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Emu 1212M PCI 24-Bit/192kHz Balanced Interface (Windows)
Mastering-grade 24-bit, 192kHz converters. Flexible connectivity. E-DSP 32-bit Multi-effects Processor.
"Even if working big budget, CHECK IT OUT!!!!!"
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Feature:The patchmix is pretty cool but I wish it would give you more control over the input signal. A VST patchmix would be cool so I could watch it and my music at the same time.
Quality:
It's Beautiful!!! It's really a shame that you can't constantly look at the cards. The patchmix looks good too.
Value:
Unbeatable. It's hard to get something so sensitive for so cheap..........be careful though, you may find noises you've never heard before. At least you know it won't be the card!
Desirability:
This is something that is needed as well as something wanted.
Sound:
The sound is great. The low end sounds sweet as does the highs. I use a lot of strings and it gave them great stereo separation. But, this card is SOOOO sensitive that it picked up a ground loop from my keyboard that I never heard before..........upgrade??? The sound is really great though!!!!!
Support:
EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!! I had an audio problem (ground loop) and they not only, efficiently, helped me figure out that it wasn't my card they also helped me narrow down where the problem was coming from, they helped me for as long as they could. Great Support!!!!!
Overall:
I score feature films and I have to tell you that this card surpasses a lot of AI's I've come in contact with for much less of a price!
"Top Quality, Nice Price"
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Feature:I don't see the average home recording dude needing the 0202 daughter card, but maybe I'm wrong. I wish I could have just bought the 1010 PCI card and saved some cash, but E-MU doesn't sell it by itself right now. STMPE? Word clock? Well, I guess it's better to have too much than too little. Maybe I'll have a use for them some day...
Quality:
Nice, but I have to agree with the guy who said the daughter card should have just been put on an extra cable (or whatever) instead. Not a major gripe, though.
Value:
This thing is just barely more than an Audigy 2 was when it orginally came out... And the difference is night and day. Awesome value for a recording-quality card with low latency, great software, DSP effects, etc.
Desirability:
This is a great card. I wish they would have included more balanced 1/4" inputs instead of the SMTPE and word clock stuff. It would be much more useful for us average home-recording-guitarist types.
Sound:
I recently built a home studio on a budget. I started with an M-Audio Delta 1010LT, but that didn't have balanced I/O, which meant more potential noise than I wanted to worry about. So I returned it and got the 1212M. I'm currently mixerless until I decide on the perfect one, but I'm managing fine with the PatchMix software as my mixer for now. First off, the overall quality is incredible. Everything is incredibly clear and flat coming through my Behringer Truth B2031A's... The 1212M's DSP effects are a lifesaver, especially when it comes to equalizing the signal for a "hifi home stereo speaker" sound. Mindblowing clarity.
Support:
No idea. Why doesn't Zzounds include a "N/A" in their rating choices?
Overall:
I'm really happy with where this has taken my music. The low latency has shown me the way for VSTi's (do not try it with an Audigy series card) and the sound is just unbeatable, all for a very fair price.
"Cheers to Emu"
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Feature:perfect amount of inputs outputs for me (and for a small studio). not the best for professional hi end use. overall very good and complete features. Easy to install and a breeze to setup.
Quality:
I Bought it used and it worked fine. Made like a standard pci card, no problems with it.
Value:
I got it used for cheap, but even new, still worth every penny.
Desirability:
Personally love it. The few sound interfaces that actually goes into your computer without all those I/O wires hanging all over the place.
Sound:
I've never had any other expierences with soundcards but i have no problems with sound quality.
Ease of Use:
The hardware is sorta confusing and so is the asio drivers and routing.
Support:
Not yet have to use them yet.
Overall:
Love it, recomened it to any home studio or amateur musician.
"Accurate sound, stable performance"
Feature:
A headphone connector would be useful. The software bundle is useful.
Quality:
Excellent sound, strong construct.
Value:
Concerning its sound quality and features, I think it would worth twice as much or so!
Sound:
It has a very clear, detailed sound with a very powerful dynamic range. You can hear the place of every single instrument, and you can really feel the dynamics put into the mix. Its detailed sound helps you to find errors immediately.
Overall:
I'm doing composing, mixing and mastering with this card, and it absolutely fits all my needs; accurate sound, low latency, stable operation. The MIDI adaptor cable is a bit problematic - it doesn't fit completely to my MIDI cables, but it works actually. I would recommend this card to anyone who wants do do some serious audio work on a PC and doesn't want to pay too much.
A headphone connector would be useful. The software bundle is useful.
Quality:
Excellent sound, strong construct.
Value:
Concerning its sound quality and features, I think it would worth twice as much or so!
Sound:
It has a very clear, detailed sound with a very powerful dynamic range. You can hear the place of every single instrument, and you can really feel the dynamics put into the mix. Its detailed sound helps you to find errors immediately.
Overall:
I'm doing composing, mixing and mastering with this card, and it absolutely fits all my needs; accurate sound, low latency, stable operation. The MIDI adaptor cable is a bit problematic - it doesn't fit completely to my MIDI cables, but it works actually. I would recommend this card to anyone who wants do do some serious audio work on a PC and doesn't want to pay too much.
Emu 1212M Interface Customer Review
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Feature:The mixer is very full featured, more than I need actually. It also comes with a few recording packages which are very good too.
Quality:
Very good.
Value:
Worth every penny, and it's cheap.
Sound:
The card has an unmeasureable noise floor in my system. It sounds very clean, analog like.
Support:
N/A
"Top of the line quality for only $200"
Feature:
This card has all the features I needed and then a little bit more. If you need more inputs/outputs or microphone preamps, then upgrade from the 1212m to the 1820 or 1820m. For right now I only use my computer for DJing so this is all I need. If you make music and stuff on your computer with vocals then you need the 1820 or 1820m.
Quality:
This soundcard is as good as any soundcard made! Since it's PCI based, it should last forever. Only gripe would be is it has a little glitch with my audio software, Vegas 4.0 by Sonic Foundry.
Value:
Well worth $200. I had spent $300 for an inferior mobile soundcard and luckily returned it because it was not compatible with my audio software. Then I was shown this soundcard and the specs for it were awesome so I bought it. Unbeatable value, period! It's PCI-based so it's better than any mobile firewire or USB external soundcard.
Desirability:
24-bit/192 KHz recording and playback! Super clean recording! Super clean playback! PCI-based so its faster than any firewire or USB soundcard, and more reliable. No other soundcard with this quality comes close to its price. It has a little glitch with my audio software, Vegas 4.0, but its not a big deal and doesnt affect anything.
Sound:
It doesn't get any better than this, the same converters as Protools flagship soundcard. The signal to noise ratio is awesome, very clean sound and recording. 24-bit/192KHz sound and recording! Although DVD-Audio isn't mainstream yet, this soundcard will allow you to play back and record at DVD-Audio quality! Most soundcards I have seen can only record up to and play back 24-bit/96 KHz sound. I had a interface that recorded at 24-bit/96KHz, it sounded good but not as clean as this soundcard's sound. 24-bit/192KHz playback/recording is as close as you can get to live sound as far soundcards go. It sounds very good at regular 16-bit/44.1 KHz playback/recording, and sounds even better at 24-bit/192 KHz. I use this soundcard in my home studio where I have a 4-channel DJ mixer, two turntables, two CD players, and studio reference monitors. The card sounds great in my situation and allows me to playback and record cleanly and at the highest recording level possible. I had lots of trouble getting this card to work in my computer, technical support was great. I own a Dell Dimension 4300 and had to go to the site and download a BIOS update to get this sound card to work properly. You have to mess around with the settings on the program it comes with in order to find the right setting for what you want to do, otherwise you will probably get feedback when you record or it will sound real bad when you play recorded things back. I'm still learning about it.
Support:
As noted above I had a real hard time getting the soundcard to work. Luckily on the advice of one of the technicians, I went to Dell's website to look for updates and found one that allowed the soundcard to work on my computer. But it took me a week of trying to see if anything else was wrong before I did that. I told technical support about the problem I experienced and they said they would post the information I gave them on a FAQ list, and offered to send me a free T-shirt! If you have a DELL DIMENSION 4300 computer, you need to go to Dell's website and download the CL5 BIOS update, it's under a download for Audigy soundcards.
Overall:
I should be satisfied with this soundcard for many years since it supports DVD-Audio and DVD-Audio isn't even close to being popular yet. If I decide to make music, then I may upgrade to the 1818m since it has more inputs/outputs and mic preamps. This product is a lot better than any other soundcard I've used. For PCI-based soundcards, nothing beats it. It does have a minor glitch with my audio software, but its not a big deal. It's a 9.5 cause of the glitch but I gotta round it up to a 10.
This card has all the features I needed and then a little bit more. If you need more inputs/outputs or microphone preamps, then upgrade from the 1212m to the 1820 or 1820m. For right now I only use my computer for DJing so this is all I need. If you make music and stuff on your computer with vocals then you need the 1820 or 1820m.
Quality:
This soundcard is as good as any soundcard made! Since it's PCI based, it should last forever. Only gripe would be is it has a little glitch with my audio software, Vegas 4.0 by Sonic Foundry.
Value:
Well worth $200. I had spent $300 for an inferior mobile soundcard and luckily returned it because it was not compatible with my audio software. Then I was shown this soundcard and the specs for it were awesome so I bought it. Unbeatable value, period! It's PCI-based so it's better than any mobile firewire or USB external soundcard.
Desirability:
24-bit/192 KHz recording and playback! Super clean recording! Super clean playback! PCI-based so its faster than any firewire or USB soundcard, and more reliable. No other soundcard with this quality comes close to its price. It has a little glitch with my audio software, Vegas 4.0, but its not a big deal and doesnt affect anything.
Sound:
It doesn't get any better than this, the same converters as Protools flagship soundcard. The signal to noise ratio is awesome, very clean sound and recording. 24-bit/192KHz sound and recording! Although DVD-Audio isn't mainstream yet, this soundcard will allow you to play back and record at DVD-Audio quality! Most soundcards I have seen can only record up to and play back 24-bit/96 KHz sound. I had a interface that recorded at 24-bit/96KHz, it sounded good but not as clean as this soundcard's sound. 24-bit/192KHz playback/recording is as close as you can get to live sound as far soundcards go. It sounds very good at regular 16-bit/44.1 KHz playback/recording, and sounds even better at 24-bit/192 KHz. I use this soundcard in my home studio where I have a 4-channel DJ mixer, two turntables, two CD players, and studio reference monitors. The card sounds great in my situation and allows me to playback and record cleanly and at the highest recording level possible. I had lots of trouble getting this card to work in my computer, technical support was great. I own a Dell Dimension 4300 and had to go to the site and download a BIOS update to get this sound card to work properly. You have to mess around with the settings on the program it comes with in order to find the right setting for what you want to do, otherwise you will probably get feedback when you record or it will sound real bad when you play recorded things back. I'm still learning about it.
Support:
As noted above I had a real hard time getting the soundcard to work. Luckily on the advice of one of the technicians, I went to Dell's website to look for updates and found one that allowed the soundcard to work on my computer. But it took me a week of trying to see if anything else was wrong before I did that. I told technical support about the problem I experienced and they said they would post the information I gave them on a FAQ list, and offered to send me a free T-shirt! If you have a DELL DIMENSION 4300 computer, you need to go to Dell's website and download the CL5 BIOS update, it's under a download for Audigy soundcards.
Overall:
I should be satisfied with this soundcard for many years since it supports DVD-Audio and DVD-Audio isn't even close to being popular yet. If I decide to make music, then I may upgrade to the 1818m since it has more inputs/outputs and mic preamps. This product is a lot better than any other soundcard I've used. For PCI-based soundcards, nothing beats it. It does have a minor glitch with my audio software, but its not a big deal. It's a 9.5 cause of the glitch but I gotta round it up to a 10.
"Clean."
Feature:
for recording one or 2 sources, its ok.
Quality:
this thing is worth all the money.
Value:
if i had tons of money to spend, i would have bought an expanded version of this card.
Desirability:
If this one catches fire, or somebody steps on it...i will go right back and buy another one
Sound:
when the mic is on, the monitors do not show any noise at all. tons of headroom. 120 dB snr.
Support:
dont know
Overall:
I shouldnt need to buy another soundcard for ridiculous recording quality. it samples at 24 bit/192khz!!!!!!!!!
for recording one or 2 sources, its ok.
Quality:
this thing is worth all the money.
Value:
if i had tons of money to spend, i would have bought an expanded version of this card.
Desirability:
If this one catches fire, or somebody steps on it...i will go right back and buy another one
Sound:
when the mic is on, the monitors do not show any noise at all. tons of headroom. 120 dB snr.
Support:
dont know
Overall:
I shouldnt need to buy another soundcard for ridiculous recording quality. it samples at 24 bit/192khz!!!!!!!!!
"Confusing Patch Mix software, stellar sound and features."
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Feature:Tons of self powered fx. Patch mixer with a million patching options.
Quality:
Solid construction.
Value:
Hard to beat for the money, indeed.
Desirability:
Lots of pro features. ADAT ins and firewire port are a definite selling point.
Sound:
Excellent sound. Wide, sweet, clear. You would be hard pressed to find a better sounding card.
Support:
Decent website. I didn't try support.
Overall:
EMU, make the patch mix software something that at least Einstein could figure out and you've got a winner!
"E-Mu 1212M great value sound for under a tonne"
Quality:
Pretty much what you would expect for a PCI card.
Value:
This is a good soundcard for the money, despite the drivers which could be better IMO, as it comes with some pretty good quality components and sound output. You could do worse the same money.
Desirability:
Great for beginners and intermediates like myself. Experienced musicians shouuld get the 1820M edition or 1616M if they are mobile.
Sound:
Good quality ADC/DAC convertors for the money.
Support:
So far I haven't used support.
Overall:
I will probably use this soundcard for a while, until I get the best out of it. Probably around 2 years or so.
Pretty much what you would expect for a PCI card.
Value:
This is a good soundcard for the money, despite the drivers which could be better IMO, as it comes with some pretty good quality components and sound output. You could do worse the same money.
Desirability:
Great for beginners and intermediates like myself. Experienced musicians shouuld get the 1820M edition or 1616M if they are mobile.
Sound:
Good quality ADC/DAC convertors for the money.
Support:
So far I haven't used support.
Overall:
I will probably use this soundcard for a while, until I get the best out of it. Probably around 2 years or so.
"Excellent Quality...Excellent Value..."
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Feature:It comes with effects that you can use as vst plug-ins as well...honestly it has more features than I will use.
Quality:
High quality components...no complaint from me at all. Works 100% like it should.
Value:
This soundcard is an absolute bargain for under $200.
Desirability:
I own it...
Sound:
Excellent sound quality, sound quality also depends on your equipment... but I dont know what the last guy was talking about...Excellent A/D converters...
Support:
Excellent support. I emailed E-MU questions regarding their digital audio interfaces and they answered my questions fast, and friendly. Wonderful experience.
Overall:
With this type of quality, and features, there is nothing else in the price range that can beat the 1212m soundcard. I'll put my money on that!!
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