All-in-one soundcard for multitrack recording and computer-based home theater.

The M-Audio Audiophile 2496 PCI Digital Audio Card gives you 2 analog ins and 2 outs on RCA jacks plus S/PPIF for total of 4 ins and 4 outs of high-quality I/O. Channels support 24-bit data width and any sampling rate from 8kHz to 96kHz. Compatible with all major programs running on PCs and Macs.

Coaxial outputs are Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound capable, making the Audiophile perfect for digital recording, analog or digital transfers, mixing and mastering, as well as DVD and home theater applications. Connect a line-level signal from your instrument, mixer, or preamp; or plug the record outputs of your stereo receiver into the analog RCA jacks located on the PCI card. Record digital audio signals from your DAT, MiniDisc, CD, or external A/D converter via the coaxial S/PDIF input located on the break-out cable.

The Audiophile 2496 comes with Ableton Lite 4 Music production software so you can start creating right out of the box!

M-Audio Audiophile 2496 PCI Digital Audio Card Features:

• Award-winning 24-bit/96kHz digital audio card
• 2x2 full-duplex audio performance
• Gold-plated RCA jacks
• S/PDIF digital I/O with 2-channel PCM and AC-3/DTS passthrough
• 1x1 MIDI I/O
• Zero-latency monitoring
• Software-controlled 36-bit internal DSP mixing/routing
• Apple G5 compatible
  
  APPLICATION:
• 24-bit/96kHz multitrack recording
• MIDI recording and playback
• Supports digital transfers and digital mastering
• A great card for LP/cassette-to-CD transfers
• Ideal for computer-based home theater and hi-fi systems
• Comes with Ableton Lite 4 Music production software

Click or call now to order this phenomenally affordable gateway to computer-based audio.

M-Audio Audiophile 2496 PCI Digital Audio Card Specifications:

• COMPATIBILITY:
• ASIO 2
• MME
• Sound Manager
• OMS
• DirectX
• GSIF
• Mac OS X Core Audio / Core MIDI
• MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
• PC:
• Windows 98SE / Me / 2000 (SP4) / XP (SP1)
• For 96kHz operation: Pentium III 500mHz w/ 128MB RAM
• For 48kHz operation: Pentium II 400 w/ 64MB RAM
• MAC:
• G3* 500MHz with OS 9.2.2, 128MB RAM
• G4* 500MHz with OS X 10.1.5, 10.2.6 or greater, 256MB RAM
• OMS 2.3.8 for MIDI under OS 9.2.2
• * G3/G4 accelerator cards not supported; OS 10.3 required for Dolby
• Digital and dts pass-through with Apple DVD Player

M-Audio Audiophile 2496 PCI Digital Audio Card

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It's an ok product but lacks useful features...

Posted by David S. from NJ on Feb 25, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Runs home media studio

Reviewer's Play Style: Everything

I run a home studio and have been using this card for two years now. It works ok for my use but may not be for everyone. Even I see and am choked by it's limits.

Pros: - The card sounds great when it works properly. - It is very simple to install. - plenty of manuals and good packaging. - Comes with some software demos... - Low latency direct monitoring.

Cons: - Every now and then I get static and M-Audio cant seem to fix it, others at teh message board have the same issues... - the non-balanced RCA style inputs are not a good choice... - No preamps on board so you need to run a preamp or small mixer into this card. - Hard to connect monitors to as there are only RCA outs. - The ProSessions and ProTools M-Powered CDs are ONLY DEMOS.

Overall, It's an ok card and does the job....but it lacks the ins and outs as well as proper connections and features to be as useful as something like a PreSonus Inspire 1394 external interface.

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Midi, Latency, and Vista Problems

Posted by ANJL54 from Lubbock, TX on Jan 22, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, blues, country

I've had this card for about 4 years. I've had bad latency problems with it, but overcame them by using the headphones. It has never played back any midi files - I have to use my C-Media Surround Sound Card. I would have replaced it years ago but I'm disabled and on a fixed income so I couldn't afford to replace it. Now that I have upgraded to Vista, I can't get it to work at all. Nothing plays back through it - neither wav nor midi files. I've checked the inputs, outputs, AISO drivers and everything. Nothing works although my system says that it works. I get no sound, so now I'm either going to have to downgrade to XP or change cards. I'm looking for another card. I abhor this card and hopefully can find another that is affordable.

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Great card for the price

Posted by IbanezGuy76 from Bay Area on Nov 12, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Progressive/Metal/Instrumental

I got one of these about 4 years ago and I recorded an entire demo with it! I used Cakewalk Home studio and though there are some latency issues with it if you have the input monitoring on, overall it records and plays back great!

The thing I love about this is that you can sunc up to 4 of them in one computer, and my band is currently recording our independent album on it! If I could find some hardware that uses S/PDIF we could expand our mic'ing capabilites and maybe do the next CD live-to-disk!

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Zero-Latency? Yeah, right!?

Posted by Dirty J. Sanchez from Dont Worry About It! on Oct 9, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Singer/Guitarist

Reviewer's Play Style: Hard Rock/Acoustic Rock

This card claims zero latency monitoring, but I still get plenty of it!! I have this product set up correctly and had a computer field tech double check it for me. I'm glad I'm typing this reveiw since I recently lost my voice doing take after take on vocal tracks ruined by latency glitches. I'd rather punch myself in the face than sing another note into this card!!!

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good enough for production

Posted by 56k from Hong Kong, China on Jun 10, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: songs arrangement,mixing,mastering

Reviewer's Play Style: pop, jazz,country...

Sound pure! Very easy to definition mp3 or Wave audio. Driver and control panel is smart. For unbalance audio cable, RCA plug is more more better than 1/4" phone! This card design in simple and perfect.

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