<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi Mario<br></div><div><br>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.<br>
<br></div>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.<br><br></div>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.<br>
<br></div>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.<br><br>If you're planning on recording something on just 2 channels on the built-in sound card, keep in mind that your dynamic range will be pretty bad, even if you get a good pre-amp in the middle to take the most advantage of your range. You'd much rather have an external sound card with some adjustable analog pre-amps in the box.<br>
<br></div>Chuck<br><div><div><div><div><br><br> <br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Mario Mey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mariomey@gmail.com" target="_blank">mariomey@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I'm using my integrated soundcard:<br>
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00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40).<br>
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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.<br>
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Is there any benefit of using one?<br>
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I know that this USB soundcard is not a very good one... but maybe it's good for my economy. What's your opinion?<br>
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