Ways to improve Integrated Audio?

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Hey guys,

I have just began recording.. using my laptop and Cakewalk guitar tracks and also Magix Studio 10. I have an IBM Thinkpad with the integrated soundmax AC 97 card. I have trried using the USB External Sound BLaster card... but that skipped like mad. Anyone know of some software I can use to improve the sound capabilities of the cheap integrated audio? On a huge budget here... any help greatly appreciated. THanks.
 
i really dont think that there is any way to improve the sound of your recordings through the AC 97.... my laptop also has an AC 97, and i gave up trying to record on it, and stuck with my desktop. the AC 97 is pretty noisy, and has that annoying ass hisssssssssssssssss throughout.

now i could be wrong when i say that there is practically nothing that will improve the sound of the good ol AC 97, but im pretty sure there isnt.... unless you bypass it completely -- a usb or firewire interface for instance.

i have an alesis multimix 16 usb, and it got rid of that hisssssssssss on my laptop. do a google on "alesis multimix 8 usb" -- theyre the same thing as the 16, only less channels. only 150 bucks, but i dont know what your budget is. its a nice lil mixer, and is really all you need if youre just doing it for fun. but i dont know what your needs are, so i cant really give you a well suited recommendation.

maybe someone else will have some ideas.

hope this helped
 
If you can find an affordable [to you] alternative I would recommend it.

No one will endorse onboard sound, except maybe a teenage Comp USA salesperson who might say soundcards are all the same in spite of the price differences.
 
Yeah... I have tried the USB Soundblaster Live... but that thing sucked... works horrible with my Laptop here. I do have a Eurorack UB802 that I use but that of course.. needs to run into the sound card. I will try a usb mixer. That sounds like a good alternative. YES THE HISSSSSS OMG THE HISSSSSSS! I HATE IT!
 
Go to www.asio4all.com and download the ASIO4ALL driver. Install is per the included instructions.

It's free, and it will allow you to use your AC97 audio at low latency without pops and skips.
 
So here is my thought with this ASIO AUDIO 4 all program. How about I re install the external Sound Blaster Live card... and use this nice handy program with it? I imagine that would perhaps work fairly well. When I tried the external Sound Blaster Live before... I got all the skips and shit with it. I would imagine this ASIO Audio program should help with that as well? Also... keep in mind I am also using a Behringer Euroback UB802 mixer going into the external.... I am going to play... I think I can get somthing half ass descent going until I can afford a kick ass recording machine. Check out some of the crap I have played with so far. Tell me what you think? Any suggestions are greately appreciated. I am using both Cakewalk Guitar Tracks 3.0 and Magix Studio 10... playing along with drum loops.

MYSTICPAIN
 
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