[Dream] Cheap soundcard recommendations?

[andrei.henry at utoronto.ca]

> It is recreational use isnt it andrei?  Once again I am completely stunned
> by an email that makes no sense to me.  So explain... you dont like
> soundcards? What else would a home studio be using?
<SNIP>
> I think we all know Andrei and know its home use he is
> talking about home use.
> 
> Otherwise you just come of as being someone who thinks he is clever and
> likes telling everybody.  I am sure thats not you at all... but thats how
it
> sounds.  Certainly you arent interested in explaining your mail so that
the
> rest of us techno mortals can understand.

doofie, calm down... by "not liking soundcards", mark is talking about PCI
cards that you add directly to the back of a computer - as opposed to a
self-powered breakout box that you plug in via firewire or USB.  the inside
of a computer is a noisy place and the main power supply wasn't made with
music in mind.  having an external box with its own wall-wart, like the
presonus firebox or focusrite saffire = isolation from noisy computer.  the
delta 44/66, while it has a breakout box for connections, still draws all
its power from the PCI card.

i hadn't thought of this, but it makes a lot of sense.

also, and i might be wrong again here, but i think mark meant "home use" as
in "non-critical, multimedia use" (video games, watching movies) where a
little extra noise isn't going to be too much of an issue.  this, versus
pro/semi-pro audio use like more people on this forum are doing - where
we're trying to get as low noise and as high fidelity as possible.

'd


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