External Sound Cards for Laptop DJing

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#16 Post by tornredcarpet » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:32 pm

Can i get a few second opinions on the MP3+ or the indigo echo?
Anyone else use them?

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#17 Post by Bob the Builder » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:46 am

The Echo Indigo DJ sound card is fantastic.
For mobile laptop DJing there is nothing close to it, in regard to its Cost, Size, Ease of use and high quality output.
If you can afford it, get one.

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#18 Post by tornredcarpet » Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:50 am

Come in any flavors besides PCMCIA?
Because in case i get an ibook i'm going to be unhappy =/
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#19 Post by Jake » Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:03 am

I bought an Indigo DJ last year and it fried itself the second time I used it in my mac. I went for the Griffin iMic (much cheaper anyway) and have been happy since.

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#20 Post by GemZombie » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:24 pm

tornredcarpet wrote:Come in any flavors besides PCMCIA?
Because in case i get an ibook i'm going to be unhappy =/
I thought Mac's finally supported PCMCIA. Dunno, don't care about Macs myself :P

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#21 Post by tornredcarpet » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:22 pm

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.
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#22 Post by GemZombie » Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:19 pm

I'll give you that. I know a few people who love PCs, but bought an iBook because of how good of a laptop design they are. I've considred it myself from time to time, but it wouldn't work for me. I have far to many PC related needs since I use my laptop for work a lot too.

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#23 Post by Bob the Builder » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:30 am

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.

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#24 Post by WindsorSwingKid » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:45 am

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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.
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...

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#25 Post by Dancing Al » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:52 am

Here's the link to the Creative website.
http://creative.com/products/product.as ... oduct=9103
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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.
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...

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#26 Post by Haydn » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:17 pm

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 :(

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#27 Post by tornredcarpet » Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:16 am

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.

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hear hear... a little research and shopping does indeed reveal wider options for the pc... much wider.

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.
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#28 Post by lipi » Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:37 am

hear hear... a little research and shopping does indeed reveal wider options for the pc... much wider.
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.

(an internal card for a desktop system is another matter.)

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#29 Post by Haydn » Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:16 am

lipi wrote:all external soundcards will work just as well on macs as they will on wintel boxes
The Turtle Beach ones don't work on Macs. I know because I wanted to buy one for my Mac ...
http://www.turtle-beach.com/site/produc ... cthome.asp
http://www.turtle-beach.com/site/produc ... oineed.asp

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#30 Post by lipi » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:26 pm

you know they don't work because you tried one and it didn't work, or you know they don't work because you read the webpage you linked and it listed only windows? unless it's the former, i still call baloney.[/list]

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