----Original Message----- >From: Lars Luthman <lars.luthman@xxxxxxxxx> >Sent: May 27, 2008 3:54 PM >To: linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: which laptop? > >On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 21:36 +0200, Peter O'Doherty wrote: >> I'm fairly new to linux (I mostly use Mac OS X) and would mainly use >> the laptop for live audio work (running primarily PD and >> SuperCollider). >> >> Does anyone have any experience with the 1525? Any advice? > >It's Intel based, which probably means Intel HDA for audio, which >typically means poor DAC and unpredictable realtime performance. You'll >probably want to get an external soundcard of some kind. > > >--ll I have an Asus with hda-intel sound and run Ubuntu Studio and Dragon NaturallySpeaking using Wine. Audio within the range of the human voice needs to be crystal-clear. It's not. In alsa-mixer I have to nudge mic-boost 2/3 of the way up to get moderately successful results. When I try to listen to Youtube, the sound is so faint as to be unhearable. The best laptop soundcard that I know of is the Indigo IO PCMCIA, but my computer has one of those newfangled card slots, and so I had to go with a Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi. But wait! The X-Fi isn't supported yet by alsa, although it will be soon. (The beta drivers so far haven't worked for me.) There are bug reports all over Ubuntu about how poorly hda-intel works. They won't be fixed until Intrepid, but maybe you won't buy your computer until then... Does anyone have any sympathy for me? S _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
