To counter, there are a number of new USB audio devices on the market that
can be used with any USB enabled laptop (any new pc or mac laptop). The best
of the crop looks to be the Tascam USB-428 which has two stereo 24bit
digital outs and a digital in and some analogue inputs. Its got a bunch of
faders and eq knobs too, and all this for around $500. I've heard mixed
reviews, some of which say the latency is really bad, but I have yet to get
mine yet. Roland makes a slightly cheaper unit with only 16bit quality and a
built in fx processor, but it lacks the eq knobs and midi control.
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----- Original Message -----
From: EggyToast <youn0394@umn.edu>
To: Michael Adamczyk <maa5@acsu.buffalo.edu>; <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [idm] Laptop Question
quoted 11 lines At 04:50 PM 9/16/00 -0400, Michael Adamczyk wrote:
> At 04:50 PM 9/16/00 -0400, Michael Adamczyk wrote:
> >I'm looking for a sound card for my laptop and wondering If I could get
> >some recommendations. I actually have no idea what's out there for laptop
> >soundcards but a card with five or so inputs would be nice.
>
>
> this was talked about briefly a while ago, but i don't mind repeating.
>
> essentially, there's nothing for the laptop. there are pcmcia cards with
> high quality ins/outs, and midi stuff, but nothing with a "breakout box",
> which is what you're looking for. all that stuff is reserved forquoted 22 lines what might work for you is getting a high quality pcmcia soundcard and a
>
> what might work for you is getting a high quality pcmcia soundcard and a
> mixer. plus most operating systems don't handle multiple inputs ideally
> anyways.
>
> i believe someone was talking about a multi-in pc card thing, but it was
> either expensive, not very good, or only had like 2 or 3 inputs. they
> don't really make that stuff with laptops in mind.
>
> cheers,
> /derek
>
>
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