Laptop/external soundcards

[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

[eyeswithoutaface]

http://www.dv247.com/invt/36008/ thats it

really tempted by this, looks great and does everything il need

[dan the acid man]

the last two links are the same, out of those, i'd go with the emu, im not sure what the pcmcia interface is like these days, not used it for years, but i cant't see there being a problem.

Edirol cards come highly recommended too in this price range, obviously, if its firewire, just make sure the laptop has a firewire interface

[tOM B]

I've just got an edirol and there seems to be some kinda glitch when running it on a dual core mac with live 6. It just pops and crackles at me. Apparently someone else has the same problem and the guys at support are trying to sort it out?!? Just to give you the heads up

[eyeswithoutaface]

thanks for the heads up mate

still not sure what to go for

[dirty_bass]

I`d go for external, and firewire. the NI thing is usb2. Which I just wouldn`t trust.

There`s this
http://www.dv247.com/invt/25936/

this
http://www.dv247.com/invt/19660/ (I use this, it`s rock solid, has 24/96 output, and you get live lite with it, meaning you can upgrrade to ableton 6 for about 150 quid), and has the a/b outputs so you can have monitor or main mix out in the headphones.

http://www.dv247.com/invt/35953/ echo stuff is pretty stable

http://www.dv247.com/invt/33078/

Unless you want loads of outputs, I would say you don`t need to spend over 200 quid. But definitely go fireiwre.

I`d recommend the behringer controller over the UC-33.
It feels nicer, and the faders are great. Although the all knob version is good too.

If you have a slightly higher budget then this controller is simply raw sex
http://www.nusystems.co.uk/product/CME.Bitstream.3X
You can order them from the states for about 200 due to the exchange rate, but they are 300 over here