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I have a little question. A friend of mine is making music with ableton live 8.1 and reason 5. First, he had a Creative Audigy 2 (with midi gameport) internal card. I replaced he's card for a Creative Music inernal card with front bay (X-Fi) because I thought that one would be better.
Now he thinks the Audigy 2 was a better card.
can someone tell me if this is true according to the specs?
What creative card is better for audio/midi creation?
the specs for XtremeMusic
Technical Specifications
■24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of analog inputs at 96kHz sample rate
■24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of digital sources at 96kHz to analog 7.1 speaker output
■24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of stereo digital sources at 192kHz to stereo output
■16-bit to 24-bit recording sampling rates: 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz
■ASIO 2.0 support with direct monitoring at 16 and 24-bit at sample rates of 44.1/48/88.22 and 96kHz
■Enhanced SoundFont support at up to 24-bit resolution
Audio Performance (Rated Output @ 2Vrms, Typical Value)
■Signal-to-Noise Ratio (20kHz Low-pass filter, A-Weighted)
◦Stereo Output 109dB
◦Front and Rear Channels 109dB
◦Center, Subwoofer and Side Channels 109dB
■Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (20kHz Low-pass filter) = 0.004%
■Frequency Response (+/-3dB, 24-bit/96kHz input) = <10Hz to 46kHz
■Frequency Response (Stereo only) (+/-3dB, 24-bit/192kHz input) = <10Hz to 88kHz
Connectivity
■FlexiJack (Digital In / Digital Out / Line In / Microphone) via 3.50 mm minijack
■Line level out (Front / Rear / Center / Subwoofer / Rear Center) via 3.50 mm minijacks
■AUX_IN line-level analog input via 4-pin Molex connector on card
■One External AD_Link (26 pin) connector for linking to the X-Fi I/O Console (upgrade option)
■One Internal AD_Ext connector for linking to the X-Fi I/O Drive (upgrade option)
The specs for Audigy 2
Audio Performance
Signal-to-Noise Ratio with AES17 filter (A-Weighted)
2V Rated Output 1V Rated Output
Stereo Output 106dB 102dB
Front and Rear Channels 106dB 102dB
Center, Subwoofer and Rear Center ~90dB ~86dB
Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (A-Weighted) = 0.004% (1V, 2V Rated Output)
Frequency Response (+/-3dB, 24-bit/96kHz input ) = <10Hz to 46kHz (1V, 2V Rated Output)
High Definition Audio Quality for Playback and Recording
24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion during playback with sampling rates of 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz in 5.1 mode and up to 192kHz in stereo mode
24-bit Analog to Digital conversion during recording in 8, 16 or 24-bit at sampling rates of 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz
SPDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) input at up to 24-bit/ 96kHz quality
SPDIF output up to 24-bit at 48 or 96kHz
ASIO drivers for low latency (=2ms) multi-track playback and recording at 16-bit/48kHz)
Wave-Table Synthesis and Midi Features
Creative Hardware synthesizer (2x16 Channels) with 64-voice polyphony featuring E-MU®'s patented 8-point interpolation technology for accurate sample reproduction
Creative Software synthesizer - multi timbral wave-table (16 Channels)
SB1394™ Connectivity
IEEE® 1394 / FireWire® / i-Link® compatible interface with up to 400Mbps transfer rate
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 On-Board Connectors
Line level out (Front / Rear / Center / Subwoofer /Rear Center)
Digital Out for 5.1 support (6-channel SPDIF Output)
Line in
Microphone in
SB1394™/ FireWire® port
Telephone Answering Device in
Analog / Digital CD Audio in
15-pin MIDI / Joystick port extension header
Internal SB1394 header to Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Internal Drive (Upgrade Option)
AD_EXT extension header to th
wel, he uses midi, but does a lot with mastering and creating tracks too. – Chris – 2010-10-20T12:22:49.063
what's the difference between the xtrememusic and xtremegamer? according to wiki, they use the same chip. What would be the difference then? – Chris – 2010-10-20T12:29:04.263
the xtremegamer has more xRAM than the xtrememusic. The memory is only used if games are encoded to use it though so for practical purposes it isn't very useful, considering the xtrememusic still has some onboard memory.The gamer is a lower profile card and has non-standard op-amps so it cannot be modded. It also doesn't have the breakout box jack. Otherwise the cards are exactly the same. (same stock analogue output stage, same DAC, same power supply) – stim – 2010-10-20T12:38:45.197