Yeah, as I mentioned to Alex off list, a PCMCIA card is essential - everyone I know uses Echo Indigo's really fast and totally silent. Pretty much the same sound quality as a desktop soundcard, which is pretty impressive for a pcm card that's only £100 :-)
http://www.echoaudio.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Beattie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "313" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 11:36 AM Subject: Re: (313) OT Computer help relating to music > > dont know how much this will help your decision but I > > used to work in an IBM helpdesk for voicerecognition > > software and "buzzing" is not an uncommon thing in > > windows laptops (dont know anything about Macs). Its > > to do with packing so much kit into such a small > > package and using low quality soundcard as standard - > > you should be able to get a PCMCIA or USB soundcard to > > improve the sound quality (although I would ivestigate > > the options and performance first from others who may > > have experience) > > > > my dell 8200 had a big prob with this (you could hear disk access and > mouse movement!) > > this new powerbook 12" has no probs in that area. and is one of the > reasons i bought it. > > please no OS war type follow ups to this please :). > > bottom line for Ableton Live use tho would be an external audio > interface (usb/firware/pcmcia) for lower latency and the ability to > pre-listen to clips. > > robin... >
