external sound card advice

[balthazarely]

im a Dj/Producer and im looking into play club gigs more and was thinking that i should invest into a external sound card. Is it true that it will increase the quality of the sound that my computer is putting out. i know it has it's advantages such as being able to preview a song on a channel too so it seems worth it. what would you suggest in terms of a fairly inexpensive sound card that would be fitting, meaning not too expensive. any one got any suggestions? thanks

[Bazzle09]

Is it true that it will increase the quality of the sound that my computer is putting out.

Depends on what you are using at the moment and what you will buy. And that goes for any interface, internal or external.

At the moment it seems to be either the


Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1


or the Focusrite Sapphire LE


Both around £200 last time i checked.

I use the AK1, a few here do, they have excellent A/D-D/A converters and are very robust.

Regarding the Focusrite, you'll need to ask someone else but they are very good quality cards.

[Sharmaji]

if you don't need inputs, the NI DJ series is great.

yes, if you're going to be presenting your music in a professional setting, you need a soundcard. internal soundcards, especially laptops, are uniformly awful-- bad transients (less punch), fluctuating frequency response, jittery clocks, hard drive noise-- all make for thin, weak, noisy sound.

The low end of USB/FW boxes aren't audio bliss, but they're 1,000 times better than anything internal.

[dntazemebro]

For high level distribution sure, but for bedroom production and local club scene DJing you will reap very little rewards for the not so miniture price-tag. If you got the spare cash, sure why not, if not perhaps delve into Soundfonts to maximise your current set-up before up-grading.

[DZA]

Focusrite Sapphire LE

Im sure this has been discontinued

[viberous]

I've been using the audio Kontrol 1 for gigs and production for about 2 months and would recommend it to anyone. Its a tank, and has midi which can be great with laptop djing.

[JFK]

Focusrite Sapphire LE

Im sure this has been discontinued

It has and its a pain in the balls to get it running with windows 7 as well. I still use mine though, fookin love it!

[DZA]

Focusrite Sapphire LE

Im sure this has been discontinued

It has and its a pain in the balls to get it running with windows 7 as well. I still use mine though, fookin love it!

Really? never had a problem with mine

[JFK]

Focusrite Sapphire LE

Im sure this has been discontinued

It has and its a pain in the balls to get it running with windows 7 as well. I still use mine though, fookin love it!

Really? never had a problem with mine

You running Windows 7 yeah?

I had to roll back the drivers on mine to get it to work.

[DZA]

Yeah using windows 7 and the latest drivers

[paravrais]

Bit of a thread hijack but I have a numark omni control that I use for djing. Will that be better to runvableton through than my standard dell laptop one? I tried using it once but could have sworn I had more trouble with latency than usual..

[JFK]

Bit of a thread hijack but I have a numark omni control that I use for djing. Will that be better to runvableton through than my standard dell laptop one? I tried using it once but could have sworn I had more trouble with latency than usual..

I used an Omni control as an interface for production for ages. It worked fine.