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Re:Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card
I recently digitized an audio cassette and discovered that I got some "drop-out" in some areas ... I suspect it was a cpu/os performance drain. I was using an 800 MHz P4 Sony LX800 with WinME.
From this bbs, I got the sense that integrated sound chips on motherboards doesn't cut it for "real" sound recordings. Although I'm not a "serious" musician/audiophile, I do some digital video work and incorporate sound tracks into it. So I looked out for "inexpensive" (i.e. $100 or under...) sound cards.
I saw a bargain (like $30 after rebate) and bought a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card. As a newbie, and seeking to learn more about "one-step better than stock sound recording" quality recording techniques, I wondered if I was going to get an improvement with this card (has DSP, low noise, better converters, etc... per the ads and reviews), or if I was just throwing money away. If so, what should my entry purchase be?
What say you experienced ones?
Thanks in advance for the advice.
I recently digitized an audio cassette and discovered that I got some "drop-out" in some areas ... I suspect it was a cpu/os performance drain. I was using an 800 MHz P4 Sony LX800 with WinME.
From this bbs, I got the sense that integrated sound chips on motherboards doesn't cut it for "real" sound recordings. Although I'm not a "serious" musician/audiophile, I do some digital video work and incorporate sound tracks into it. So I looked out for "inexpensive" (i.e. $100 or under...) sound cards.
I saw a bargain (like $30 after rebate) and bought a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card. As a newbie, and seeking to learn more about "one-step better than stock sound recording" quality recording techniques, I wondered if I was going to get an improvement with this card (has DSP, low noise, better converters, etc... per the ads and reviews), or if I was just throwing money away. If so, what should my entry purchase be?
What say you experienced ones?
Thanks in advance for the advice.
