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M-Audio Delta 1010LT 24-Bit 96kHz PCI Card

The 1010-LT offers the professional performance required by today's most popular software programs, and provides you with features like 24-bit 96 kHz recording, zero latency monitoring, and digital mixing. Learn More...

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10

Individual User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10

Feature:
The bottom line is that this delivered the goods for me. I was able to smoothly and reliably dump all 8 tracks of my recordings into Adobe Audition at a high quality. Not a lot of features with this...but with what it can do, it does very well!

Quality:
Seems to be pretty well built. For me, I have not run into any problems (yet).

Value:
For the price, you can't go wrong!

Desirability:
Not sexy, but does it well.

Sound:
I purchased this for the sole purpose of mixing/mastering a slew of home 8-track recordings for CD. I was very pleased at how well the audio was input into the PC.

Ease of Use:
I did have to do a little tweaking to get it working with the audio software. But once I got the settings right, it worked like a charm. As others have mentioned, I'm not a big fan of all of the cables dangling out the back of my PC...but for the price, I can live with it.

Overall:
I have been very pleased with this. However, with the lower price of USB/Firewire mixers, I am considering going this route to clean up my workspace a little bit.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
Good for what it is. I would rather have 10 analog's instead of having only 8. But it is good.

Sound:
With the right knowledge of miking amps and drums, you can get very professional results. It's not the card that makes studio, it's the operator. Great recording, no pops, low to no latency (usually none).

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10

Feature:
10 i/o.what more you ask?

Quality:
ADAT sound

Value:
value for money. you dun get this cheap

Desirability:
no regrets and will replace the same if spoilt..if ever.

Sound:
good AD/DA conversion with no crackles,perfect recording recording interface for professional results. no regrets

Ease of Use:
easy sound card

Support:
ok.good

Overall:
Yes. the BEST

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10

Feature:
Midi works great, and midi timecode locks up my computer and Tascam 564 perfectly. Fun free synth software. Poor preamps make excellent talkback / scat vocal mike preamps.

Quality:
I hope to get 20 years out of this product, and I may probably buy another. 18 ins and 18 outs for under $500 Canadian. I think that's a deal!?!

Value:
Good deal all around. Simple...No bells & whistles...Just clean sound.

Desirability:
Unobtrusive interface. No space wasted in a cluttered studio. Saves a rack space, which is great, because I don't have one to spare!

Sound:
This card offers amazing capability and sound for very little ca$h. I mainly use the "spdif in" to record from my ART DPSII, and I have no complaints recording at 24/44.1. The built in preamps, which were a big sell for me at the time, turned out to be useless sonically. I now use them for either talk-back mikes, scat vocals or I convert them to balanced line-ins. No latency is accomplished with the built-in sofware mixer, and overdubbing / monitoring was a breeze, even without a mixer. I had the Delta 1010 LT and Audiophile 2496 installed at the same time. They both showed up in the driver software, but I couldn't monitor the inputs of both cards at the same time. Strange, but I'm sure two Delta 1010 LT cards would work fine with an outboard mixer. At least I plan to find out, by dropping another 1010 LT into this system. The 1010 LT works great with my Windows 98 / Samplitude 6.0 system. Aside from the noisy preamps, I love it...Totally!

Ease of Use:
Intuitive. Warm, rich sound. Minimal learning curve. Good manual.

Support:
I've had no need for tech support with either of my Delta cards.

Overall:
Like it...Like it...Like it.

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Overall:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10
Features:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10
Quality:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10
Value:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * . . . . . . . 3 out of 10
Sound:
* * * . . . . . . . 3 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Support:
* * * . . . . . . . 3 out of 10

Feature:
Breakout cables were never meant to be this messy.

Quality:
It slowly failed on me within 12-15 months of owning the product, in a particularly nasty way. Now, any time I try to get sound out of it, I hear staccato static.

Value:
It's cheap but I think you can do better for this price range if you settle on getting less I/O channels.

Desirability:
Has no appeal. The breakout cables are all anyone will ever see and it's not exactly pretty.

Sound:
I wouldn't put a lot of faith into the built-in preamps or converters.

Ease of Use:
The included mixer software is pretty intuitive.

Support:
So far support has been VERY slow to do anything at all and their suggestions have been vague stabs in the dark.

Overall:
I am going to have to replace it. Even if they actually do something, and repair or replace my card, I just don't trust it. I think I used it a lot more than it was meant to be used. I guess you can say I rode it hard.

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Overall:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10

Feature:
Lots of I/O. Very nice.

Quality:
The HW seems fine, but the software is not. The control panel doesn't seem to control much; none of the faders, mute, solo controls work. Cannot patch the way one would expect, as in I cannot send audio outs where I want, and have to accept the default outs. Send to mixer monitor should be renamed "send to audio black hole" as no sound excapes the mixer. So, of the six channel speaker setup I have (5.1 M-Audiio studio setup) I can only get audio out of two speakers with no control over volume, solo, pan, or mute.

Value:
I would rate this a lot higher if the control panel did something useful - like controled the audio/patch panel.

Desirability:
If support fixes tie problems I am seeing, I will rate it higher.

Sound:
It is comparable with other cards.

Support:
I have sent an email to customer support, and fully expect the type of support I have received in the past. Which is to say, I do not expect to hear from them at all.

Overall:
If support does not fix the problems I am seeing, then I expect to continue to be dissatisfied with M-Audio products. I was victimized by M-Audio with their FW410 fiasco (the crash o`matic 410), and have had less than stellar results with the Moble-pre USB. The studio speakers are nice...

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Overall:
I own a delta 1010 LT and a delta 44 and between the 2 i have never needed anything more to acomplish any project that comes my way. may it be a live band situation or private studio to garge band it is amazing equipment that i would never think in a million years would be so affordable, relible and compatible..... Congrats!!!

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10

Feature:
You can only get the mix out throught output 1&2. I wish I could get from any pair of outputs (3&4, 5&6, or 7&8). Maybe it's not t HW but a SW (driver) limitation, I'm not sure

Quality:
it did not broke so far. I guess it is ok

Value:
good value

Desirability:
lots of cables swiveling cables hang outside my pc. I guess they could provide a plastic rack to make it more organized,.. anyway, although very tangled, it works.

Sound:
so far so good.

Overall:
I'm content with it.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10

Feature:
al the features are great, I think this is the cheapest way to get 8 24-bit ins to your computer for recording drums. its got every connection there is almost except adat i/o. other then that, 10in/10out....its the best interface at this price. also, dont worry about buying your software first if your getting this card. It come with reason adapted and abelton live LE. not the full programs, but a lot of good stuff. I use the reason adapted as a rewire slave

Quality:
too bad theres no breakout box, and I wish the break out cables were a tad longer, It wouldnt have costed nothing for m-audio, but yeah there a bit short. but once I got everything hooked up back there, I never have had to go behind the comp and tinker. but im not worried something will break, Its not like your going to be moving the card around, Its just as solid as your avarage pci card: Ill be using this card,....for.....a Long time.

Value:
its the best card you can get for a home studio that doesnt have big bucks, but wants to compete with the big studios. thats why i bought it. I feel its worth the money compared to any other interface.

Desirability:
its pretty ugly....hahah but I dont care. I make good music with it, if they just aranged each plug into a nice box you can set on the table....it would have only costed m-audio a bit more....this would have been a card to good to be true.

Sound:
This sounds great. Each output has No noise, and the sound is great and clear. I guess its everything you would expect. but no regrets here.

Support:
I did write m-audio's tech service, they wrote back within a day. the email didnt really answere my question tho. haha

Overall:
its going to meet my needs for....as long as i can look forward. i recommend this card.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10

Feature:
has alot of features, mic pres are cool again phantom power would rule...

Quality:
pretty solid. wonder if I'll have problems w/ breakout pigtails further down the line...

Value:
Paid $300 Big Bang for buck! wish I could have waited until they were a lil' cheaper but who doesn't say that?

Desirability:
not super sexy but it does what it needs to do. Someone should create a breakoutbox for this puppy

Sound:
great latency, happy with sound other than occasional interferance...

Support:
I haven't delt with them but a good friend has, and they solved his problem with one email, atleast they do answer emails...

Overall:
I've heard there are issues w/ using multipule m-audio interfaces... these may have been fixed in driver revisions and or firmware upgrades, I DON'T KNOW WISH I HAD TWO AND I COULD TRY IT OUT AND TELL YOU. rca's could have been 1/4" phono plugs, but doesn't really matter, infact it's probably easier on the pigtails

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Overall:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10

Feature:
The back of the card breakout cable is ok, but I wish they'd include at least a basic rack interface for this card. The full 1010 has all of this and more, but the light version only has inputs and outputs on back of card. I guess that's why they call it the light version.

Quality:
Good quality.

Value:
Its probably overpriced but ok.

Desirability:
It feels good, it has overall market appeal being a lower priced version of high quality stuff.

Sound:
Sound is wonderful. Subject to a bit of interference from the CD ROM and a few transients, but that could just be my cheap mobo. Crisp clear sound, stable and easy to listen to.

Support:
never dealt with 'em

Overall:
I will wear this out before replacement. I wish I had enough bux to put one back for later use.

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