[MacDV] Re: analog sound

[Granville Kennedy]

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The reasoning regarding the use of a "breakout-box" to house the 
soundcard circuitry instead of just plugging into an available PCI slot 
is that the separate box can run more cooly than inside the computer 
with lots of heat sources.  The fear is that the heat will aversely 
affect the highly accurate clocks that are key in the analog to digital 
conversion.  The esoteric reasons given are that the external 
converters actually sound better.  I'm in no position to judge fine 
nuances in sound quality, but I do know that even the most benign noise 
reduction algorithm  punches big holes in anything recorded at CD 
quality (16 bit/44.1 kHz)  Not to mention the clocks used to support 
the built-in audio are cheap.  I've found the PCI card does a fine job 
for me.

Most of the hardware I'm familiar with is from M-Audio.  I might have 
portable recording studio with my M-Audio mobile pre usb interface and 
my microphone.  The big problem is I'd need to drag the iMac DV along 
to do the recording :-)  Guess I can always hope for a laptop for 
Father's Day!  Anyway, anyone know anything about the Audio-Technica 
ATR-25 stereo camcorder microphone?  These look like a pretty good deal 
to fall back on when I don't get a laptop anytime soon...

Thanks,
		Joey Kennedy.


On Jun 16, 2004, at 10:38 PM, animal wrote:

> Joey Kennedy remarked: "I prefer my Audiophile 2496 PCI sound
> card, though the purists insist on using stand-alone box for esoteric
> and engineering reasons."
>
> By stand alone box what do you mean (DAT or Fostex FR2?) and could you 
> expand on what you mean by "esoteric and engineering reasons"
>
> Thanks
> Lynn
>
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