Product Description

The world's first PCI full-duplex 8-input 4-output home recording studio with all the convenience of an external rack for a fraction of the cost of other professional systems. Designed primarily for the home musician, Maxi Studio ISIS is an excellent solution for multimedia developers, broadcasters, Website designers, disc jockeys, audio aficionados and many others.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #222345 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Guillemot
• Model: 4769083

Features

• Allows eight simultaneous inputs and four independent outputs in full-duplex
• 32, 44.1 or 48 KHz S/PDIF input and output in both gold-plated RCA and optical format for digital transfers with a DAT or a mini-disc
• External 20-bit converters for a perfect audio fidelity
• 2 MIDI ports
• Virtual control console to adjust monitoring and I/O levels

Amazon.com Product Description
Guillemot addresses music lovers everywhere with the world's first full-duplex, eight-input/four-output home recording studio for a fraction of the cost of other professional systems: Guillemot Maxi Studio ISIS XL (Interactive Sound Integration System). Maxi Studio ISIS XL allows eight simultaneous inputs and four independent outputs in full duplex, so you can record up to eight different musicians in live performance. The Maxi Studio ISIS XL is a standalone, professional-quality studio sound card that includes a GM/GS synthesizer with 4 MB RAM, high-quality sounds, and a professional stereo multilayer sampler so home musicians can fulfill their wildest musical dreams.

The following software is included with the Maxi Studio ISIS XL: CyberLink, MusicMatch Jukebox 4.4, Liquid Audio Liquid Player 5.0, Mixman Studio demo, Rayman 2 demo, Logic Audio Pro ISIS, Cool Edit Pro SE, demos of music software, and Acid DJ.

Customer Reviews

Don't Buy this Card if You use Windows 2000 or XP!
I bought this card about two years ago and found it to be an excellent value. It offers an incredible amount of functions for the price. However, I have been extremely frustrated with the manufacturer's attitude regarding providing drivers for Windows 2000 and XP. For the longest time, they would not even comment on the possibility of providing drivers for these two operating systems. I migrated to Windows XP about three months ago and have been checking Guillemot's website for drivers practically on a daily basis. Finally, the company provided a small note to the effect that they will provide no 2000/XP drivers for this card. They blame it on the chipset. I can't figure out what difference that makes!

No support for XP makes this card worthless now
I bought this card by mail order and was told by the salesperson (not from this store!) that I could download drivers for 2000 and XP. Once it arrived and after a futile search of the net, I realised that there is no support for NT architecture. Who wants to use a sound card on an antiquated operating system!

OK to be fair, my band did a bit of recording running 98 and Cakewalk and the ISIS card performed pretty well. But now I am stuck dual booting with 98 if I ever want to use my soundcard!

Take my advice, don't buy this card and check out whatever product you are thinking about thouroughly so you don't get caught out like me.

better than expected
When running on Windows 98 and having dedicated hard drives for win,audio and cakewalk this card runs great cant beat it for the price.