From Jeff Pitrman Sent Tue, Oct 12th 1999, 22:23
From Jeff Pitrman Sent Tue, Oct 12th 1999, 22:23
Question: does anyone own or has anyone used the Guillemot Maxi
Studio Isis? I'm interested in this card, which has gotten good reviews and
generally seems like it could be a good deal. I have a Guillemot maxi gamer
phoenix video card which has filled my expectations for a great price, so I
have some faith in the company. The 8 ins/4 outs is a little odd, I wish
that were switched, but hey. Otherwise, it sounds good from what I've read,
and the support for little 'gaming' 3d sound things like Microsoft's
directx and Aureal's stuffs would be a nice bonus. It's not a big deal, but
my friend has a Layla and has had a lot of problems with games and apps not
recognizing his card.
I'm not really looking to go buy a wad of synths to record, as I am
pro-software synth digital boy all the way, but the optical in would be
very hep for dumping down some DAT recordings or the like. I almost wonder
if this card is overkill for my needs since most of my noises pretty much
exist in digital land all the time, but I'm thinking to being able to go
play at an ODP or somesuch silliness.
So ... to anyone who's used it: does this card seem like it would
have a nice sound if you were going from, say, software synth noises to
some effects boxes and back in? Good sound going into a mixing board for a
PA? Nice sound when recording synths or real instruments? Good sound when
you're spanking someone in Unreal Tournament? Etc?
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