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advice needed - Need a PCI sound card

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  • 26-01-2011 2:30pm
    #1
    Tea_Bag
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    Hey anyone got any advice, it needs to double up (and have ok) input recording capabilities.

    basically this is for an art project, i need the cables (which ones?) that'll take a component output from xbox/dvd player etc (analogue) and record it onto my PC.

    budget as low as possible, without sacrificing too much quality. i actually dont know what im looking for at all, so i have no set budget. any recomendations?

    FWIW im running a 2.1 sound system, and it would be nice to have good quality sound out aswell.


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    Tea_Bag
    Registered Users Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭Tea_Bag


    is this ok?
    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/98938

    i dont know anything about quality sound cards..


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    tman
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    You'll need a cable like this (2x female RCA to 3.5mm)
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phono-Female-3-5mm-Audio-Cable/dp/B000Q8KSS0

    Just make sure you plug it into the line in, not mic...

    That soundcard should do the trick I guess. Do you definitely need twice the inputs? If not, chances are your onboard sound will do the job nicely...


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    Tea_Bag
    Registered Users Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭Tea_Bag


    tman wrote: »
    You'll need a cable like this (2x female RCA to 3.5mm)
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phono-Female-3-5mm-Audio-Cable/dp/B000Q8KSS0

    Just make sure you plug it into the line in, not mic...

    That soundcard should do the trick I guess. Do you definitely need twice the inputs? If not, chances are your onboard sound will do the job nicely...
    hi thanks. my onboard is a VIA chipset, and is a POS. i can hear the speakers playing different tones when i eg. change tabs etc. its quite annoying. would it be worth my while spending a little more on a card than the one i listed?


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    tman
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    The one you linked to will do the job you described perfectly imo, no point in spending more than that when you don't really have to!
    Should definitely be a big improvement over a Via chipset!!! (I know your pain!)


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    muppetkiller
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    There's a guy on Adverts selling an X-FI Extreme for 30 ..A great little card I think.
    http://www.adverts.ie/peripherals/creative-labs-x-fi-soundcard/420026


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    Tea_Bag
    Registered Users Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭Tea_Bag


    muppetkiller wrote: »
    There's a guy on Adverts selling an X-FI Extreme for 30 ..A great little card I think.
    http://www.adverts.ie/peripherals/creative-labs-x-fi-soundcard/420026
    doesnt say what model. why does it have a vga output? is the Xfi much better than the one i listed at the top?


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    Skerries
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    i think that is a serial connector,
    the one you linked to is the older Soundblaster which is a good few years old now and has been replaced with X-fi for the past several years and the x-fi series is considered some of the best audio cards out there
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    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    Skerries wrote: »
    the one you linked to is the older Soundblaster which is a good few years old now and has been replaced with X-fi for the past several years and the x-fi series is considered some of the best audio cards out there

    The X-Fi series has been around since 2005, so that card might not exactly be a spring chicken either! (can't really tell much about it from the advert)
    That's a midi port by the way (used to be used for joypads too!)

    From what I can tell the card the OP originally posted was launched in 2007, and from using a similar card to that for very similar uses (recording via line in), I can safely say that it'll do the job they described perfectly well


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