Sound cards forum topic

2 months ago

Ok, got myself a cheap pc just for recording my mixes on. Would it be best for me to buy a proper soundcard? would think the onboard would be shit?

If so can anyone recommend one please.

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if you have line in on your soundcard its fine >>............ thumbsup

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yeah its got line in. Wont the quality be poor tho ??

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yeah its got line in. Wont the quality be poor tho ??

nope... they are quite good these days...some are even low latency ASIO compatible!

The only time you really need a decent ASIO card is for professional softsynth and FX use so you have low latency and dont hound the CPU's peformance as the built in chip will eat into it.

So as said, if you have a line in/out then you are laughing.

I use my built in soundcard for basic 2 track editing with soundforge on my work PC...even video editing and it works a treat, even with some basic FX! smile

2 months ago

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yeah its got line in. Wont the quality be poor tho ??

nope... they are quite good these days...some are even low latency ASIO compatible!

The only time you really need a decent ASIO card is for professional softsynth and FX use so you have low latency and dont hound the CPU's peformance as the built in chip will eat into it.

So as said, if you have a line in/out then you are laughing.

I use my built in soundcard for basic 2 track editing with soundforge on my work PC...even video editing and it works a treat, even with some basic FX! smile

nice one cheers for the help, both of you. Yeah its only gonna be for recording through soundforge. thumbsup

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