best sound cards for music production

CLR · Feb 23, 2014

I am looking for the best sound card for my pc to use for music production that have midi ports

LegacyHazeLegit · Feb 25, 2014

I saw this one youtube video and it says audio is fine without the audio card and it has no greater performance on the audio. its basically a gimmick

jimbomuso · Jun 23, 2014

Arrgh every time I see someone post a ' I saw this on YouTube post I wanna scream!!! lol this is not a jibe at the user that responded at all . Music production is as complicated or as simple as you want to make it. It can be created completely digitally via loop creation and layering using a DAW ( Digital Audio Workstaion) like Ableton Live 9 or played live with instruments and that is performance recorded. A quality sound card/ audio interface is essential in relaying accurately the sound that is leaving the computer and connecting various pieces of studio hardware like microphones, turntables for sampling, Guitar preamps etc, as well as communicating to MIDI devices. A high end card/interface will produce a much sweeter output to a desk or recording disk at Higher bit rates than a true 24bit 48000khz rendered inside a DAW such as Ableton Live 9. If your serious or just a hobbyist, you also need a decent pair of studio monitors( not screens!) by manufacturers like ADAM, KRK, Yamaha etc - these speakers try to present the music cleanly and neutrally with no exaggeration or 'hyping' of the sound. most HiFi speakers hype the sound and make it more bassy to flatter what is usually a mediocre speaker. There are a ton of Cards/Interfaces out there and often-times a lot come bundled with software to get you started. Free software is always available such as Cockos Reaper, which is a good DAW to get started with. Some good card/interface manufacturers I can personally recommend are M-Audio, Focusrite, Native Instruments and Universal Audio. bottom line - if your serious about making music invest the time and effort in learning the skills and you can produce spectacular stuff with the most basic of equipment.
' Gimme a Tubba an I'll F***** wring a tune out of it cos I'm a artist ' - John Lennon

henryamontero · Oct 25, 2015

jimbomuso :

Arrgh every time I see someone post a ' I saw this on YouTube post I wanna scream!!! lol this is not a jibe at the user that responded at all . Music production is as complicated or as simple as you want to make it. It can be created completely digitally via loop creation and layering using a DAW ( Digital Audio Workstaion) like Ableton Live 9 or played live with instruments and that is performance recorded. A quality sound card/ audio interface is essential in relaying accurately the sound that is leaving the computer and connecting various pieces of studio hardware like microphones, turntables for sampling, Guitar preamps etc, as well as communicating to MIDI devices. A high end card/interface will produce a much sweeter output to a desk or recording disk at Higher bit rates than a true 24bit 48000khz rendered inside a DAW such as Ableton Live 9. If your serious or just a hobbyist, you also need a decent pair of studio monitors( not screens!) by manufacturers like ADAM, KRK, Yamaha etc - these speakers try to present the music cleanly and neutrally with no exaggeration or 'hyping' of the sound. most HiFi speakers hype the sound and make it more bassy to flatter what is usually a mediocre speaker. There are a ton of Cards/Interfaces out there and often-times a lot come bundled with software to get you started. Free software is always available such as Cockos Reaper, which is a good DAW to get started with. Some good card/interface manufacturers I can personally recommend are M-Audio, Focusrite, Native Instruments and Universal Audio. bottom line - if your serious about making music invest the time and effort in learning the skills and you can produce spectacular stuff with the most basic of equipment.
' Gimme a Tubba an I'll F***** wring a tune out of it cos I'm a artist ' - John Lennon

Sorry for the late post but do you think the mackie cr4 are a good pair of studio monitors or not? im new to all of this and in a budget (up to 200 for the speakers) also what do you think is the best DAW for begginers? im looking at reaper(since its cheap) and Avid pro tools 11

Musicmiamia · Dec 25, 2015

henryamontero :

jimbomuso :

Sorry for the late post but do you think the mackie cr4 are a good pair of studio monitors or not? im new to all of this and in a budget (up to 200 for the speakers) also what do you think is the best DAW for begginers? im looking at reaper(since its cheap) and Avid pro tools 11

Hello， henryamontero， Merry Christmas! Being as a begginer either, as you mentioned your budget is lower than 200, I can recommend you KS108 USB sound card from XOX (an audio manufacture) for you. It is pretty cost-effective and suitable for new starters, which is plug and play, can be worked standalone and have interesting audio effects. I've been using it for a while, maybe you can have a try!

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