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Posted by Lars on July 12, 2008, 5:30 am
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This question is not entirely about laptops, but I think mostly people
with laptops may have pondered the sam issue.
When I record music or television on a computer, how important is that
machines hardware for audio and video?
It is obvious that that hardware is essential for the quality of
output, but not to what degree it is involved for recording.
I have several networked computers at home. One is a rather potent
desktop and that would be the one I use for playback of whatever.
The others are laptops of various ages and power.
Sometimes I use a laptop for recording a TV show through its USB
connected digital TV. At other times I would record a radio show
either through cable from a stereo amp, or through a web transmission.
Does it make any difference to the quality if I use one or the other
machine?
This question is only about hardware.
Lars
Stockholm
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Posted by Bill S. on July 12, 2008, 7:41 am
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The inputs on laptops tend to be noisy, due to lots of high frequency
signals not well shielded packed in close proximity. My Dell's line
input is so noisy that I consider it unusable, though I love almost
everything else about the computer. I use a USB SoundBlaster for
recording. If I was seriously picky, I might step up to Edirol or
other pricier high end gear.
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Posted by BillW50 on July 13, 2008, 10:07 am
Please log in for more thread options Bill S. typed on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:41:11 -0400:
> The inputs on laptops tend to be noisy, due to lots of high frequency
> signals not well shielded packed in close proximity. My Dell's line
> input is so noisy that I consider it unusable, though I love almost
> everything else about the computer. I use a USB SoundBlaster for
> recording. If I was seriously picky, I might step up to Edirol or
> other pricier high end gear.
Weird! In the 90's most sound cards had very noisy aux inputs. But they seem
to be very good to me nowadays. My Gateway MX6124 laptops (2006) does very
fine recording from the Aux/Mic jack. I should try from this Asus EEE PC. As
that would be interesting.
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Bill
Asus EEE PC 4GB SSD 2GB SODIMM
Windows XP Home SP2
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Posted by Don Phillipson on July 12, 2008, 9:55 am
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> Sometimes I use a laptop for recording a TV show through its USB
> connected digital TV. At other times I would record a radio show
> either through cable from a stereo amp, or through a web transmission.
> Does it make any difference to the quality if I use one or the other
machine?
Short answer: if your ear and software rate the output as
the same from either source, then there is no difference in
quality. If you detect a difference, it is probably a difference
in quality.
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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Posted by Lars on July 13, 2008, 5:10 am
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>> Does it make any difference to the quality if I use one or the other
>machine?
>
>Short answer: if your ear and software rate the output as
>the same from either source, then there is no difference in
>quality. If you detect a difference, it is probably a difference
>in quality.
Like I said in my original post
>This question is only about hardware.
Hoping that web-philosophers would stay away.
Lars
Stockholm
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