sound card

rasoul

can anyone recommend a decent sound card for recording mixes on to my laptop ? its a new dell inspiron 1300...

thanks

chern0byl

I have this pcmcia card: http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/firstlook62.html
Absolutely fantastic and has mutiple outputs too. Expect to pay about €100 for a good quality card like that. USB ones might be cheaper.

I am going to get this next: http://www.behringer.com/BCD2000/index.cfm?lang=ENG

Built in soundcard and is the perfect laptop/dj tool although i dont think it works with VirtualDJ but i use Traktor myself.

rasoul

thanks man, do you know where i can buy this?

Helix

chern0byl wrote:

I am going to get this next: http://www.behringer.com/BCD2000/index.cfm?lang=ENG

for the love of al that is holy dont buy it

behringer are utter utter turd

chern0byl

rasoul wrote:

thanks man, do you know where i can buy this?

Which one lad? The sound card or the mixer? You can probably order the card directly from creative.ie but i got mine from ebay and saved about €30.

Yeah Helix, the BCD is absolute muck just like a tout i'd say. I did a bit of research on it and opinons are not good on either functionality or the soundcard.

311

I thought using a pcmcia card all the time is bad for a laptop ,
the heat that them cards bring up sometimes almost melts the plastic.

Also is it not better to have a usb type card in case of spikes .

I've had decks connected to pc's since around 98-99 ,
And generally they're fine but static can build up now and then.

cornbb

Helix wrote:

for the love of al that is holy dont buy it

behringer are utter utter turd

I disagree, Behringer have a reputation for making decent budget equipment. Won't be the best in the world though, of course.

I second the vote for the Creative Audigy II PCMCIA, I had one for ages and you should be able to pick one up for €100. Its cheap and cheerful and will do everything you need it to.

JakeLuxor

rasoul wrote:

can anyone recommend a decent sound card for recording mixes on to my laptop ? its a new dell inspiron 1300...

thanks

'Mixes' as in DJ sets or your own music that youv slaved over for years?
If its your own music invest in a decent soundcard and stay the **** away from anything by Creative (though they are fine for video games or just listening back to music downloaded off the internet)
There are plenty of soundcards out there with far better ad/da converters than those of Creative for the same price and indeed some cases lower!
Just my two cents

http://www.myspace.com/hybrasil

Helix

cornbb wrote:

I disagree, Behringer have a reputation for making decent budget equipment. Won't be the best in the world though, of course.

no no

they have a reputation for making decent quality budget items that are almost impossible to balls up

such as line mixers and patch bays

jimi_t

Chance the M-Audio stuff if you're looking for an external solution - I found it very solid anyway