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Jace · Posts: 13

Hello again... I was wondering if I could get some feedback on purchasing the Sound Blaster live 128 sound card for my Cool edit...Any feedback would be welcomed.
Also my retailers in this part of Californina are limited in the amount selections to choose from,,and I know this particular Card is available here in Redding.
Would it be a good choice for my Karaoke Recording studio work? I have a number of booked clients already and I am still trying to cure my rumble type noise that I am getting from my program.

invader9000 · Posts: 299

I have a SB PCI 128. It is not a Live! model. Creative does have only one type of 128 PCI. I am very happy with this card, because it is cheap and sounds nice. No playback noise, no record noise, but it doesn't record over 48khz.

cydnub · Posts: 1

I have the Intel CC820 motherboard which I believe has the SB 128 built in. I have been using it for a while for archiving minidiscs to mp3 (though analog only, the Sony MD recorder I use has no digital out) with no noticable issues until recently.

Sometime last week, I started hearing high pitched intermittent garbling on the silent portions of the source audio, but it was fairly quiet and could only be heard if the volume was cranked up.

After unplugging some of the SCSI drives (which I knew were very old and could be making all sorts of RF) I traced it to interference from the video adapter. As the mouse moved around, I could hear it on the audio.

This I assume is to be expected from a built in sound card, and also one that does the A/D inside the computer. If I cared more about the quality of these archives (the source is not too great to begin with, so right now I don't), I will purchase an external card with a light pipe.

York Audio · Posts: 80

Try very hard to get an alternative to the SB128, its designed for games and a compromise in every area.
M-Audio do some excellent cards that outperform the SB cards in every way and are not that expensive.
It will be well worth it

rogier · Posts: 90

I have used the 128 pci for a while,but I can't say I am very pleased with it.I switched to yamaha xg which is a whole lot better and it wasn't expensive at all.The problem with any form of soundblaster is that
it's designed for the masses and should be able to perform in all fields of sound prodoctions(e.a. games,mp3,soundprograms,...)
therefor it's not very good to use for high performance audioproductions.It's fine for at home if you don not expect a perfect sound.

Craig Jackman · Location: Canada Posts: 909

I bought a SB Live primarily for it's digital i/o option. I use ti to load in programs from DAT then burn to CD. So far there have been no problems and sound quality, using digital in only, has been as expected. I haven't used the analog ins yet.