It's ok, I have a notebook: 1 plug out, 1 plug in.Hi Mario
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.
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.
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...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.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.
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.
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.
Thanks so much for your time.Chuck
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Mario Mey <mariomey@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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