Whats a good sound card for a laptop (price range 100-300 US Dollars

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Posted by dj m-cas on Sep-03-2002 18:48:

Whats a good sound card for a laptop (price range 100-300 US Dollars

I am looking for a pretty good external sound card for a laptop to use for recording and mixing with an external mixer and for final scratch program

Anyone have any suggestions please post.

Posted by hey cheggy on Sep-04-2002 03:24:

What do you want on the sound card. Do you need midi in and out, do you want optical in and out, or do you just need dual RCA connections?

Sound cards by M-audio are good and go into the upper level of your price range. you can get a good one for about $250us. I think Meyer make some decent stuff as well.

Posted by hey cheggy on Sep-04-2002 03:25:

Also, if you get the option of midi in and out, i would take one with this cos it means if you get into production, you can plug a keyboard into it

Posted by dj m-cas on Sep-04-2002 15:25:

quote:
Originally posted by hey cheggy
What do you want on the sound card. Do you need midi in and out, do you want optical in and out, or do you just need dual RCA connections?

Sound cards by M-audio are good and go into the upper level of your price range. you can get a good one for about $250us. I think Meyer make some decent stuff as well.

Does M-Audio make an external usb for the laptop? If not, what other external soundcard would you reccomend.

Also a soundcard with rca inputs

Posted by spectra on Sep-05-2002 00:10:

I would suggest either a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz or an M-Audio card. The Santa Cruz is an awesome card for how much you pay for it (~$70), it has 3 outputs & works fine with DJ progs like VTT and Traktor, no RCA's tho. But if u've got the money certainly go for the M-Audio Delta44 or Delta66 depending on how many ins/outs u need. M-Audio do a brilliant job keeping up to date on drivers and new software, and its a beast of a card.

Yes M-Audio do an awesome USB card with RCA outputs, its $349, you can check it out here M-Audio USB Quattro

But I only have a Santa Cruz coz I cant afford a Delta.

Posted by jdat on Sep-05-2002 01:21:

quote:
Originally posted by spectra
I would suggest either a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz or an M-Audio card. The Santa Cruz is an awesome card for how much you pay for it (~$70), it has 3 outputs & works fine with DJ progs like VTT and Traktor, no RCA's tho.

That's no usb

I want one to .... and don't want to put any money into it ...

I guess I'll settle for shitty 30 $ usb card

Posted by fieroavian on Sep-05-2002 10:48:

you don't need an external sound card for Final Scratch, your laptop's internal sound card will do.

quote:
Originally posted by dj m-cas
Does M-Audio make an external usb for the laptop? If not, what other external soundcard would you reccomend.

hell yes they do. Audiosport Quattro has 4 in, 4 out, and a MIDI interface.

Posted by dj m-cas on Sep-06-2002 17:00:

Thanks fieroavian, spectra. For the info on the usb quattro, I was also looking at the extigy but i think i am going with the M-Audio USB Quattro.

Posted by spectra on Sep-07-2002 22:04:

np m8. U wont be dissapointed with the card, its worth it, and its worthy 100 extigys.

Posted by Gluegun on Sep-10-2002 03:59:

What about the M-Audio Sonica?

Would that do the job? I dont know much about it...

Posted by fieroavian on Sep-10-2002 05:28:

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Originally posted by Gluegun
What about the M-Audio Sonica?

Would that do the job? I dont know much about it...

no, Sonica ain't really a sound card, it's just an add-on. it adds 24-bit/96khz and dolby 5.1 capabilities to an existing desktop/laptop sound card.

Posted by amdmaxx on Sep-10-2002 15:25:

Extigy is nice..

Posted by spectra on Sep-10-2002 20:07:

maybe.... but the Quattro is nicer.