idrisguitar wrote:greylion,
will running my guitar through the j-station the through di, and into my mixer, make a big different that just plugging it straight into my sound card?
i have the audiophile 2496 too, so i can plug direct, however i use a lot of miked up acoustic which i need the mixer for mic inputs, so it would eb a hassle plugging and unplugging (especially when the soun dcard is usually lose, becasuse case my pc is in wasn;t designed properly and i cant screw it in
and we all agree that considering i wanted the twin reverb sound, that the j-station is the best option yeah especially considering its much cheaper than all the other options.
are the effects good (delay and reverb wll be the ones i use mostly)
Question wasn't directed at me but I can answer. The J Station allows you to use the S/PDIF and the Analog 1/4" outputs at the same time so you could go S/PDIF out to the Audiophile in, then use the analog outs into your mixer, then from the mixer into the analog ins of the Audiophile 24/96. So you can have the best of both worlds and you won't have to swap cables. The only difference to running thru the Mixer rather than digital out would be added noise from the mixer/effects etc.
As for the J Station effects, I find them adequate and don't usually end up using any outboard effects except delay once in a while. The good thing about these hardware units is we can still use our vst/dx effects if we want. If you've got a high end reverb plugin you can use it if you think it sounds better than the onboard verb etc. However using the onboard effects doesn't use any CPU power.
That's funny; they're still maintaining the air of mystery about his sound! It turns out he confessed to using, basicaly, Mesa Boogies. The Out of the Silent Planet guitar sound also has a lot to do with miking techniques too, IIRC. I now want one of those Strats though! Oh, the gear porn!! 
