[PD] Benefits of using an external soundcard?

[Charles Z Henry]

On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Mario Mey <mariomey at gmail.com> wrote:

>  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...
>

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).

I'm not familiar with Beardyman/tron_5000.  That sounds cool.
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