[PD] Benefits of using an external soundcard?

[Mario Mey]

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...
>
> 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.
About the soundcard I post, the Encore 7.1 ENMAB-8CM 
(http://www.encore-usa.com/ar/support/ENMAB-8CM)... it's really a china 
generic useless card... or it's good for starting? It has no analog pot.
>
> Chuck
>
>
Thanks so much for your time.

>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Mario Mey <mariomey at gmail.com 
> <mailto:mariomey at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I'm using my integrated soundcard:
>
>     00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00
>     Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40).
>
>     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.
>
>     Is there any benefit of using one?
>
>     I know that this USB soundcard is not a very good one... but maybe
>     it's good for my economy. What's your opinion?
>
>     http://www.encore-usa.com/ar/support/ENMAB-8CM
>
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