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Basslord1124
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With my current major at school (which is a computer/science degree) I am obviously surrounded by other people who have strong interest in computers and some even know much more than myself. One day, I was killing some time before class by surfing the net and looking at some of the pro level audio recording soundcards (Echo, Midiman, etc). The guy sitting next to me started talking to me about soundcards and I mentioned how I planned to record on a PC and needed a good soundcard...his suggestion of course was Soundblaster cards. Now I'm sure people can get by decently with Soundblaster and some may be happy with em but I've never really considered em to be the 1st name I think of when I think of a good soundcard. Same guy was talking to me again before class one time and I mentioned building my own computer for recording and he had the attitude of like why don't you just upgrade your current one? And I've told him a couple times what the specs on our computer were. In which case I'd feel much more comfortable having a PC dedicated to audio rather than trying to use one that's also used for internet, games, word processing, etc. Do the regular computer geeks lack the understanding that audio recording on a PC requires a little more than a PC designed for the average consumer? Oh well just curious, any of you ever encountered this? And am I an idiot for not following their advice?