I don't know about the current HP laptops, but on mine I can mostly get sound to work with the onboard sound card using ASIO4ALL, but my laptop is over 3 years old now, so things may have changed. I do get much better results, however, using my M-Audio USB FastTrack Pro instead of the onboard. I would highly recommend getting an external sound source.

With my FastTrack Pro, I can run the M-Audio ASIO drivers natively. I have it working on both my Window 7 laptop and my Windows 8.1 desktop.

You will still be able to use your current VSTi's (such as SampleTank), but you will obviously have to re-install them on the new laptop and re-register the ones that need registration/authorization.

There are a number of threads on the forum for suggestions for external sound cards/devices.

John

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