External Sound Cards for Laptop DJing
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the newer powerbooks do, but I personally like the little package of the ibook and refuse to be swayed by the latest and greatest technology in that respect.
PC laptops in my opinion still leave a lot to be desired, especially in battery life/performance balancing, build quality, cooling, price, etc....
You know, the reasons why one buys a laptop instead of a desktop.
PC laptops in my opinion still leave a lot to be desired, especially in battery life/performance balancing, build quality, cooling, price, etc....
You know, the reasons why one buys a laptop instead of a desktop.
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Re: External Sound Cards
I am using the Creative Audigy 2 NX... Not sure if it is still available, but, it is a nice USB 2.0 Dolby 7.1 enabled sound card that has a lot of toys for us deejays... Time shifting, noise and pop reduction, pitch adjustment, etc... Plus, it works on laptops and desktops equally well... Unfortunately, it is Windows-only...Lars wrote:
This is what I use, an old Creative Soundblaster MP3. The sound has been perfect for every room that I've DJ'd in from large hall to small bar room setting even outdoors at the Calatrava.
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Re: External Sound Cards
Here's the link to the Creative website.
http://creative.com/products/product.as ... oduct=9103
http://creative.com/products/product.as ... oduct=9103
WindsorSwingKid wrote:I am using the Creative Audigy 2 NX... Not sure if it is still available, but, it is a nice USB 2.0 Dolby 7.1 enabled sound card that has a lot of toys for us deejays... Time shifting, noise and pop reduction, pitch adjustment, etc... Plus, it works on laptops and desktops equally well... Unfortunately, it is Windows-only...Lars wrote:
This is what I use, an old Creative Soundblaster MP3. The sound has been perfect for every room that I've DJ'd in from large hall to small bar room setting even outdoors at the Calatrava.
John...
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I've recently tried an Edirol UA-1EX external USB sound card with my iMac G5 -
http://www.rolandus.com/products/produc ... rentId=114
It's quite cheap and easy to install. I'm not quite sure, but I think the sound is better.
But the Volume Logic plug-in -
http://www.volumelogic.com/index.asp?co ... _iTunesMac
- which I like, doesn't work properly with it![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
http://www.rolandus.com/products/produc ... rentId=114
It's quite cheap and easy to install. I'm not quite sure, but I think the sound is better.
But the Volume Logic plug-in -
http://www.volumelogic.com/index.asp?co ... _iTunesMac
- which I like, doesn't work properly with it
![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
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hear hear... a little research and shopping does indeed reveal wider options for the pc... much wider.Bob the Builder wrote:If you want to have wider options in regard audio you get a PC. Mac’s having the advantage in this area, is so 4 years ago.
B
BTW, they were talking about external sound cards over at a lecture about swing djing that michael gamble was teaching at the touch of class event. i forgot exactly what model that gina was saying people should get.
Jesse (Los Angeles, CA/Hampton Roads, VA)
since we're talking laptops here, simply put: baloney. all external soundcards will work just as well on macs as they will on wintel boxes; all the common hardware interfaces are shared. the (usually fairly useless) applications that come with the device may not run on os x, but that's all.hear hear... a little research and shopping does indeed reveal wider options for the pc... much wider.
(an internal card for a desktop system is another matter.)
The Turtle Beach ones don't work on Macs. I know because I wanted to buy one for my Mac ...lipi wrote:all external soundcards will work just as well on macs as they will on wintel boxes
http://www.turtle-beach.com/site/produc ... cthome.asp
http://www.turtle-beach.com/site/produc ... oineed.asp