I need a Soundcard for my home studio

[shpaz]

hello guys how are you?

I'm buying a new PC for my new home studio. I'm planing to connect the mixer directly to the sound card. Will that work or do I need an interface?

The PC that I'm planing to buy has Intel core i7 possessor with 4 Gigs of ram and I was wondering what is the best sound card in my situation. My budget is around $200. Thanks alot​

 

[guitarplayr82]

It is possibly to connect it to your soundcard, but you would have to get a pretty awesome soundcard for it to sound as good as an interface. I recommend going with an interface as it will give you more options, may sound better, and will give you room to expand further down the road.

 

[shpaz]

thanks man!

 

[TimOBrien]

Here's a good guide and user-tested suggestions that work: http://www.tweakheadz.com/soundcards_for_the_home_studio.htm

(you'll want to bookmark and read through all of Tweak's Guide while you're there... and Tweak has an article there on how to hook up a mixer to a soundcard)

Another good article: Choosing an audio interface - http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep08/articles/audiointerfaces.htm