Edirol DA2496 8x8 Digital Audio Interface

8 input, 8 output switching interface. 24-bit/96 kHz AD/DA converter.

Overall User Ratings (based on 10 ratings)
  • Overall:
    3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Sound:
    3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Features:
    3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Quality:
    3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Value:
    3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Manufacturer Support:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • The Wow Factor:
    3 out of 5 stars
Overall: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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Submitted September 25, 2003 by a customer from bigpond.com

Edirol DA2496 8x8 Digital Audio Interface Customer Review

Overall: 4 out of 5 stars
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Can't see me outgrowing this for a while. Only doing home recording on my PC with guitars, keyboards and mics going into the inputs. Works well in conjunction with my SB Live which I stil use for some MIDI sounds.
Sound
Sound great. I used to use a SBLive Platinum so am only really comaring it to that. Everything is clean and quiet. Have used under both 98SE and XP and using under XP I was able to use the ASIO drivers. 98SE was a bit buggy with ASIO. Both ASIO and WDM work well in XP.
Features
Does exactly what it says it does. Being able to plug into the front to override the rear connectors is real handy. Plus the headphone monitoring is good. I don't even use my mixer anymore. It would be good if the digital I/O was separate (if you turn digital on then it takes up the analog channel 7&8). But then I guess that woul have it a 10 I/O card. Midi I/O works fine too.
Quality
Seems to be well made and solid feel to it.
Manufacturer Support
Support was great. I emailed Roland in Australia and they emailed back and suggested some things the next morning. They also asked for my contact number if I was still having problems and they called me up almot straight away to discuss it over the phone.
The Wow Factor
It's nice and shiny. Brushed aluminium looks better than a black case.
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by a customer from aol.com

Edirol DA2496 8x8 Digital Audio Interface Customer Review

Overall: 1 out of 5 stars
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Sound
never really heard the sound.
Features
it looks ok.
Quality
it never worked with my pc. i have a dell dimension 2300 pent.4 with windows xp. and it still didnt work with my pc. what is the problem i can tell u one thing its not windows xp compat. they even installed the latest driver there self.
Manufacturer Support
they have the best support ive ever worked with. but its only one problem. they didnt get the damn thing to work.
The Wow Factor
i wanted it. but ish change win u finally get it.

Musical Style:

rap, rnb
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Submitted March 18, 2004

"Excellent card"

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Sound
Excellent quality
Features
I wish the Digital IO was on it's own input/output (not joined with I/O 7/8)
Quality
Very well build, solid feel
Manufacturer Support
Very good so far.

Musical Style:

Rock, Folk, Christian
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