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I just posted the last too fast... Kris Hartung wrote: > I think PCMCIA route is the best for me...I'd rather not have an extra > device attached to my notebook. I wouldn't be so sure about that. In general assume the cardbus solution isn't necessarily better than a built in. Allone the connections are likely to create problems later. Are you really going to sacrifice the processing power with 96kHz?. I'd rather trust a good 44.1 kHz converter than a bad 96 kHz. Specs are for selling stuff. The aim of these cards are home musicians, not professionals. None of the mentioned cards let you plug in your instrument or a microphone directly. You would be forced to add a mixer (which you might want ta have anyway...). The Quatafire is so small, you won't consider it as an extra device and it has a built in Midi interface which will get rid of one other box in exchange. > Hence, what I have now for PCMCIA options are: > > 1. SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook - > >http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=204&product=10769 > > - $100 No Mic/Inst input, only stereo in and out. I would not expect it to be better than the built in High Definition parts of your ThinkPad > 2. Echo IO http://www.echoaudio.com/Products/CardBus/IndigoIO/index.php > - $200 Same as above > 3. Echo DJ - > http://www.echoaudio.com/Products/CardBus/IndigoDJ/index.php - $200 Doesn't seem to have any inputs. (You're not a DJ, are you?) > 4. RME Hammerfall HDSP Laptop Cardbus - > http://www.rme-audio.com/english/hdsp/cardpci.htm#CARDBUS - $299 This will have an extra box and you will have to add something like at least $700 to the mentioned price (though it has really world class converters) > I definitely won't be buying the Soundblaster again....even though the > quality is great for what I'm using it now, I don't like the fact that > it completely disables your notebooks current soundcard. This is more an operating system issue I guess, might be the case with any solution ? The general technical issue with mixing sound cards, you will be forced to use the biggest vector size, the smallest sampling rate, the longest latency of the two. Especially internal sound cards are never optimized for latency, but always for price. The Quatafire will give you 4 analog ins and 8 analog outs. The same is true for the Presonus Firebox. I think if you even consider a cardbus "solution" these are the two I would think of. You might consider to exchange your mixer with a fader box. Stefan -- [][] [][][] [][] [][][] [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Stefan Tiedje Klanggestalter Electronic Composition & Improvisation /~~~~~\ \\\ /|() ()|\ ))))) )| | |( \\\ /// \ \_/)/ ))))) \___/ /// -------------------------x---- --_____-----------|----------- --(_|_ ----|\-----|-----()---- -- _|_)----|-----()----------- ----------()------------x----- 14, Av. Pr. Franklin Roosevelt, 94320 Thiais, France Phone at CCMIX +33-1-57 42 91 09