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| Thread ID: 77461 | 2007-03-10 23:27:00 | Sacrifice HD Audio for a Sound Card? | ramu (726) | Press F1 |
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| 531701 | 2007-03-10 23:27:00 | Follwing my last thread of 7/2/07 & on the suggestion of PCTEK, I build a PC on ASUS M2NPV-VM running Vista Home Premium. Thanks again PCTEK. The mobo has integrated SoundMax HD audio. Very crystal clear even with standard speakers. However, the WMP in the Vista doesn't have recording/WAVE features. A Sound card is the only option. However, would it kill the HD audiquality or is there a PCI card someone knows better than the HD audio. I felt, the Creative Audigy 2ZX is just OK. Thanks. |
ramu (726) | ||
| 531702 | 2007-03-11 02:46:00 | Just a few questions.... By WMP do you mean Windows Media Player? And what do you mean exactly by 'doesnt have recording/wave features'? What are you wanting to achieve specifically? Id forget about the whole HD Audio thing for a moment. It basically only describes an architecture/standard that is used by Intel chipsets on motherboards to provide you with onboard sound (as opposed to having an audio controller/soundcard). Quality/feature wise, HD audio/onboard sound doesnt offer you anything that a soundcard cannot, and infact even a basic soundcard will usually surpass onboard audio in terms of available bitdepth, sample rate, quality, features etc. By saying that WMP doesnt have recording/wave features, are you wanting to record audio to your computer (ie mic, minidisc etc). If you are then all motherboards with onboard audio will have a line in/mic in input. Then all you need is a program that can record sound/audio (ie SoundForge) and Im pretty sure WMP has never been able to record audio (if this is what you are meaning). Maybe elaborate a bit more and Ill see if I can help :) |
systm (9904) | ||
| 531703 | 2007-03-11 03:33:00 | Thanks Systm. Yes I meeant Windows Media Player. In this age of abbreviations, I thought it might be sufficient, sorry. Yes, I understand, it never had a recording feature at any point in time. Yes, all I want is to make some backup copies from some cassettes that include talks & music. In my old PC I had done this with the Creative Audigy 2ZS. The end result was not that good. So in one way I was wanting to increase the quality of recording. |
ramu (726) | ||
| 531704 | 2007-03-11 04:10:00 | Doesnt audacity record?? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 531705 | 2007-03-11 04:48:00 | I use Microsoft Windows Media Encoder extensively for recording audio. It has a large range of bit rates to suit any quality you want. It outputs in .wma format if recording audio. 'Super' from eRightSoft will convert just about any media file to any other format, eg if you want MP3 it will convert wma with no problem. Now whether MS has Windows Media Encoder for Vista, or whether Super works with Vista, I wouldn't have a clue :) Edit: I can't see why you want to get a sound card when the integrated sound is working well? |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 531706 | 2007-03-11 06:38:00 | I think if your into high end gaming or music production, or just have the cash to splash out, then a sound card is essential. For general home users though onboard sound is perfectly fine, and if I was you Id stick with what youve got as theres really no point in purchasing a sound card for what you want to do. In your case Id recommend downloading and installing two applications that are free, easy to use, and still give you good quality results. www.goldwave.com With GoldWave you can record your old mixes/tapes and then save them to your hard drive in various formats (aif, wav, mp3 etc). www.free-codecs.com Lame is an mp3 encoder which works with GoldWave or as a standalone app. There is info on the GoldWave url that I gave you that tells you how to install Lame so it works with GoldWave. This means the Lame codec works within GoldWave, so once youve finished recording your old tapes you can save directly to mp3 (if you desire) instead of having to save to wav format (or GoldWaves default mp3 format which isnt great quality) and then opening the wave file in Lame, setting all the parameters, and finally encoding. If you decide to go for these options then send me a pm if you need anymore help and Ill glady go through it with you. EDIT: Or you could use Microsoft Media Encoder which is very easy to use and would be more than suitable for the job :) |
systm (9904) | ||
| 531707 | 2007-03-11 09:19:00 | I am so glad to read all your sound advice, understand things much better and act accordingly. Will definitely contact you Systm, in case. My hear-felt thanks to you all. | ramu (726) | ||
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