01423 886692 |
www.midiman.co.uk |
10/32 |
23 |
|
Unbelievably versatile I/O box and Delta 66 soundcard bundle that sounds incredible and certainly can't be faulted on price. |
| PC |
PowerSampler |
£449 |
SCV
London |
02079231892 |
www.creamware.de |
8 |
23 |
|
A sampler on a card with a huge range of editing options and
mighty enough to compete with some of its hardware competitors |
| PC/Mac |
Project Hammerfall |
£429 |
Joemeek |
01803 321921 |
www.joemeek-uk.com |
9 |
28 |
|
This digital I/O card from RME has some pretty impressive features - in fact, you'll wonder how you ever managed without one. |
| PC |
PowerSampler |
£449 |
SCV London |
02079231892 |
www.creamware.de |
8 |
30 |
|
A sampler in the form of a PCI card with S/PDIF, S-Link, two jack sockets, MIDI connectivity and an inbuilt 24-channel mixer, CreamWare's baby is a blinder.
|
| PC/Mac |
Pulsar
II |
£999 |
SCV
London |
02079231892 |
www.creamware.de |
8 |
23 |
|
In its second incarnation, the CreamWare classic becomes more
powerful, more efficient and more usable� top quality! |
| PC/Mac |
Seasound
Solo |
£599 |
Seasound |
02079231892 |
www.seasound.com |
9 |
25 |
|
All your recording needs sorted in one easy to use unit � and
it looks good too... |
| PC |
Sonic
Fury |
£79.99 |
VideoLogic |
01923277488 |
www.videologic.com |
7 |
26 |
|
With six speaker output and top quality sound, this is a superb
card, but only for gamers. As a serious musician�s card it doesn�t
really cut it |
| PC |
SB Live! Platinum 5.1 |
£170 |
Creative Labs |
01245 265265 |
www.creaf.com |
8 |
29 |
|
The popular Live!'s update still leaves it without ASIO drivers but as a one-stop hardware and software solution, it's hard to fault.
|
| PC |
Tascam PCI-822 |
£299.99 |
Teac UK |
01923 819630 |
www.tascam.com |
7 |
30 |
|
Eight channels of I/O in a single cable, S/PDIF and Word Clock out, 32 MIDI channels, and includes Gigasampler LE.
|
| PC |
TerraTec
EWS88D |
£229 |
TerraTec |
08709010021 |
www.digitequk.com |
9 |
26 |
|
A great sounding, versatile and, perhaps most importantly, inexpensive
soundcard |
| PC/Mac |
TerraTec
EWS88MT |
£399 |
TerraTec |
08709010021 |
www.digitequk.com |
9 |
26 |
|
A high quality soundcard with a big bundle of software, switchable
sample rates and a relatively low price tag |
| PC |
Turtle
Beach Montego |
£129.99 |
Et
Cetera |
01706228039 |
www.etcetera.co.uk |
8 |
19 |
|
Decent sounds and excellent audio quality, but needs more music
software |
| PC |
DSP
Factory/AX16 |
£599 |
Yamaha |
01908369269 |
www.yamaha.co.uk |
10 |
26 |
|
One hell of a combination, making for one of the best multi
I/O soundcards available at the moment, and now with FREE AX16
expansion! |
| PC |
PLG150-PF |
£229 |
Yamaha |
01908369269 |
www.yamaha.co.uk |
8 |
19 |
|
Another plug-in board for XG devices, this time featuring quality
piano sounds |
