On Fri, 30 Jan 2015, Arnold Krille wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 12:08:59 +0100 Peter O'Doherty
<kevinpeterodoherty@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My laptop (running ubuntu) has the following (audio) specs. I know
it's probably subjective, but is this considered "good enough" for
pro audio work or should I invest in an external sound card? (Or for
that matter a better laptop?!) And if so, which soundcard is
recommended?
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 03)
The only thing "high definition" about the integrated audio interfaces
in laptops is in the name. Other than that they will sound okayish with
their speakers or with equally "high definition" head-phones. But as
soon as you connect them to a real amplifier/PA (and fix the
ground-loops) you will notice the noise and crappy quality. And after
connecting the laptop with a normal-sized audio-cable for more then 5
times you will get crackles from the broken soldering connection of the
plug...
What he didn't say is that (at least what I have found) the output is the
better part. The input circuitry (important for recording) is worse as it
is designed to allow the use of skype and not much else. If you are doing
pure synth music with no audio inputs. The HDA audio would be ok. To
record audio, you would at least need an external mic pre... and for the
cost of that one may as well get at least a USB audio IF which would
generally include the mic pre anyway.
USB insertion cycles is not that high BTW. It may be as low as 700
depending on the quality of the usb plug.
Get a usb device or a firewire device if your laptop supports it.
+1
--
Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net
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