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Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PCMCIA

  • 04-01-2005 4:39am
    #1
    cartman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭


    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=304585&cks=PRL

    was thinking of getting this but i need to know a few things first,

    will be i able to record well with this?? also would i be able to hook up my guitar or a midi keyboard to this, was wondering would u need a 5.25 bay panel that you get with the pci cards? can you buy them seperately,

    any help much appreciated,
    thanks
    krisp


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  • #2
    Zapho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭Zapho


    I bought one myself recently, best money I've ever spent! I haven't used it to record much yet but it can record 24bit with is excellent. If you want to plug your guitar into it, you'll probably need to a preamp with a line out, and then connect the lineout to the card to get the right levels. Same goes for a mic. Keyboards usually have there own line out so that should be fine. You shouldn't need a bay panel, everything is controlled through the software. I've only recorded from a mic, and it it came out perfect, even though it was only a crappy PC mic that cost €10!
    The quality out of that thing is amazing, I'd recommend it to anyone!


  • #3
    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,264 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    PCMCIA is fine but you can only use it on laptops. If you get a USB device you can use it with other PC's.

    Theres also an USB Audigy2 NX but it requires external power which puts me off it.

    I have a MP3+ (no external power req) which I got to give me optical in/out and better stereo from my laptop. But its not great for recording.

    Then theres now a new USB Creative Live card which is USB which is worth looking at. No external power and decent quality for recording. I'm looking for a good deal on that now myself.

    I'm not sure if any of these have MIDI ports though.


  • #4
    Zapho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭Zapho


    Yeah the Audigy2 PCMCIA doesn't have a midi port, but you can get midi to usb cables to solve that problem, seen as the Audigy2 does support midi. Thats the mainly why I bought the PCMCIA one, seen as it doesn't need an external power supply. It can be used with a PC too, with a PCMCIA to PCI card, which can be found on eBay for a few quid.


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