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$117.00 Est. at Amazon

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i use it in a church sound system to play audio from hard drive and to record the worship service to the hard drive.
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if you are looking to upgrade your soundcard for recording purposes or just for the pure love of your music collection, the 2496 is the product you're looking for.
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i'm currently using it in winxp for home studio recording of electric guitar, vocals, and midi keyboard instruments.
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i've also done many stereo recordings with this card, and the sound is very clean and transparent, and the card provides a decent amount of digital patchbay/routing options.cons: no surround support
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however, if you plan on recording on your computer, or just digitize old tapes and records, this is the card for you.

$231.00 Est. at Amazon

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zero-latency monitoring is a huge plus, since you don't need an outboard mixer if you want a generic monitor.the two integrated mic pres are nice, but not really necessary, as you'll probably want
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the bottom line: for the starting computer musician i found this a good choice.
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cons: headphone amp was required to record the bottom line: buy this sound card, it's worth the money invested.
from pkpp1233, www.shopping.com
pros: 6 in ...2 mic preamp, 8 output midi in/out...great quality and gr8 gear cons: i cannot think of a single one

$60.00 Est. at Amazon

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was great for gaming and movies, but my old turtle beach santa cruz was a better-sounding card when it came to music.
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when i played a dvd music video on this card, it was a revelation.
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if you cant hear anything fromthe mic on ur headphones its ok this mic does work and very loudly if u turn up input volume to like -12 and make sure you're in the program u wanna use ur mic u will
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there are things i'm hearing i never did with a creative card.cons: the mic seems to be a bit testy.
from Nate, www.newegg.com
perfect low cost card for high quality music (will not work magic on mp3s, but does have accurate reproduction of lossless audio).

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