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Is PCMCIA the best solution for a laptop?
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IsraTrance Junior Member
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Posted : Nov 6, 2004 21:00
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as already discussed usb sucks but i read pcmcia soundcards are the best for lap tops so i wonder if someone here owns one and could tell me how they work |
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Spindrift
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Posted : Nov 6, 2004 23:27
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PCMCIA is very much like a PCI bus and is sure the most capable connection on a laptop.
Like I said in the USB discussion, I use a PCMCIA-PCI box called magma.
Although a quite costly solution it's really great if you want a quality portable studio.
In the box you can use Pulsar, UAD-1, pro-tool and i belive also powercore.
That will enable you to get very good quality synthesis/fx but still remain portable.
On my laptop the pulsar runs just as well as when stuck directlty into a PCI slot in a desktop.
If it's straight audio i/o your'e after there exists quality firewire interfaces that works very well.
Main thing is looking on efficiency of drivers, audio quality and how many channels i/o and in what formats you need them.
RME has very good drivers and good audio quality and probably i/o options that should be suitable for most.
If your looking for straight i/o card try to go with RME PCMCIA solution i would say.
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IsraTrance Junior Member
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Posted : Nov 7, 2004 03:09
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thanks man you solved my problem the problem is my budget, someone mentioned echo indigo i/o as very stable pcmcia i saw a model my soundblaster but i dont know how are their soundcards. |
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piXan
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Posted : Nov 7, 2004 06:14
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i own a echo ingigo dj souncard and i must say that its the best laptop solution i founded so far and i have tried several firewire interfaces like m audio and motu mkII which i use for studio work, but for laptop nothing comes close to this little indigo card. its a cheap card but the performance is excellent!! even better than the motu for vst, well at least on pc plataform... if u use mostly software i highly recommend it ..cubase and ableton love are solid asa rock!! if u record hardware instrumments theres also the indigo in out... peace |
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Fingax
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Posted : Nov 8, 2004 11:57
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for a laptop i think the best is a card bus. i think its not the same as a pcicard wich are for home comp.
card bus is a good conection for the Fx and dsp process in you sound card in a laptop. thats how i have mine and im quite satisfied  |
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Spindrift
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Posted : Nov 8, 2004 16:00
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Hayez
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Posted : Nov 8, 2004 21:10
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I use the PCMCIA Digigram VXPocket v2 and it rocks. It has 2 analog xlr inputs \ outputs, digital in \ out, and smpte in. The inputs can be used both for mic level and line level. Works both on Mac and PC laptops.
There is another version which has 4 inputs \ outputs. |
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