[LAU] Laptop soundcard

[Robert Jonsson]

Hi Peter,

2015-01-30 12:08 GMT+01:00 Peter O'Doherty <kevinpeterodoherty at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> My laptop (running ubuntu) has the following (audio) specs. I know it's
> probably subjective, but is this considered "good enough" for pro audio work
> or should I invest in an external sound card? (Or for that matter a better
> laptop?!) And if so, which soundcard is recommended?

If you are going to record audio, yes, definitely get a better sound card.
If you are going to play along you need a soundcard that can provide
low latency audio also.
I use old firewire cards, e.g. FA-66, which works pretty good. Also
recently tried a really old DMX6fire usb device, seems to work OK too,
apart from the horrible setup with loading firmware etc.

I think most dedicated sound cards are a step up and the more you pay
the more confident you can be that they will satisfy your needs. Of
course making sure it's supported in Linux.
-
If you are only going to create music digitally, software synths,
samples, etc. Then you might as well try what you have if it's good
enough.

Regards,
Robert

>
> Thanks a lot,
> Peter
>
> Memory: 3.8 GiB
> Processor: Intel® Pentium(R) Dual CPU T3400 @ 2.16GHz × 2
>
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio
> Controller (rev 03)
>     Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff66
>     Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
>     Memory at d6700000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>     Capabilities: <access denied>
>     Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
>
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
> 1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
>
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