[PD] Benefits of using an external soundcard?

[Mario Mey]

Charles, as I answer to Brian, I paste the same about the soundcard

/I will buy the cheap soundcard (ARS $200). I understand what you say, 
but it has some benefits://
//
//- I care the notebook audio-out jack. USB is more resistent for 
pluging and unpluging. I (this) summer, I work in a park and I do what 
this video shows, EVERYNIGHT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNUZULR7k18//
//- I have more inputs and outputs (for future features).//
//- Maybe, I avoid noise in the line (for the moment, I don't have it... 
but I think it depends on the power line of the location).//
//- Sometimes, I do record some samples... it will be usefull for that.//
/
And, you can check BEARDYTRON_5000 here: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OlHSNpYg0A and other videos there.

Thanks.



El 09/08/13 11:34, Charles Z Henry escribió:
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> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Mario Mey <mariomey at gmail.com 
> <mailto:mariomey at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     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.
>
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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 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...
>
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> 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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