As anybody who has visited the Echo site will have noticed, they have now discontinued the Gina 24 sound card (and the Layla 24 as well) and will shortly be replacing it with the Gina 3G (3rd generation).

The Gina 3G is a departure from the standard Gina in that it is aimed more at home musicians and this means more connectivity and more digital but (crucially for Myriad) at the expense of analogue outputs. The new Gina 3G only has three stereo analogue outputs which means that it's usefulness for Myriad will be some what reduced.

We have been firm supporters of the Echo cards here at P Squared. For some time, Myriad has been used for long term testing by Echo and our development team keep regular contact with theirs, however, the time may have come to look elsewhere and with this in mind, we have been testing a large number of alternative cards over the past few months with a view of finding a replacement for the Gina 24.

The good news is that we are in the final stages of testing an alternate solution and will be posting our findings on this forum in the near future. In the mean time, Gina's remain available in the UK (for now), the drivers are fully up to date and all warrantees will be honoured.

We will keep you informed of the situation as it develops.

Liam Burke - Broadcast Radio Ltd

Email: liamb@broadcastradio.com

Telephone: +44 1482 383700