Professional Sound Cards?

[marty45714]

Hi,
I have worked in broadcasting most of my life and have used all types of radio automation systems. There are basically only 2 brands of cards ever used in computer based broadcast audio systems: 1) Digigram and 2) Audio Science.
Digigram is known to be the best. Look for either one of these cards if you want the best possible audio without the performance issues you are talking about. What sets these cards apart from the rest is that they do a large amount of the audio processing on the card that the computer does not have to do. Also they offer large memory buffers for the sound. This stops the stuttering and other nasty effects you sometimes hear on consumer grade audio cards when you "spike" the CPU. Hope this helps.