[GRLUG] sound card questions

[Josh]

Get an external card and disable your  onboard in the bios.


No reason to mess with two sound cards unless you have a reason and I recommend external sounds cards due to electric noise in the computer ( it's crazy but hey if you are already buying something it best to listen to the crazy people

> On Oct 27, 2013, at 4:38 PM, Lord Drachenblut <lord.drachenblut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Depending on your audio recording needs I can recommend this microphone http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001R747SG.  It's has USB and XLR outputs as well as a monitor plug on it for the included headphones
> 
>> On Oct 27, 2013 7:30 PM, "Topher" <topher at codeventure.net> wrote:
>> I have this machine:
>> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02628226&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=5049513
>> 
>> All in all I've been very happy with it, but the audio recording is very
>> static-ey.  It has an onboard audio card.
>> 
>> I'm running Arch Linux, and ALSA.  I've tried OSS and Pulse, no luck.
>> I've tried different mics, and both mic ports on the box (one on the
>> front, one on the back).
>> 
>> I've read lots and lots of docs, both on the Arch wiki and the ALSA pages.
>> 
>> You guys are my last hope, any ideas?
>> 
>> Related, if I can't make it work, I'll probably just buy a new
>> soundcard.  How hard is it to make Linux be happy with 2 sound cards in
>> the box, using the right one for the right things?
>> 
>> Topher
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