Echo indigo DJ PCMCIA card
Echo indigo DJ PCMCIA card Posted on: 21.04.2008 by Alex Mayer I really like this one because of the PCMCIA-factor; it's sleek, and one less clunky object to lug around. I'm just wondering if it will be suitable for my purposes. i know from Ean's reviews this sound card is good for @ home and small clubs. Given the nature of my situation, when i do start playing out with my VCI-100, it will most likely be at raves. So, the rooms will be medium to large. Would i run into sound distortion, or any other glitches, quality probs, etc? | |
| Thisun Manuranga 11.05.2008 | I would agree with the above, having used the card myself. A great fun little card, but does not fit into the new Macbook Pro's unfortunately :P ! All the above issues are true... but I suppose that would be the sacrifice made in return for ultra'miniature size and portability... once it's in, all you are left with is a lighter sized bump on the side of your laptop! tiny! It's more as if it was made to be a small soundcard for taking with your laptop and small mixer to the park to mix nice tunes for your friends... You could believe of it as an optional upgrade ("upgrade to 24bit/4-Channels only for |
| Thisun Manuranga 11.05.2008 | I would agree with the above, having used the card myself. A great fun little card, but does not fit into the new Macbook Pro's unfortunately :P ! All the above issues are true... but I suppose that would be the sacrifice made in return for ultra'miniature size and portability... once it's in, all you are left with is a lighter sized bump on the side of your laptop! tiny! It's more as if it was made to be a small soundcard for taking with your laptop and small mixer to the park to mix nice tunes for your friends... You could believe of it as an optional upgrade ("upgrade to 24bit/4-Channels only for |
| Thisun Manuranga 11.05.2008 | I would agree with the above, having used the card myself. A great fun little card, but does not fit into the new Macbook Pro's unfortunately :P ! All the above issues are true... but I suppose that would be the sacrifice made in return for ultra'miniature size and portability... once it's in, all you are left with is a lighter sized bump on the side of your laptop! tiny! It's more as if it was made to be a small soundcard for taking with your laptop and small mixer to the park to mix nice tunes for your friends... You could believe of it as an optional upgrade ("upgrade to 24bit/4-Channels only for |
| Thisun Manuranga 11.05.2008 | I would agree with the above, having used the card myself. A great fun little card, but does not fit into the new Macbook Pro's unfortunately :P ! All the above issues are true... but I suppose that would be the sacrifice made in return for ultra'miniature size and portability... once it's in, all you are left with is a lighter sized bump on the side of your laptop! tiny! It's more as if it was made to be a small soundcard for taking with your laptop and small mixer to the park to mix nice tunes for your friends... You could believe of it as an optional upgrade ("upgrade to 24bit/4-Channels only for |
| Thisun Manuranga 11.05.2008 | I would agree with the above, having used the card myself. A great fun little card, but does not fit into the new Macbook Pro's unfortunately :P ! All the above issues are true... but I suppose that would be the sacrifice made in return for ultra'miniature size and portability... once it's in, all you are left with is a lighter sized bump on the side of your laptop! tiny! It's more as if it was made to be a small soundcard for taking with your laptop and small mixer to the park to mix nice tunes for your friends... You could believe of it as an optional upgrade ("upgrade to 24bit/4-Channels only for |
| Thisun Manuranga 11.05.2008 | I would agree with the above, having used the card myself. A great fun little card, but does not fit into the new Macbook Pro's unfortunately :P ! All the above issues are true... but I suppose that would be the sacrifice made in return for ultra'miniature size and portability... once it's in, all you are left with is a lighter sized bump on the side of your laptop! tiny! It's more as if it was made to be a small soundcard for taking with your laptop and small mixer to the park to mix nice tunes for your friends... You could believe of it as an optional upgrade ("upgrade to 24bit/4-Channels only for |
| Thisun Manuranga 11.05.2008 | I would agree with the above, having used the card myself. A great fun little card, but does not fit into the new Macbook Pro's unfortunately :P ! All the above issues are true... but I suppose that would be the sacrifice made in return for ultra'miniature size and portability... once it's in, all you are left with is a lighter sized bump on the side of your laptop! tiny! It's more as if it was made to be a small soundcard for taking with your laptop and small mixer to the park to mix nice tunes for your friends... You could believe of it as an optional upgrade ("upgrade to 24bit/4-Channels only for |
| Thisun Manuranga 11.05.2008 | I would agree with the above, having used the card myself. A great fun little card, but does not fit into the new Macbook Pro's unfortunately :P ! All the above issues are true... but I suppose that would be the sacrifice made in return for ultra'miniature size and portability... once it's in, all you are left with is a lighter sized bump on the side of your laptop! tiny! It's more as if it was made to be a small soundcard for taking with your laptop and small mixer to the park to mix nice tunes for your friends... You could believe of it as an optional upgrade ("upgrade to 24bit/4-Channels only for |
| Thisun Manuranga 11.05.2008 | I would agree with the above, having used the card myself. A great fun little card, but does not fit into the new Macbook Pro's unfortunately :P ! All the above issues are true... but I suppose that would be the sacrifice made in return for ultra'miniature size and portability... once it's in, all you are left with is a lighter sized bump on the side of your laptop! tiny! It's more as if it was made to be a small soundcard for taking with your laptop and small mixer to the park to mix nice tunes for your friends... You could believe of it as an optional upgrade ("upgrade to 24bit/4-Channels only for |
| Thisun Manuranga 11.05.2008 | I would agree with the above, having used the card myself. A great fun little card, but does not fit into the new Macbook Pro's unfortunately :P ! All the above issues are true... but I suppose that would be the sacrifice made in return for ultra'miniature size and portability... once it's in, all you are left with is a lighter sized bump on the side of your laptop! tiny! It's more as if it was made to be a small soundcard for taking with your laptop and small mixer to the park to mix nice tunes for your friends... You could believe of it as an optional upgrade ("upgrade to 24bit/4-Channels only for |
| robert chanda 16.05.2008 |
Originally Posted by aiden
I would, on principle, not be happy having the thing that plugs into the clubs gear be inside my computer - having an internal soundcard connected to powerful amp gear of an unknown quantity would make me nervous. Better to blow up an external soundcard than fry your machine. Just my 0.02 Euro. |
| Thisun Manuranga 11.05.2008 | I would agree with the above, having used the card myself. A great fun little card, but does not fit into the new Macbook Pro's unfortunately :P ! All the above issues are true... but I suppose that would be the sacrifice made in return for ultra'miniature size and portability... once it's in, all you are left with is a lighter sized bump on the side of your laptop! tiny! It's more as if it was made to be a small soundcard for taking with your laptop and small mixer to the park to mix nice tunes for your friends... You could believe of it as an optional upgrade ("upgrade to 24bit/4-Channels only for |
| Alex Mayer 21.04.2008 | I really like this one because of the PCMCIA-factor; it's sleek, and one less clunky object to lug around. I'm just wondering if it will be suitable for my purposes. i know from Ean's reviews this sound card is good for @ home and small clubs. Given the nature of my situation, when i do start playing out with my VCI-100, it will most likely be at raves. So, the rooms will be medium to large. Would i run into sound distortion, or any other glitches, quality probs, etc? |
| robert chanda 16.05.2008 |
Originally Posted by aiden
I would, on principle, not be happy having the thing that plugs into the clubs gear be inside my computer - having an internal soundcard connected to powerful amp gear of an unknown quantity would make me nervous. Better to blow up an external soundcard than fry your machine. Just my 0.02 Euro. |
| Thisun Manuranga 16.05.2008 | don't get it if you are running Leopard ! (audio drop-outs + clicks/pops/cracks) ! |
| Alex Mayer 15.05.2008 | thanks for the input guys! believe im gonna go with the novation nio.. any new thoughts? |
| Thisun Manuranga 11.05.2008 | I would agree with the above, having used the card myself. A great fun little card, but does not fit into the new Macbook Pro's unfortunately :P ! All the above issues are true... but I suppose that would be the sacrifice made in return for ultra'miniature size and portability... once it's in, all you are left with is a lighter sized bump on the side of your laptop! tiny! It's more as if it was made to be a small soundcard for taking with your laptop and small mixer to the park to mix nice tunes for your friends... You could believe of it as an optional upgrade ("upgrade to 24bit/4-Channels only for |
| Dj LsEx 07.05.2008 | the echo card is absolutely awesome on latency. i'm running an under-spec machine for traktor 3.3 and have latency set at 5.5ms with wonderful, rich, stutter-free sound. i don't believe that this audio interface is suited for the medium to large size rooms you're talking about. i do notice at times that the output power lacks headroom for even some light duty purposes. it also sports 1/8'' outputs which are easy to accidentally yank out in the middle of a set. they're inconvenient to run into another venue's sound system as well. furthermore, the number of outputs are limited to only a cue output and a master output. for larger venues i would certainly look for something a little more top shelf with better output options. |
| Lukas Kocijan 30.04.2008 | I have the Echo Indigo DJ and am verrrry happy with it. I detect no distortion at high levels, and believe being directly on the PCI bus as opposed to connecting through USB or Firewire must be a plus for latency. |
| Adil Laresh 23.04.2008 | i woudl invest in something a little more up market to be safe the echo firewire 2 should be sufficient for your needs and its great quality, theres too many choices these days my suggestion do as much research as possible... i myself have numark dj|io it does the job but im still learning to dj so no major invesment required... once and if I get decent then I will get something a little more dedicated |
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