[PD] Benefits of using an external soundcard?
Mario Mey
mariomey at gmail.com
Sun Aug 11 04:40:28 CEST 2013
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:
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> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Mario Mey <mariomey at gmail.com
> <mailto:mariomey at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> 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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