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Hi all,
Have purchased a new Win 7 laptop and have discovered that my much loved Tascam US-122 midi interface/external sound card will not work as it is obsolete and Tascam never produced a Win 7 driver for that model. So I am seeking a very good external USB sound card, preferably USB 3.0 and its essential that it has good EMI/RFI handling, i.e. not a cheap and cheerful type! Any recommendations??? Cheers, Paul ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Take a look at the Navigator now from Timewave
http://www.timewave.com/support/Navigator/index.html I think it is one of the best available, my K3 loves it. Jack W4GRJ On Mar 13, 2014, at 3:49 AM, Paul Ormandy ZL4PW <[hidden email]> wrote: Hi all, Have purchased a new Win 7 laptop and have discovered that my much loved Tascam US-122 midi interface/external sound card will not work as it is obsolete and Tascam never produced a Win 7 driver for that model. So I am seeking a very good external USB sound card, preferably USB 3.0 and its essential that it has good EMI/RFI handling, i.e. not a cheap and cheerful type! Any recommendations??? Cheers, Paul ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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If you're talking about a fully featured amateur radio interface, the standard are those from microHAM - including DigiKeyer II (CAT and digital modes with WinKey) and microKEYER II (CAT, digital modes, WinKey *and* full microphone handling for DVK, etc.). For sound card only situations there are several basic USB Audio Class devices that require no special drivers in Windows 7/8. Most are 48 KHz, 16 bit design variations on two OEM designs represented by: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829131001 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829128010 K9YC will point you to a couple of MIDI boxes from TASCAM and Numark and there are also products from Behringer and PreSonus. However, in the < $100 price point most are simple 48 KHz sample devices with dynamic ranges in the mid 90 dB range just like the inexpensive sound card products. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 3/13/2014 4:17 AM, W4GRJ wrote: > Take a look at the Navigator now from Timewave > http://www.timewave.com/support/Navigator/index.html > > I think it is one of the best available, my K3 loves it. > > Jack > W4GRJ > > > On Mar 13, 2014, at 3:49 AM, Paul Ormandy ZL4PW <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Have purchased a new Win 7 laptop and have discovered that my much loved Tascam US-122 midi interface/external sound card will not work as it is obsolete and Tascam never produced a Win 7 driver for that model. > > So I am seeking a very good external USB sound card, preferably USB 3.0 and its essential that it has good EMI/RFI handling, i.e. not a cheap and cheerful type! > > Any recommendations??? > > Cheers, > > Paul > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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On 3/13/2014 6:46 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> K9YC will point you to a couple of MIDI boxes from TASCAM and Numark To expand on that, my testing and use is with XP Pro, and my focus was for I/O for use with RTTY, JT65, and other digital modes. BTW -- the boxes I've tested and use are USB, not MIDI. I studied the semi-pro audio market, bought simple stereo adapters from Numark and Tascam. Both use generic XP Drivers, and both work quite well for this purpose. Yes, they are 48 kHz boxes, and their dynamic range is modest, but it is quite sufficient for ham radio. I'm using both of them in my SO2R setup for RTTY -- the Tascam feeds one radio to one laptop, the Numark feeds the second radio to the other laptop. My testing used JT65-HF as a test bed, because it was the most demanding, and because it gave be the best on-streen readout of performance. I looked at the number of decodes per pass, as well as how well they decoded the weakest signals. If you need to replace your existing Tascam, I suggest that you do what we both did before -- study the online catalogs of semipro audio distributors in your country (I buy from B&H Video in NYC and Full Compass in Madison, WI) to find a mainstream low cost product that supports Win 7. If I had to replace one of mine, it would likely be Tascam's box with the fewest features. Note that we would use very different criteria to choose a sound card to use for spectrum display. I would look for one with a higher sampling rate and greater dynamic range. One thing I looked at was the Pin One Problem, and neither the Numark and Tascam boxes have this design error. Last I looked, PreSonus stuff does. Behringer has earned a very bad reputation in the pro audio world for poor quality, poor service, and for stealing the designs of reputable companies. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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On 3/13/2014 1:26 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > BTW -- the boxes I've tested and use are USB, not MIDI. I mentioned MIDI because in the semi-professional audio world there is little understanding of the difference between MIDI and USB any more. In most cases all of the audio interfaces have USB control and appear in the "MIDI" section of the retailers' catalogs instead of the "Sound card" category. 73, ... Joe, W4TV ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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On 3/13/2014 11:33 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> In most cases all of the audio interfaces have USB control and appear > in the "MIDI" section of the retailers' catalogs instead of the "Sound > card" category. I found them on the vendor website by searching on USB Sound Card or USB Interface. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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