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 and I do what
this video shows, EVERYNIGHT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNUZULR7k18//
//- I have more inputs and outputs (for future features).//
//- Maybe, I avoid noise in the line (for the moment, I don't have it...
but I think it depends on the power line of the location).//
//- Sometimes, I do record some samples... it will be usefull for that.//
/
And, you can check BEARDYTRON_5000 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OlHSNpYg0A and other videos there.
Thanks.
El 09/08/13 11:34, Charles Z Henry escribió:
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Mario Mey <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> 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 computer power supply
and a good audio power supply for recording have much the same
relationship--there's more noise in switching electronics.
Next, there's the size constraints. You'd have a hard time
adding all the connectors for a large number of channels on a
card which plugs in to your PCI(e) slots.
It's ok, I have a notebook: 1 plug out, 1 plug in.
Third: there's not as great a need for bandwidth for audio as
there is with video. Video cards need all that PCI(e) bandwidth.
Audio doesn't. It's a relatively small amount of data. Of
course--I think USB and firewire really don't have enough
bandwidth for good scalability, but that's another discussion.
But... what are you doing with it? You have different
requirements for recording and for live sound. Live sound: just
do it up. No one will likely notice.
Live sound is my purpose. Mic-in looping-station and multieffects
system (following the steps of Beardyman and his Beardytron_5000).
But, sorry about not understanding your expresion (english is not
my native language).... What do you mean with "just do it up, no
one will likely notice"? Should I buy it or no one will notice the
difference? I think you mean I should...
Just use the onboard sound. Live performance or installations can be
much more tolerant of noise. You may have to tune your patches for
the hardware, but don't give it too much thought and "just do it up"
(a recommendation).
I'm not familiar with Beardyman/tron_5000. That sounds cool.
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