Went to a local major electronics store (Future Shop) to get a nice soundcard for my laptop for connecting to Serato and to the mixer. The guy only had the Creative shit, which is like $90 (not too bad). Anyone here has good recommendations for an Intel / Windows XP / 1.8 Gz / 500 MB RAM laptop?

Something in the price range of $50-$250

Bestbuy has M-AUdio stuff

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Originally posted by stan229 Bestbuy has M-AUdio stuff

You had me too excited ... I couldn't find it on the Canadian counterpart (where I am at):

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/subcl...=EN&catid=20400


EDIT: Seems like its for desktops, not laptops.

Last edited by Magnetonium on Apr-24-2008 at 03:10

Why do you need a soundcard?

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Originally posted by J:\Digital Why do you need a soundcard?

I have a very plain soundcard on my laptop. It might affect the quality and sound of the music when I am mixing, when connected to Serato. You see, if I am mixing vinyl, and then transitioning to a digital track, the difference in sound quality can probably make for a really bad transition ...

Get an external (USB) soundcard like the M-Audio Audiophile or the Edirol UA-25.

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I could just be being noobish because I've never used Serato, but I thought that it came with a soundcard or some kind of audio interface? That, and it listed it's minimum hardware requirements as 1 gig of RAM, which could be a problem if you only have half a gig?

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Yes the Serato interface can be used as a soundcard. Or at least a year or two ago when I sold my unit they were coming out with ASIO drivers for it, so I'm sure they have them now.

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Originally posted by Zild Yes the Serato interface can be used as a soundcard. Or at least a year or two ago when I sold my unit they were coming out with ASIO drivers for it, so I'm sure they have them now.

Sweeeeeeeeeet. Dont need a soundcard then. I'll get the hear the difference once my Serato finally comes in the mail.

Thanks for help, guys! Thread closed!

Not so sure you can use it to record as a sound card while using it as digital vinyl control, but I don't see why not. You should check it out though before you purchase anything else.

If you do want or need another sound card though I think Echo makes a nice choice. Check it out. echo indigo

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Originally posted by Magnetonium Sweeeeeeeeeet. Dont need a soundcard then. I'll get the hear the difference once my Serato finally comes in the mail. Thanks for help, guys! Thread closed!

That why I was asking why you need one... All your digital music goes to the serato box via USB (no soundcard), the serato interface is a soundcard itself.. If you want to record your sets, get a seperate audio recorder (there is a thread kicking around regarding them)

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Originally posted by Gen3r4l1ty I could just be being noobish because I've never used Serato, but I thought that it came with a soundcard or some kind of audio interface? That, and it listed it's minimum hardware requirements as 1 gig of RAM, which could be a problem if you only have half a gig?

You should be able to get away with half a gig, my ibook that I use is only a 1.2ghz with 512mb of ram and the audio never messes up, the screen can slow down abit now and then though.

As for the soundcard, like Zild said you can use the Serato box as a soundcard now, they have the ASIO drivers for it on the forums, but you won't be able to record while using it to DJ with, I believe you can only do that if you use the TTM57SL.

I'd get an external recording device like JD said, unless you think your computer can handle serato and recording audio at the same time, then get a soundcard for it.