hitman38 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Hi all Does anyone know of a good external sound card for mac? I cant find one that has the right inputs and outputs, what i would like is direct 6ch outputs, optical, headphones and mic ports. Something similar to the Sound Blaster Extigy but newer. any info would b great? thanks in advance Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210028-good-external-sound-card-for-mac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHoward Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 What is your application, a home studio setup? The M-Audio cards are alright for the money, or some of the Edirol (now branded Cakewalk by Roland) are okay too - there's a Firewire variant with about 10 outputs that might be worth looking at, but you don't mention a budget. Personally I have a Edirol UA-25x, which has two XLR ins, and two balanced jack outputs - this is mainly used for playback and recording of individual mics (as in an interview) or stereo sources. For larger scale recording I also have a M-Audio Profire Lightbridge, which is 32 in/out almost entirely on ADAT - 4x 8-channel ADAT in and out, plus analogue out (routeable headphone output) and S/PDIF. I use the Lightbridge either directly connected to the ADAT outs on a Yamaha digital mixer or with Behringer ADA8000s to give 32 analogue ins/outs depending on what I need. (Yeah, I know, Behringer, but the outputs are okay. For serious recordings you're better using a Yammy desk and go in via ADAT.) Both of these are working with an Intel OSX86 machine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210028-good-external-sound-card-for-mac/#findComment-1432497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamael Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Look this : http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1441815 What is your application, a home studio setup? The M-Audio cards are alright for the money, or some of the Edirol (now branded Cakewalk by Roland) are okay too - there's a Firewire variant with about 10 outputs that might be worth looking at, but you don't mention a budget. Personally I have a Edirol UA-25x, which has two XLR ins, and two balanced jack outputs - this is mainly used for playback and recording of individual mics (as in an interview) or stereo sources. For larger scale recording I also have a M-Audio Profire Lightbridge, which is 32 in/out almost entirely on ADAT - 4x 8-channel ADAT in and out, plus analogue out (routeable headphone output) and S/PDIF. I use the Lightbridge either directly connected to the ADAT outs on a Yamaha digital mixer or with Behringer ADA8000s to give 32 analogue ins/outs depending on what I need. (Yeah, I know, Behringer, but the outputs are okay. For serious recordings you're better using a Yammy desk and go in via ADAT.) Both of these are working with an Intel OSX86 machine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210028-good-external-sound-card-for-mac/#findComment-1453830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
muchlife Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 M-Audio fast track ultra, 6 balanced line in, 6 out (not counting SPDIF), USB, 2 headphones, phantom power and works great in hackintosh $350 ish M-Audio Profire, 8 balanced in, 8 unbalance in, 16 out , Firewire (needs FW port on Texas Instrument chipset like gigabyte motherboard), 2 headphones, phantom power, works great in hackintosh! $530 ish Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210028-good-external-sound-card-for-mac/#findComment-1542935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRO-X Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 PreSonus Fire Studio Project, 8 channels in 8 channels out http://www.presonus.com/products/Detail.aspx?ProductId=43 I got one for sale $400.00 And a 24 inch Imac ($1000.00) massage me for more info Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210028-good-external-sound-card-for-mac/#findComment-1568571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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