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but it's not "PRO". Okay, well what else do you want? I've got Mytek AD96 converters that I use through the S/PDIF inputs on the Delta 1010s. I can tell in an A/B test. Most of my clients can not tell. So, to me that suggests that the converters in the Delta 1010 are pretty damn good. I'd imagine the converters in a Pro Tools HD rig aren't significantly better. The latency is low. You've got plenty as many ins/outs as the basic HD3 rig. What else do you need? I wish the Delta 1010 was portable with Firewire instead of PCI, but that doesn't make a unit pro or not pro. Brandon

I wonder how this portable vocal booth compares to slapping up a couple sheets of Rockwool (wrapped in fabric). This is what I usually do. I've noticed that if I get too close (within 12") to the Rockwool, the life kind of gets sucked out of the mic. Ethan, do you have any A/B sample audio or video? Brandon

Well, if you said an amp sounded like crap everytime you plugged it in, I'd tell you that you should use a different amp. You shouldn't be surprised. The real deal heavy recordings are not using gimmicks and toys like Guitar Rig. It's a neat idea and it might be okay who does music for the Matrix to add some guitar with (or process a vocal with), but it's not how you record real deal metal guitars. A 100 watt head on 10 with a Royer R121 through a Neve 1272 is how I do it. It's expensive but it gets me closer to the real thing. Brandon

What type of sound are you trying to emulate? Some are definitely better than others. I thought they all sucked, but that's just my personal tastes. Brandon

Okay cool. I hate seeing posts where it seams like going from a 1010 to whatever is like going from a Ford Escort to a Ferrari. Thanks for clearing that up. I wouldn't mind ditching my Delta 1010 and getting something with Firewire to make my rig a lot more portable. I do have to say that the sound of the Delta 1010s improved just a tad when I used the Mytek's clock. Brandon

I've got Guitar Rig2. The sound is crap for me too, but I hate direct recording. I only use this thing late at night to write. The big issue here is impedance out of your guitar. I know that using a an impedance matcher like the Redeemer from Creative Labs can make an enormous difference in the quality of direct recording. Brandon

Now that the Emu drivers are fairly stable, its cool. However, that took a while. I did notice a "better" sound to the converters - crisper, you might say, or more natural sounding to my ear. Are you sure? Any chance of this being in your head? Any chance your recording different music with different people or different songs? Are you 100% certain that your Emu sounds better than the Delta 1010? If so, is this "better" something that is always better or is it more a creative thing where the Delta 1010 may be better for certain things? I don't mean to be a jerk or anything. I own 2 Delta 1010s and a 2 Mytek AD96s. Those same converters are found in some of the top studios in the country (although they usually use the 8 channel versions). I remember the day I got them. The singer I was working with couldn't really hear a difference between the Myteks and the Delta 1010s. I could hear a difference. It was fairly subtle, but made me really happy for whatever reason. I still use the Delta 1010s everyday although I seldom use the analog inputs anymore. (Most of my work focuses on overdubs these days). More than likely your songs, arrangements, gear, musicianship, mixing, and room are weaker in the chain than the Delta 1010. Spending big bucks on pro converters did not make more than a subtle improvement to me. Sometimes I capture pretty good tones, sometimes I screw it up. The fancy converters do subtlely help, but they are not good enough to save me when I screw up. Brandon