<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>This and other condenser microphones require "Phantom Power," which is provided by many audio interfaces and mixers but generally not built in to an internal soundcard.</div>
<div><br></div><div>See how far you can get with what you have; there's no point in buying something that you don't need. But you might find that you do need one eventually.</div><div><br></div><div>Keep in mind that you'll need very low latency (less than 20 miliseconds) for your application. I'm not sure if this is affected by the sound card or not. All of the audio processing happens on the CPU, but maybe the buffering stages for the sound card add enough delay to add latency... could somebody with more familiarity chime in here?</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Mario Mey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mariomey@gmail.com" target="_blank">mariomey@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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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
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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.<div class="im"><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...<div class="im"><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 href="http://www.encore-usa.com/ar/support/ENMAB-8CM" target="_blank">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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Thanks so much for your time.<div class="im"><br>
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Mey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mariomey@gmail.com" target="_blank">mariomey@gmail.com</a>></span>
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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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<a href="http://www.encore-usa.com/ar/support/ENMAB-8CM" target="_blank">http://www.encore-usa.com/ar/support/ENMAB-8CM</a><br>
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