<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 6:28 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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<div>El 08/08/13 17:50, Charles Z Henry
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<div>Hi Mario<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
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.<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...<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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). <br>
<br></div><div>I'm not familiar with Beardyman/tron_5000. That sounds cool.<br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div></div>