i need an external sound card to use with my laptop when using torq.. need something that would be good enough and not too costly. do you guys have any recomendation?

doesn't torq come with it's own audio interface?

___________________
Help me make soundtrack for my grandpa´s art exhibition:
Check out my topic about it here
Thank you!

yea, it does... but when i use torq on my laptop, everything works great other than the sound. it sounds like crap.. i might be wrong, but i thought an external sound card can fix this problem... if not, anyone know why it sounds so staticky and annoying?

Hi,when i have buyed my external sound card (ESI QUATA FIRE 610) i was undecided.
I just have buyed this card beacouse she has all the features that i want to use :

8 channel stereo rca ,6 out and 2 in
2 midi , 1out & 1in
2 spdf
2 optical
and it's a Firewire sound card

also i have buyed a pcmcia firewire "800" 4 my laptop (not 400)

the soundcard naturally support wdm,asio etc. etc.

i use it with cubase,ableton and tracktor to play music during my live-set
it cost 500€,but now u can find it at 350€
i think taht if u want the good response audio u have to buy a soundcard similar,a firewire card that have this features

byeeeeZ

PS
sorry 4 my english

if they still make it...you should check out soundblaster audigyX2 i think it is? i know they used to make one designed for a laptop to fit in that side slot where you would stick in a wireless card

quote:

Originally posted by aLviNx80 yea, it does... but when i use torq on my laptop, everything works great other than the sound. it sounds like crap..

Well, what exactly do you mean by "it sounds like crap?" Do you have to outputs of the Connectiv going into line inputs on your mixer and not phono?

i have everything set up right, because when i hook the connectiv to my desktop it works fine. but when i hook it up to my laptop, the sound is very staticky and pauses every 5 seconds or so.

quote:

Originally posted by i got big pants if they still make it...you should check out soundblaster audigyX2 i think it is? i know they used to make one designed for a laptop to fit in that side slot where you would stick in a wireless card

i looked into soundblaster audigy 2zs for notebooks (i think that's what you're talking about), and i noticed there's no usb input on it, so the connectiv would have to connect to the laptop usb port, and not directly to the soundcard. would it matter?

i use a Philips PSC805 Aurillium (sp)
cheapo ftw
havent really tried any djing applications with it though but it is better than my onboard shit

just get a ground loop isolator

___________________

Get Dropbox, with 250 MB extra space!

I use a Focusrite Saffire because the sound quality is really good. It doesn't have a ton of inputs (2 analog, 2 digital) but the sound quality is awesome. It records 24/192 and the sound is absolutely perfect.

quote:

Originally posted by skip just get a ground loop isolator

+1.


I had the exact same problem when I originally got Torq.

Pick up one of these and it will solve all the static problems coming from your laptop's power supply.

It's like 16 bucks at RadioShack.

___________________
Click the link below to stream all of my mixes past and present. New mixes go up about once a month. Enjoy!

www.mixcloud.com/jluger