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"Clear sound" is a property of the digital-to-audio converter ("DAC") and is mostly subjective. Brand reputation is helpful here, as are reviews.
Latency is measured in milliseconds. It is a combination of a number of factors - the sound card and drivers you're using, the hardware overhead (USB or firewire can add a couple of ms) the protocol used (ASIO, ...
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"the line in port on the computer"
"I'm almost sure that the manufacturer
of the on-board sound card is
RealTek."
DAW recording 101: on board sound cards are useless
On board sound cards, the one that comes built into your motherboard is designed to make beeps and whistles and now-a-days telephony. It is not designed for high qualily, low ...
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There is a solution to your problem that doesn't involve buying anything. You simply make a multitrack recording, and compensate for latency after the fact by moving your beat forward in time.
Here is an outline of the procedure:
Open up your beat file.
press record, this should record your new material to a new mono track below your beat Press play, note ...
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I recommend the M-Audio Fast Track Pro. It has 2 inputs for microphone/instrument and ASIO drivers for low latency.
I own a M-Audio Profire 2626 and have been very happy with the clean clear sound it delivers when recording my keyboard. You should be able to get similar quality of sound from the Fast Track Pro.
I record using Reaper on a PC running ...
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Can you be more specific about the specific features you need?
The quick answer is the Apogee One and Duet. They are more expensive than a used MOTU 828 mk2, but have a stellar reputation.
There are also plenty of high quality single channel USB interfaces designed for plugging into a single microphone. The Blue Icicle comes to mind immediately,
but you ...
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Digital signal is digital signal. You might not have much in the way of processing options provided by hardware on a cheap sound card, but digital output shouldn't be any different from any quality level as long as it produces the signal reliably. That said, you may be able to get a sound card with a good DAC in it cheaper than a stand alone DAC since a ...
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To answer the title question: no, a professional microphone cannot be plugged into a computer to produce in any way acceptable results. For condenser mics, this doesn't work at all because they need 48 V phantom power, and dynamic mics have too low signal levels for the low-quality on-chip mic preamps that are used in virtually all consumer-grade sound ...
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The usual reason for these being external are:
No conflict with internal devices
Size and heat requirements
Requirements for multiple interfaces: midi, spdif, line-in, mic etc
User interface requirements - mixer controls, EQ etc
Occasionally power requirements - an externally powered sound card can provide a lower noise floor, higher quality and dedicated ...
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To make a recording without runnig in to any problems like latency and clips (unwanted sounds) your computer configration is also very important as your sound card. Real time recording needs lot of processing power. Which means you can start with core 2 duo 2.0 GHZ processor and 2 gb of ram and 7200 rpm harddisc. You can also use lower configration ...
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On Windows, get ASIO-compatible audio interface. Firewire or USB since you're on laptop.
This is the most proper solution to your problem.
You can try to install ASIO4ALL wrapper, which just lies to your OS and software that your internal interface can do ASIO, but it's considered a hack by any means. Your mileage may vary if you go this path, I went this ...
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When you read "no latency" it is actually referring to a monitoring feature where the analog inputs can be mapped to the analog outputs directly without going into your computer. If you are simply recording, this is fine. If you are playing with amp modeling or any other effects on your PC, then this feature doesn't matter to you.
All the cards built for ...
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OK, I have at least discovered the cause now, which is some kind of ground loop. I had ordered a replacement power supply for my Dell XPS M1530 laptop as the old one was making funny noises and the cable sheathing was torn. However, it now appears the old power supply (original Dell) earthed the laptop, while the new one doesn't (hence the hum doesn't go ...
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When you get into the situation where you've got multiple sources (Sibelius, Cubase, korg line-out, computer, etc.) and multiple destinations (Sibelius, Cubase, monitors, cans, etc.), I think what you really need is a mixer.
I would look into getting a nice sound card and a small mixing board, and probably a digital link between the two that would support ...
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How well does this type of interface work between a (low end) PC sound card and a "prosumer" mixer (Yamaha LS9-32)?
In my experience, coupling things together via S/PDIF is hit and miss. If both the sender and receiver can't find a sampling frequency and bit depth that they agree on, it isn't going to work. For example: I could run S/PDIF out from my ...
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I use my computer essentially as an amp, but I did get mine working with live monitoring in Reaper while using realtek onboard sound. I have a much beefier setup than a netbook though.
The best (lowest) latency for me:
1) ASIO4ALL - must have you will NOT get low latency using WDM or DirectWhatever
2) set sampling rate to 96khz
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The latency is probably a result of having only a "soft" connection between the input jack and the output jack on your netbook.
I'm assuming you have selected "Listen to this device" from the Input properties of the "Recording Device".
This is unfortunately becoming more common with commodity chipsets as would be found in a netbook computer.
In older ...
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Digital is digital, so if you are using an optical cable between your sound card and sound system, you should be fine.
But don't trust me, grab a S/PDIF cable and hook it up. How does it sounds?
There are two main reasons for using external sound cards, neither of which apply to your situation.
External sound cards allow you to isolate the analog signal ...
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It's a dynamic mic, so you don't need the phantom power switch on your preamp, but it might be worth trying the 20dB boost button.
Are you sure the on/off switch on the microphone is on? (a common mistake)
Do you have anything else you can try plugging into your preamp (e.g. a guitar).
Was the preamp bought new? It contains a tube, which can break.
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I like RME cards. I chose them because they had good linux drivers but they are great on Windows too. The built-in DSP based router provides very low latency from in to out and does mixing. They are really easy to use with either prosumer or pro interfaces.
They are expensive compared to consumer devices, but cheap compared to high end pro cards.
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I was using realtek onboard sound for a while and had the ASIO4ALL driver as suggested elsewhere in this thread, and I found that (in addition to adjusting the buffer setting) raising the sample rate from 44/48k to 96k was crucial for getting latency to an imperceptible level.
AFAIK, midi has nothing to do with ASIO and latency, but if you are using the ...
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Is it possible that you have not configured your DAW to use the Emu card; you should really have very low latency with that card
I have an M-Audio 2496 PCI card it 4 ins/outs including midi, its a very good card and cheap (£70-80); i am currently achieving latency of around 5ms using pretty old and low powered hardware; this allows real time audio ...
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There will always be latency with software synths, or any audio processed by your computer. When soundcards advertise "no-latency monitoring", what they mean is that it has a built-in analog mixer to allow you to hear the audio on the output just as it comes in the input, via analog. (By the way, your current card supports this)
First, make sure you are ...
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If you want to use Guitar Rig or Amplitube for recording there is couple of sound cards you can get from the market. M-Audio products like (M-Audio Fast track Pro) is a good one to start with. You can easly adjust the latency settings down to 128, and it has a direct monitoring for easy recording. It has enough inputs for guitar, mic, and for another sound ...
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If you don't have a budget for sound card you can use your on board sound card for recording. But the result will be very poor sound quality. All you can do is download the asio for all driver for free. This driver will fool your recording program and shows your onboard soundcard like a professionel sound card.
With this dirver you can use latency down to ...
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