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Well I went and done it! I bought an Acer laptop - the guy replaced Vista with XPfor free.
3 gb ram and 250 gb HD - Realtek audio.
It has a Mic imput but no Line in(unless the mic imput serves as a line in as well?)
I use a condenser Mic through a Art Studio preamp - will it be safe to use the Mic imput with this setup or should I get a new Mic (not condenser)?
How do others who use a Laptop cope?
I would appreciate any advice,thanks.
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*Depends on the laptop whether or not the Mic Input can be changed to a Line Input.
Check the ?Record Properties software mixer section for the soundcard and see if Line Input is listed.
But that does not guarantee that it has the hardware to switch the Mic to Stereo Line Input, you have to properly connect via a Y adaptor that converts the mini TRS plug to two channels. This can be done with an mp3-player-to-RCA-stereo Y cord, available at Radio Shack and other places like that.
*The internal soundcards in today's laptops boast pretty decent Playback converters these days due to the widespread interest in the playback of media such as DVDs. CDs, etc. on laptops -- BUT the input side is still a bit lacking in quality. For any serious recording of your stuff you should consider a good aftermarket sound device such as a USB sound device. The M-Audio Fast Track Pro comes to mind as a good solution that is known to work and play well with pgmusic products and won't break the bank account nor the sanity of the user. (For Live performance with BIAB I have found that most internal soundcards will work just fine, one less hassle on the gig... 0
Congrats on the new lappy,
--Mac
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mark.
zzounds.com and music123.com have a slew of usb devices.
ive posted in the past a whole thread called "my tips"
in the tips n triks section of pg. n laptops are mentioned.
to save me retyping pages , have a gander at my tips at your leisure.
for example a behringer uca 202 is cheap for getting audio into/out from a laptop.
(plug art line out into line in of behr.)
a toneport is 50 buks and has low latency drivers.
or a new product edirol ua1g might be usefull.
just make sure you can get money back on any device in case it dont work well
with your laptop.
also run dpc latency checker on your laptop.
it will help you identify any tasks that might interfere with the audio task.
and help you in conjunction with win task manager to identify non essential
processes that might be hogging your laptop.
god bless.
Last edited by manning1; 04/09/09 09:05 AM.
retired puter engr....powertracks on amd......NICE !
"what is the black art of audio engineering ?"
my silly songs...motagator.com/bmanning
see my tips in the tips section.
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Hey manning,
Haven't heard or seen the sound of that mangled Brit/Canuck accent for some time. Where ya been?
John
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hi shack.
re..what i been doing ??
loads of song recording with another songwriter.
but now my world has come a tumbling.
wont bother you with details.
my lovely wife has to have more surgery.
gonna be a ruff year...but we are gonna get thru it.
god bless.
retired puter engr....powertracks on amd......NICE !
"what is the black art of audio engineering ?"
my silly songs...motagator.com/bmanning
see my tips in the tips section.
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