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You can hear what the Turtle Beach
Santa Cruz sound card sounds like by left clicking
here to link to http://www.pcabx.com/product/santa_cruz/index.htm .Discussion Of Results
The mixer and its very friendly-looking software seemed to lack technical refinement. The level controls had coarse steps. The supplied mixer software does not allow tweaking levels with the arrow keys. Adjustments made by other mixers were not reflected in the Santa Cruz mixer. Response to digital data at the analog output is inverted. Response to the analog input as digital data is not inverted.
The digital output is sampled at 48 KHz even when the data is 44 KHz. Like many other consumer soundcards, the Santa Cruz does quite a bit of resampling, but unlike many of it competitors, the resampling does not seem to materially degrade technical or audible performance.
There are two stereo pairs of analog inputs and two stereo pairs of analog outputs that can be activated to concurrently record and play 4 channels using instructions in the Santa Cruz FAQ which is posted at the Voyetra web site. Each pair of inputs and outputs has essentially the same technical quality.
ark Direct Pro 24/96
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Frequency response ( 44 KHz Analog Input To Digital Data) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Frequency response ( 44 KHz Analog Input To Digital Data) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card 1 kHz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise ( 44 KHz Analog Input To Digital Data) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card 1 kHz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise ( 44 KHz Analog Input To Digital Data) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card 20 Hz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise ( 44 KHz Analog Input To Digital Data) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card20 Hz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise ( 44 KHz Analog Input To Digital Data) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Residual Noise - (Dynamic Range) ( 44 KHz Analog Input To Digital Data) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Residual Noise - (Dynamic Range) ( 44 KHz Analog Input To Digital Data) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Zero Signal Noise ( 44 KHz Analog Input To Digital Data) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Zero Signal Noise ( 44 KHz Analog Input To Digital Data) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card IM Distortion ( 44 KHz Analog Input To Digital Data) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card IM Distortion; ( 44 KHz Analog Input To Digital Data) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card FM Distortion - "Jitter" ( 44 KHz Analog Input To Digital Data) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card FM Distortion - "Jitter" ( 44 KHz Analog Input To Digital Data) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Frequency Response, ( 44 KHz Analog Loopback) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Frequency Response, ( 44 KHz Analog Loopback) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card 1 KHz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise, ( 44 KHz Analog Loopback) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card 1 KHz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise, ( 44 KHz Analog Loopback)l |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card 20 Hz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card 20 HzTotal Harmonic Distortion and Noise, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Intermodulation, ( 44 KHz Analog Loopback) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Intermodulation, ( 44 KHz Analog Loopback) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Residual Noise - (Dynamic Range), ( 44 KHz Analog Loopback) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Residual Noise - (Dynamic Range), ( 44 KHz Analog Loopback) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Zero Signal Noise ( 44 KHz Analog Loopback) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Residual Noise - (Dynamic Range), ( 44 KHz Analog Loopback) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Jitter, ( 44 KHz Analog Loopback) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Jitter, ( 44 KHz Analog Loopback) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Frequency Response, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Frequency Response, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card 1 KHz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card 1 KHz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card 20 HzTotal Harmonic Distortion and Noise, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card 20 Hz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Intermodulation, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Intermodulation, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Residual Noise - (Dynamic Range), ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Residual Noise - (Dynamic Range), ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Zero Signal Noise, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Zero Signal Noise, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Jitter, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Jitter, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Analog Output) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Frequency response ( 44 KHz Digital Data To Digital Output) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
Sound Card Frequency response ( 44 KHz Digital Data To Digital Output) Please Note that card;s output is at a 48 KHz sample rate. |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card 1 kHz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise (44 KHz Digital Data To Digital Output) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card 1 kHz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise (44 KHz Digital Data To Digital Output) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card 20 Hz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise (44 KHz Digital Data To Digital Output) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card 20 Hz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise (44 KHz Digital Data To Digital Output) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Residual Noise - (Dynamic Range) (44 KHz Digital Data To Digital Output) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Residual Noise - (Dynamic Range) (44 KHz Digital Data To Digital Output) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Zero Signal Noise, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Digital Output) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card Zero Signal Noise, ( 44 KHz Digital Data to Digital Output) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card IM Distortion (44 KHz Digital Data To Digital Output) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card IM Distortion; (44 KHz Digital Data To Digital Output) |
| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card FM Distortion - "Jitter" (44 KHz Digital Data To Digital Output) |
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| Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card FM Distortion - "Jitter" (44 KHz Digital Data To Digital Output) |
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