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I thought a soundcard was used to enhance the sound quality of your recording, so i made myself look like an ass telling my freind that i wanted to buy a soundcard thinking that it was used for sound enhancement.

what is it used for ? ? ?
 
The soundcard in your PC is responsible for all the sounds that come out of your computer's stereo speakers. Not to be confused with the beeps that the mother board's BIOS makes when you power up.

Everything from MIDI, MP3s, CDs and DVDs depend on your computer's soundcard to be heard.

Simple as that.

Carl
 
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Krakit said:
The soundcard in your PC is responsible for all the sounds that come out of your computer's stereo speakers. Not to be confused with the beeps that the mother board's BIOS makes when you power up.

Everything from MIDI, MP3s, CDs and DVDs depend on your computer's soundcard to be heard.

Simple as that.

Carl
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so what would a new soundcard do ???
because when myfreind told me he had one i thought it was an internal upgrade but ti isnt, its like has analog plugs or something like that
 
The soundcard is hardware inside the computer. Like everything else in the consumer world, there are low and high end versions.

Some are specifically designed for PC gamers, some are specifically designed for home/professional recording.

Does this help?

Carl
 
sound cards do the same thing audio interfaces do.
a sound card just means a card that plugs into your PCI port or is built onto your mother board.
Audio interfaces is an EXTERNAL soundcard that can plug into your comptuer via firewire, USB, etc.

they all do the same thing. They take analog and convert it to digital or vice versa.

there are all types of sound cards or audio interfaces. External ones, internal ones, ones that accept XLR inputs, ones that accep only RCA inputs, ones that only accept DB25 inputs, etc. There are high end fancy ones and cheaply made ones that sound terrible. It all depends on how much money you have and what your needs are.
 
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