How To Choose A Sound Card
The electronic musician on the move will need to choose all hardware carefully – the first thing you need is a reliable computer, and the second is a reliable sound card. I’ve covered some of the aspects of choosing a music laptop in previous posts, but for beginners the task of choosing an audio interface can be even more daunting. Fear not, however, as help is at hand…
Mobile Sound Card Options
Sound Card Selector
I am working on a more detailed guide to sound cards which I will eventually post here on the site, but in the meantime you can have a look at Recording Review’s audio interface selection tool. This allows you to set parameters such as number of inputs, number of mic preamps, connection type (Firewire, USB, PCI) and so on…
It will then provide you with a number of products that fit your specifications. The first page gives you an option of ‘beginner’ or ‘advanced users’ – the advantage of the beginner option is that it provides a concise explanation of each of the features and goes through them step-by-step. If you’re not familiar with sound card jargon, this is a good place to start…