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Posted by djtrinity on Dec-08-2006 12:44:

Sound card for laptop???

any recommendations??.....primarily for recording from mixer

Posted by david.michael on Dec-08-2006 13:46:

Laptop, darn you.... lap top.

Posted by djtrinity on Dec-08-2006 14:15:

fixed LOL

Posted by Zild on Dec-08-2006 15:47:

A decent entry level one is the M-Audio firewire.

Posted by AnomalyConcept on Dec-08-2006 22:54:

If you're just interested in recording to record a mix (and not for production/sampling), the line-in on your internal card (if you have one) is sufficient. Note the 'line-in' and 'microphone' jacks are not the same... not sure of the exact difference off-hand.

I just record from the line-in, and it works just fine for me, for both mix recording and broadcast.

Posted by djtrinity on Dec-09-2006 00:39:

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Originally posted by AnomalyConcept
If you're just interested in recording to record a mix (and not for production/sampling), the line-in on your internal card (if you have one) is sufficient. Note the 'line-in' and 'microphone' jacks are not the same... not sure of the exact difference off-hand.

I just record from the line-in, and it works just fine for me, for both mix recording and broadcast.

i will have to fo a test run on that...if it sounds good then i'll just leave it....but i would think its of a lesser quality but i don't know

Posted by Mortyman on Dec-10-2006 10:26:

I find that the sound quality is very different when just recording through the "line in". Even just recording from an external output, my laptop definately needs a decent sound cad too, because I'm not happy with the results without a proper one... if they exist.

Posted by Jarvmeister on Dec-10-2006 13:18:

To be honest - most on board soundcards are crap. I can hear all sorts of pops and crackles on mine when I'm listening to headphones. The only way is to go PCI/PCI-X or PCMCIA. Or Firewire.

Jarv

Posted by Timski on Dec-11-2006 03:24:

Edirol UA-EX1. Basic as hell, good sound quality... Does what its told and works like a champ... Ive got one myself.

Posted by skip on Dec-11-2006 08:15:

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Originally posted by Timski
Edirol UA-EX1. Basic as hell, good sound quality... Does what its told and works like a champ... Ive got one myself.

i got one too and i also like it. it's pretty basic though, like you said. only rca, optical and mic input, not balanced connectors (xlr or trs?!). but if you don't need those then i'd say it's a good card. at least it suits my need perfectly.