27 May
2008
27 May
'08
6:29 p.m.
----Original Message-----
From: Lars Luthman <lars.luthman(a)gmail.com>
Sent: May 27, 2008 3:54 PM
To: linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org
Subject: Re: [LAU] which laptop?
On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 21:36 +0200, Peter O'Doherty wrote:
I have an Asus with hda-intel sound and run Ubuntu Studio and Dragon
NaturallySpeaking using Wine. Audio within the range of the human voice needs to be
crystal-clear.
It's not.
In alsa-mixer I have to nudge mic-boost 2/3 of the way up to get moderately successful
results.
When I try to listen to Youtube, the sound is so faint as to be unhearable.
The best laptop soundcard that I know of is the Indigo IO PCMCIA, but my computer has one
of those newfangled card slots, and so I had to go with a Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi. But
wait! The X-Fi isn't supported yet by alsa, although it will be soon. (The beta
drivers so far haven't worked for me.)
There are bug reports all over Ubuntu about how poorly hda-intel works.
They won't be fixed until Intrepid, but maybe you won't buy your computer until
then...
Does anyone have any sympathy for me?
S
I'm fairly new to linux (I mostly use Mac OS
X) and would mainly use
the laptop for live audio work (running primarily PD and
SuperCollider).
Does anyone have any experience with the 1525? Any advice?
It's Intel based, which probably means Intel HDA for audio, which
typically means poor DAC and unpredictable realtime performance. You'll
probably want to get an external soundcard of some kind.
--ll