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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">El 08/08/13 17:50, Charles Z Henry
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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>
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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>
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It's ok, I have a notebook: 1 plug out, 1 plug in.<br>
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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
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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>
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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...<br>
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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>
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About the soundcard I post, the Encore 7.1 ENMAB-8CM
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.encore-usa.com/ar/support/ENMAB-8CM">http://www.encore-usa.com/ar/support/ENMAB-8CM</a>)... it's really a
china generic useless card... or it's good for starting? It has no
analog pot.<br>
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Chuck<br>
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Thanks so much for your time.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Mario
Mey <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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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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