[LAU] hardware: recording voice and acc. guitar

[Steve Fosdick]

On 27/05/08 04:28:54, Joshua Boyd wrote:
 
> It seems to me that most audio cards with preamps put the preamps in 
> an external box, so going with external preamps might not be so bad  
> if you can find some cheaply.

There are at least two good reasons for doing this:

1. Inside the PC case is an electrically noisy environment.  Given that 
mic pre-amps are rather more sensitive than line level inputs they are 
likely to pick up less noise outside the PC case.

2. The metal stip on the back of a PCI card has limited space to mount 
connectors.  An XLR connector as used for mic inputs certainly wouldn't 
fit so the choices are to use a breakout box or use some other 
connector and then supply a little adapter lead.

Steve.