Re: [PD] Benefits of using an external soundcard?

2013-08-11 Thread katja
Hello, My experience is partly similar to what Charles mentioned: an external soundcard can be much better in S/R ratio (both Brownian noise of the preamp and specific frequencies produced by power supply). I would not say that noise is less noticeable in live performance though - on the

Re: [PD] Benefits of using an external soundcard?

2013-08-10 Thread Mario Mey
Brian: I comment between lines: El 09/08/13 09:42, Brian Fay escribió: Is there a specific type of microphone you will be using? I've seen some videos of Beardyman recently using some type of hands-free lavalier microphone. I will use my wireless VHF SHURE microphone (I know it is old). The

Re: [PD] Benefits of using an external soundcard?

2013-08-10 Thread Mario Mey
Charles, as I answer to Brian, I paste the same about the soundcard /I will buy the cheap soundcard (ARS $200). I understand what you say, but it has some benefits:// // //- I care the notebook audio-out jack. USB is more resistent for pluging and unpluging. I (this) summer, I work in a park

Re: [PD] Benefits of using an external soundcard?

2013-08-09 Thread Mario Mey
El 08/08/13 17:50, Charles Z Henry escribió: Hi Mario The number one reason for having an external sound card is noise isolation. The card's proximity to the power supply and motherboard are bad for EM noise. Also, a computer power supply and a good audio power supply for recording have

Re: [PD] Benefits of using an external soundcard?

2013-08-09 Thread Brian Fay
Is there a specific type of microphone you will be using? I've seen some videos of Beardyman recently using some type of hands-free lavalier microphone. This and other condenser microphones require Phantom Power, which is provided by many audio interfaces and mixers but generally not built in to

Re: [PD] Benefits of using an external soundcard?

2013-08-09 Thread Charles Z Henry
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Mario Mey mario...@gmail.com wrote: El 08/08/13 17:50, Charles Z Henry escribió: Hi Mario The number one reason for having an external sound card is noise isolation. The card's proximity to the power supply and motherboard are bad for EM noise. Also, a

[PD] Benefits of using an external soundcard?

2013-08-08 Thread Mario Mey
I'm using my integrated soundcard: 00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40). I know that Pd is processing on CPU and I don't need more than 2 inputs and 2 outputs channels. So... I think that there's no need to buy an external one. Is

Re: [PD] Benefits of using an external soundcard?

2013-08-08 Thread Charles Z Henry
Hi Mario The number one reason for having an external sound card is noise isolation. The card's proximity to the power supply and motherboard are bad for EM noise. Also, a computer power supply and a good audio power supply for recording have much the same relationship--there's more noise in