OFF: Seeking soundcard advice

[William Duffy]

Alex S. Garcia wrote:
>
> Okay guys, I have this friend who is a musician. He has a home studio but
> now he wants to buy a computer. He will be doing some mixing on it, and thus
> it will include vocals. Now, he needs to buy a good (very good) soundcard to
> go with this computer (it'll be a PC, by the way).
>         We've already done some research and 2 names have come up : Audio
> Media III and Multiwayve. The former seems to be very good (maybe even the
> best available) but is indeed VERY expensive. The latter we don't know much
> about.
>         So my questions are :
>         1) Has any of you heard anything about these cards and how efficient
> are they ?
>         2) Would you advise one of those, or is there another one we should
> ask for instead ?
>
I think it may be worth considering the AWE32. It is a resonable price, and it has the
facility to alter wave files into what is known as SoundFonts. You can also have up to
28megs of memory on the card.
He could also look at the Yamaha DB50XG Daughterboard, which can be added to any
soundcard, has 4megs of memory, and comes with about 700 instruments.

William