Laptop/external soundcards

[eyeswithoutaface]

right i know its probably been asked but i just did a search and quite frankly the results came back ****ing shite.

soooooooo..........

indulging in a new laptop, soundcard and controller over the weekend, and i need some genuine good advice on external cards, as this is the one area where the pool of my knowledge doth run into shallow waters. Im going to be doing a bit of djing on it and learning to play live, so obviously just needs the required ins/out's and i'd love crystal clear quality too of course

any recommendations guy's and gal's??

and controllers, im thinking of the UC33e for the knobs and sliders, but i do like those behringers with just the knobs. Right now i have a couple of big evolution keyboards with various knobs and sliders but im not hiking them around with me everywhere and i need a dedicated midi controller

decisions decisions

anyone?

thanks

[theledge]

Remote series



They do have keys but only two octaves. They are great totally reprogrammable to whatever you want

Doubt they're that much bigger than the uc33e either

I have the old remote 25, only half as nice as that^ but i'd recommend it to anyone, just perfect

[dan the acid man]

as far as controllers, i've got the uc33e and its great, but tbh, there's not much between this and the behringers, it depends what you want i suppose.

as for external soundcards, whats your budget ?

[eyeswithoutaface]

got about £900 or there abouts to get a laptop, controller and soundcard, looking to spend around £500 - £600 on the laptop but i can stretch the budget slightly if need be. Any recommendations?

been looking at this

http://www.dv247.com/invt/27465/

[eyeswithoutaface]

was also looking at this http://www.dv247.com/invt/33410/

[eyeswithoutaface]

and this rather beautiful looking thing http://www.dv247.com/assets/products/36008_l.jpg