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ASIO Vs Reaktek HD Soundcard
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| ZxZDeViLZxZ |
| so i have a wonderful realtek built in soundcard on my laptop..... works great but asio en sucks money nuts. bricks the machine alot ALOT so what im getting at is anyone know of a solution? its really annoying becuase yet again dual core but flp does not manage dualcore very well. |
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| Kris Xperiment |
| I was using a Realtek build in card. I hated it, it had too much bass coloring. I went for an Audiophile 192 instead. Works great for a great price. |
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| ZxZDeViLZxZ |
| yeah im thinking external will be only solution and since they dont make pc express soundcards yet so gay |
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| DigiNut |
| Sorry, integrated audio is , period. It's not ASIO that's the problem. PCI-E sound cards wouldn't help for a laptop anyway (maybe you're thinking of PCMCIA). Your best bet is a firewire device. |
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| echosystm |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Sorry, integrated audio is , period. It's not ASIO that's the problem. PCI-E sound cards wouldn't help for a laptop anyway (maybe you're thinking of PCMCIA). Your best bet is a firewire device. |
New laptops dont have PCMCIA, he was talking about the new type - express card ;)
I doubt they will be out for a long while yet and since your computer probably only has 4-pin firewire, you're probably best off with USB2.0. You'll get better quality interface in firewire at the low end of the market... It will just be a pain in the ass if you ever have to take it anywhere (which is the whole reason for having a laptop) :)
Also, for PC laptops, USB is safe. Firewire is always a gamble. Check out the EMU 0202. |
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| ZxZDeViLZxZ |
finally someone who knows what a en express card slot is ...... ive had to send people links before they knew lol...... yeah im thinking usb2 soundcard would be better then firewire as ive yet to see how reliable this firewire port is. only thing is you can buy express card expansions to give you 2 or 4 full fledged pci-express cards but i dont know if soundcards have botherd to get involed with the pci-express market yet. will check out the emu tho thanks.....
im fully aware integreated audio is but i figured 2048mb of ram and a dual core would probly make it not too bad but flp 7 doesnt even have full dual core support as i brick my flp but windows shows only 56% usage. however this soundcard is pitfull for any sort of frequency response. and as stated before has horrid en bass colouring. specially becuase its an HD one but. |
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| flutlicht junky |
Firewire is proven and more suitable to audio than USB due to its design however for a laptop you could run into some issues as you cant easily pop a firewire card in to ensure compatiability..
Firewire has higher continuous bandwidth which enables you to move more channels of audio around. But for normal playback then USB would be fine bar the fact that it uses cpu cycles.
Aside from that a good soundcard will help you hear more clearly the music you are making espcially over an in built mobo soundcard. |
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| ZxZDeViLZxZ |
| have built in firewire so im not following about inserting a firewire card.. probly just reading it wrong. |
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| flutlicht junky |
| Was meaning that some firewire soundcards require certain chipsets to be used. E,g, Motu require Texas Instruments or Lucent firewire chips whereas most PCs in Europe use VIA chips which normally means the purchase of a firewire pci / pci-e card. So just check compatibility of the soundcard you are going to buy if it's a firewire one. |
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