virus c vs snow ?

[AlexHall74]

Originally Posted by acc

Hello all,

thanks for all your replies.
Now i have bought an Virus C.
My Question is now, what do i need all for using it on my Audiophile 2496.
from the virus to the audiophile, do i need there an amp. in the middle ?

Thanks in advantage

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but this is how I setup my DAW/Virus KC/2496 years ago:

To connect your Virus C to your M-Audiophile 2496 you need:

(1) At least 4 RCA->TRS cables (two for audio in (R/L), two for audio out (R/L)) like these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/6-6ft-COLOR-1-4-...cmdZVi ewItem

(I bought some from this guy to connect my Delta 1010LT to my synths, they work great.)

(2) If you wish to send more than the audio output of the Virus C to your 2496, then you need a hardware mixer (2 bus or greater with an AUX bus to send the signal to the soundcard); and then you can route whatever is plugged into the mixer to the 2496 up to 2 tracks at a time. Check out the diagram below:



(3) You will need to route your audio from the mixer (regardless if it's from the PC/Mac sequencer or your Virus C) to a pair of nearfield monitor speakers. If you don't have nearfields you can use Hi-Fidelity speakers and your receiver (considering the 2496 does have RCA audio outs, this is easy to route) but be sure to set the receiver to a "FLAT" frequency response if you can, don't use any tricky DSP settings like "Concert Hall" or "Jazz Club."

(4) If you don't have a hardware mixer I guess you can connect the 2496 audio outputs directly to your nearfield monitors with the appropriate cables, but you will not have a physical volume control knob (unless you are using the receiver/HiFi speaker approach), you will have to adjust the volume from the sequencer, so be careful and don't blow your speakers.



I think that's it.

-Alex

P.S. Here's a great article on possible different configurations of home recording rigs.

http://www.tweakheadz.com/rigs.htm