Thursday, May 20, 2010

I would like to purchase a sound card for my laptop for recording purposes?

I have a Compaq Presario V600 and I am trying to record in Adobe Audition with a condenser microphone and pre amp. I usually run the pre amp to my Compaq Presario S4000NX straight into the microphone input. So any suggestions of a sound card perfectly compatible with my laptop and recording software?

I would like to purchase a sound card for my laptop for recording purposes?
Go for the line 6 ux2, which can be gotten from musiciansfriend.com for $140. This USB powered interface has 2 xlr inputs with phantom power, 2 guitar inputs and a nice bundle of plugins that should be compatible with audition.


It's DAC's (digital audio converters) should be much higher quality than those found in your laptop and give you stellar bang for the buck.


If you need more than 2 simultaneous In's, consider the behringer Xenyx mixers. (1200 series and higher) They have usb connectivity and anywhere from 4-8 channels of audio recording starting at about the $160 range.
Reply:If you get a sound card it has to be an external one. The best is the Mbox by Digi Design. It hooks up to your laptop via USB. I think it is compatible with Adobe Audition, but sometimes it is hard to get it working. You'll have to go into properties in Adobe Audition and select the Mbox as the device.





There are others, but the Mbox is the only one I'd trust. Digi Design makes Pro Tools and is respected in the industry. In addition they give you a copy of Pro Tools with the Mbox. May come in handy in case Audition does not work.





Also the Mbox has great mic preamps so you won't have to plug it into your comptuer. This will cut out a little unnecessary noise and the mic preamps sound so warm when you record.





Good Luck
Reply:It would be unusual to replace a sound card in a laptop. I have a band and we use an audio interface. It allows you to plug in mics and guitars and sends the signal via usb to the computer. Can be found at guitarcenter.com or musiciansfriend.com .

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