hi there.before work today i picked up a Echo Indigo I/O.before leaving i noticed quickly that the in/out are just rca's or some small cable....they are not 1/4" in/outs...so i guess recording from my synth will be poor quality? ill need another soundcard for recording in good quality? (its just for my laptop) thanks

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Originally posted by Emperor hi there.before work today i picked up a Echo Indigo I/O.before leaving i noticed quickly that the in/out are just rca's or some small cable....they are not 1/4" in/outs...so i guess recording from my synth will be poor quality? ill need another soundcard for recording in good quality? (its just for my laptop) thanks

I have the Indigo I/O for recording. They have 1/8" input and output plugs. You can get a 1/4" to 1/8" plug that will connect your synth to your laptop.

of course one i get it, i realize the Virus TI has spdif...And i guess some cards also do now...now i don't know what to do =)

btw Scott. yes i know you can of course convert from 1/4" to 1/8" but its the quality loss im debating.it will still have to go through 1/8"...

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Originally posted by Emperor btw Scott. yes i know you can of course convert from 1/4" to 1/8" but its the quality loss im debating.it will still have to go through 1/8"...

Well Echo claims you'll still be recording at 24/96. I wouldn't worry about it. The lost of quality is too small for anyone but engineers to detect.

hmmm....some guy i know who is actually a pretty big name producer just bought a Soundblaster (belive it or not) for his laptop.its the same size as the Indigo but has spdif out for monitoring....anyone tried this...he loves it =/