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    M1530 - Best Soundcard for Making Music?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ilazarte, Jan 24, 2009.

  1. ilazarte

    ilazarte Newbie

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    I'm open to any option, USB or express card. I have an external mixer, so really all I need is the audio in! The onboard default sound sucks obviously so I figured look for a replacement :)

    Thanks for any suggestions you guys can make.
     
    ilazarte, Jan 24, 2009
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    joeytav Notebook Geek

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    I just got a Tascam Fireone - its a firewire card, i get a latency of about 19ms with it in Ableton and Cubase.

    I got it as it has Midi inputs, two mono inputs (which can be paired) or you can switch one to accept a high impedence signal from a guitar. Pretty much everything I wanted :]
     
    joeytav, Jan 25, 2009
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  3. SteveJonesy

    SteveJonesy Notebook Evangelist

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    That's a fairly poor latency value to be honest. You should be able to get lower latency than that. My Echo Audiofire2 performs well at 5ms without a huge amount going on. I'd expect to have to notch it back a little as I stress the system more but wouldn't think I'd need to get anywhere near 19ms.
     
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  4. ilazarte

    ilazarte Newbie

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    the audiofire seems along what i need... small, but bare essentials are included... thanks for the tip! now i have to figure out what to do with my emu404... i have suspiscions it broke my desktop pc a while ago.
     
    ilazarte, Jan 25, 2009
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    joeytav Notebook Geek

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    What size buffer are you using for that?

    I haven't mucked around with it much - that was straight out of the box. Stupid dissertation project is taking up valuable music time!
     
    joeytav, Jan 26, 2009
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  6. SteveJonesy

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    128 or less than that - it's not hooked up at the mo for me to have a look.

    Yeh - you should be able to get better latency than that - have a play the next time the Uni gives ya some time ;)
     
    SteveJonesy, Jan 26, 2009
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