On Tue, 3 Nov 2009, Y.A. Bolawy wrote: >> Because of the lack of a mic preamp in the card, putting in a microphone >> preamp is >> probably a good idea, as otherwise the mic input tends to be pretty quiet. > > I assume that that is not necessary if I'd use a pc headset, but only > if I would want to use a more advanced mic right. For now I'll use > arelatively good quality pc headset. > > Also I wondered if the additional preamp wouldn't defeat the purpose > of choosing a relatively small soundcard? Or are preamps equally small > or some of them anyway.
Yes, some of them are. I have just built myself one that fit in one of those legendary altoids boxes (those are a brand of UK candies with the box about the size of a deck of cards)-- battery powered. In doing a recording this past summer, I discovered that if I plugged the laptop in, I got a 60Hz humm on all the recordings. It was stupid as the battery had a 4 hr lifetime which was more than enough for the project. > > Thanks again. B > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > -- William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | un...@physics.ubc.ca Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
