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 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 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 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 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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