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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/23 20:35:04 (permalink)
Coffee, yea, all the above is right.  The drivers for the internal audio card don't matter.  Some people disable it once they have an interface.  But your via is made for you tube and other entertainment, so the most important thing is adaptability to the codecs.  for the audio interface - either the focusrite or roland (both are good bets from other threads) - the most important thing is latency.  And quality.  I've seen people ask why they can't listen to youtube w/ their $1500 interface.  Because you are supposed to record music w/ it.  The codecs (which are all over the place in the entertainment world) can freeze up sonar and the drivers.
 
A good music interface will likely use ASIO - it is the standard.  Yours might be able to use WDM or WASpi or whatever MS's new codec is.  You'll have to toggle between them to see which works best.  aSIO will also only let one set of drivers operate at a time - that is a heads up.  IN SONAR your drivers will show up but the ASIO for the interface needs to be at the top and highlighted.  If you are worried that you'll waste your money on a quality interface if you can't use your $5 internal card, don't.  THe interface will come w/ its own drivers.  And soft mixer and other assorted software.  Those have nothing to do w/ your internal soundcard.  I keep my soundcard just for mp3s/videos on my music computer - but the drivers for it are listed way at the bottom.  I barely turn on those speakers anyway, and am shocked when I get all the warning beeps (8 bit windows stuff at weird rates which help knock out a good interface since they don't like switching unless powered on/off).  The card's drivers are likely not to work well w/ SONAR. 
 
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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/24 00:46:58 (permalink)
I've seen people ask why they can't listen to youtube w/ their $1500 interface. Because you are supposed to record music w/ it. The codecs (which are all over the place in the entertainment world) can freeze up sonar and the drivers.

This is a very odd remark, and wrong. I've never seen any pro card that you can't listen to YouTube with, though perhaps people have no idea how to set it up. And there is no way codecs can ever freeze up Sonar if you're using ASIO driver mode for that.
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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/24 05:14:14 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby CoffeeTime 2013/10/25 16:35:28
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They are entirely separate devices. You should hook up each device to an individual USB port on your computer. Don't think of them as needing to hook them up. You play midi into Sonar, so you need a midi keyboard. You want Sonar to play sound, so you need a soundcard.


So are you saying I can buy the Focusrite Saffire 6 USB Audio Interface (for example) and plug my keyboard straight into the PC?
 
It sounds like you are, I'm just double checking, as I don't want to buy the wrong thing.
 
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Yep.
 
This is exactly what I do on my downstairs rig (Saffire 6 USB + Alesis QX25)

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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/24 06:01:28 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby CoffeeTime 2013/10/25 16:35:54
Yep, your USB keyboard is completly independant from the soundcard. It just add a Midi device for sonar to receive events.
You need a soundcard to play the output of your softsynths..
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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/24 06:27:52 (permalink)
ok thanks a lot guys.
 
I will take a leap of faith and buy it!

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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/25 16:33:18 (permalink)
I bought the Roland DUO-CAPTURE EX USB Audio Interface. And it arrived after only 23 hours!


But my speakers have a single tiny green mini jack and this Roland interface has TWO huge jack sockets. I know you can get adapters but how does ONE go into TWO?
 
Also I have a headset mic that I use for Skype calls, and that has a tiny orange mini jack, and the mic sockets on this interface are for massive pro mics!!!
 
I am guessing that I can't now plug the speakers and headset mic directly into the PC? Or can I?
 
How can I set it all up so I have my single mini jack speakers available, and my headset mic available? (I don't mind swapping headset for speakers, as that's what I do now anyway.)
 
But I cannot afford a pro mic - and don't need one!
 
Also, do you guys with external interfaces use that for ALL your sound, or do you swap and change when you are not doing music?
 
If you keep swapping how do you do it with the minimum fuss?
 
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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/25 17:14:21 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby CoffeeTime 2013/10/25 17:32:12
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-5mm-jack-Female-Socket-to-2-Mono-Phono-Phonos-RCA-RCA-6-35mm-Guitar-Plugs-New-/280936717210?_trksid=p2054897.l4275
 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/WE1189A-Adaptor-6-3mm-3-5mm-socket/dp/B000L980WK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382735608&sr=8-1&keywords=mono+jack+plug+adaptor
 
 

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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/25 17:17:35 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby CoffeeTime 2013/10/25 17:48:20
The TCK 48 had ASIO drivers that would crash and burn when it had to switch between format and rates.  Many threads on their forum about not being able to youtube, or play games.  Of course, the old drivers were glitchy and cranky in general.
 
Physically, I have both the TCK via FW and the internal soundcard.  All my music video programs are set to use the TCK.  All the system sounds or windows media stuff go to the internal w/ the computer speakers hooked up.  When I turn them on I can hear those sources.  The TCK is hooked up to my main monitors.  I don't use my music computer to do stuff on the internet - usually it is unplugged from DSL and the wireless is disabled (one of the first things to do if you want your computer running smoothly for recording music - or it use to be).  The above works for me.
 
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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/25 17:43:25 (permalink)
thanks guys,
 
I never thought of using a different PC for music. I do have an XP machine doing nothing, but its processor is much smaller, plus XP is no longer supported/updated.
 
I have an i3 Windows 7 laptop that I hardly use. It's a possibility that could be a music PC, but I was hoping to use my better desktop for everything.
 
Thanks for the links to the cables/ adaptors MGH. 
 
But does anyone know how I can get my headset mic to work please on this interface please?:
http://www.gear4music.com...p;utm_content=c4NTPEfD|dc_pcrid_30216073759_plid__kword__match__

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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/25 17:49:47 (permalink)
for your headset, just use that as normal with your internal soundcard. unplug/set the internal card for Skype the Roland at that point.
 
you could use normal headphones and a cheap dynamic mic via the Roland to do the same thing of course.

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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/25 18:01:33 (permalink)
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for your headset, just use that as normal with your internal soundcard. unplug/set the internal card for Skype the Roland at that point.
 

Thanks MGH, Sorry I'm not sure what that last sentence meant. Was the meant to be then?

Would I keep having to change the settings back and forth?
 
I am having trouble mastering the soundcard settings within Skype, Audacity and Sonar. It all seems like a foreign language to me!
 
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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/25 18:05:55 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby CoffeeTime 2013/10/25 19:20:20
I think he meant unplug the Roland and tell Skype to use your internal soundcard.
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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/25 18:16:57 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby CoffeeTime 2013/10/25 19:20:25
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I think he meant unplug the Roland and tell Skype to use your internal soundcard.

this. damn laptop trackpad/keyboard! i'm sure if you get into music recording/production you'll change hardware pratice, but for now this'll be easiest way to do it.

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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/25 18:23:41 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby CoffeeTime 2013/10/25 19:36:51
so - most people will have lots of different cables/connectors/mics etc to do various things as audio plugs/cables/connectors are notoriously difficult; so I have a small mixer connected to my soundcard, and plug things in/out of there as needed -
consumer level kit has minijacks and RCA connectors, proper recording kit usually uses 1/4" (6.5mm) or XLR connectors, but there's also S/PDIF, lightpipe, ADAT, Ethernet etc etc etc...
 
advice - never throw any bit of lead/connector away...but do buy a few decent leads!
 

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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/25 18:34:09 (permalink)
Paula, do you happen to know, or can you find out, what is the maximum amount of RAM that your Motherboard can utilise?
 
If it's more than 4Gb, you might want to seriously consider adding more.
4 is about the bare minimum to get by with, adding more will make your whole experience a little less frustrating.

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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/25 19:17:29 (permalink)
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Paula, do you happen to know, or can you find out, what is the maximum amount of RAM that your Motherboard can utilise?
 
If it's more than 4Gb, you might want to seriously consider adding more.
4 is about the bare minimum to get by with, adding more will make your whole experience a little less frustrating.




Well, if working on 32 bits, 4Gb is just the max you can get...And I do not find 4GB to be very frustrating, except when using BIG sampler banks. It depends too on hard drives, processor, track number and the length of the project you're recording.
 
For coffetime, I would try the full USB soundcard thing except if you get troubles with WDM drivers for system sounds. I would disable in BIOS mainboard soundcard and set windows drivers to USB card(that's what I do with my focusrite card). The main advantage is to have only one soundcard so most of the config is automatic. I would also set sonar to use exclusively the ASIO drivers. It shouldn't be bothering since, most of time, you don't watch youtube videos when using sonar.To set windows audio,just use control panel "Sound" applet.
 
Also, I'm surprised you wanna use "PC consumer speaker system" (a green minijack) and "Headphones with microphone". Clearly your new soundcard seems to be the most "High-End" part of your system. 
Your headset should have 2 minijack outputs.To plug it, just buy 2 Female minijack to male jack adapters.One stereo and one mono. (well 2 stereo may work)
Disable phantom 48V power.You will have to test both Hi-Z and Lo-Z and use the better one.
For the direct monitoring,I don't know. In fact, I find it very strange no to have separated "Monitor" and "Phones" pots...You'll have to experiment.(I definitely wouldn't buy this audio interface)
Then plug your headphone to the "phones" plug with the stereo one and your microphone to the "Input 1" plug with the other.
You then just have to use the "sens 1" potentiometer to set the microphone gain.
If sonar is properly configured (and windows too),it should work.
 
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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/25 19:59:54 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby CoffeeTime 2013/10/26 13:31:17
Well, in the interest of not sounding like a snobby snarky snark:
 
I can not stress enough, if you are doing any kind of recording or music making with your computer, your audio interface and monitoring system (speakers) are engine of your race car. You wouldn't join the Indy 500 with a tricycle, so don't skimp. The investment here will save your soul in time and yes money in the long run.
 
Here's the good news: a good, small audio interface (which I think you already learned) is quite affordable these days. yay! Good monitors or headphones are another story. Though far cheaper than in days of yore, you really want an accurate listening environment. If you're doing portable work that means a kick-ass set of phones. If you're in your own space, that means some good studio monitors AND some attention to your room. 
 
But to backtrack: on-board sound? HECK NO. Computer speakers? OMG HECK NO. Believe me, the first time you take some mixes out on another sound system you'll be horrified at how terrible they sound. 

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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/25 20:00:09 (permalink)
 
mgh
so - most people will have lots of different cables/connectors/mics etc to do various things as audio plugs/cables/connectors are notoriously difficult; so I have a small mixer connected to my soundcard, and plug things in/out of there as needed -
consumer level kit has minijacks and RCA connectors, proper recording kit usually uses 1/4" (6.5mm) or XLR connectors, but there's also S/PDIF, lightpipe, ADAT, Ethernet etc etc etc...
 
advice - never throw any bit of lead/connector away...but do buy a few decent leads!



I know! - I have a sports bag full of cables. I already have one of those  WE1189A Adaptor 6.3mm mono plug to 3.5mm mono jack sockets you linked to, but it's in permanent use on the headphones for my big keyboard.
 
will bear in mind I could use a mixer at some point, thanks.
 
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Paula, do you happen to know, or can you find out, what is the maximum amount of RAM that your Motherboard can utilise?
 
If it's more than 4Gb, you might want to seriously consider adding more.
4 is about the bare minimum to get by with, adding more will make your whole experience a little less frustrating.


 
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Not sure which bit is the motherboard. But I read that from the motherboard you can find out if more ram can be added on this site:
http://www.crucial.com/
 
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Paula, do you happen to know, or can you find out, what is the maximum amount of RAM that your Motherboard can utilise?
 
If it's more than 4Gb, you might want to seriously consider adding more.
4 is about the bare minimum to get by with, adding more will make your whole experience a little less frustrating.




Well, if working on 32 bits, 4Gb is just the max you can get...And I do not find 4GB to be very frustrating, except when using BIG sampler banks. It depends too on hard drives, processor, track number and the length of the project you're recording.
 
For coffetime, I would try the full USB soundcard thing except if you get troubles with WDM drivers for system sounds. I would disable in BIOS mainboard soundcard and set windows drivers to USB card(that's what I do with my focusrite card). The main advantage is to have only one soundcard so most of the config is automatic. I would also set sonar to use exclusively the ASIO drivers. It shouldn't be bothering since, most of time, you don't watch youtube videos when using sonar.To set windows audio,just use control panel "Sound" applet.
 
Also, I'm surprised you wanna use "PC consumer speaker system" (a green minijack) and "Headphones with microphone". Clearly your new soundcard seems to be the most "High-End" part of your system. 
Your headset should have 2 minijack outputs.To plug it, just buy 2 Female minijack to male jack adapters.One stereo and one mono. (well 2 stereo may work)
Disable phantom 48V power.You will have to test both Hi-Z and Lo-Z and use the better one.
For the direct monitoring,I don't know. In fact, I find it very strange no to have separated "Monitor" and "Phones" pots...You'll have to experiment.(I definitely wouldn't buy this audio interface)
Then plug your headphone to the "phones" plug with the stereo one and your microphone to the "Input 1" plug with the other.
You then just have to use the "sens 1" potentiometer to set the microphone gain.
If sonar is properly configured (and windows too),it should work.
 



 
I'm afraid while I am learning, I am actually watching YouTube Sonar tutorial vids while in Sonar - so it looks more and more likely that I will need to use my laptop for Sonar. And I think that's only 3gb ram!
 
(Can't use the laptop for Youtube and desktop for sonar, as I need the more powerful one for work; internet marketing - includes lots of YouTube!)
 
The second half of your post is difficult for me to understand at 1am, but I will study it tomorrow. (I thought monitors were screens, but what do I know?!!)
 
Thanks for your help guys. I'm sure I will get there eventually!

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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/26 03:39:44 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby CoffeeTime 2013/10/26 13:31:03
 Yep..on Windows x86 you get 3Gb. I said 4Gb because most of time you use 2 memory sticks of equal size to get there. 
Your laptop is more than sufficiant to use sonar.Don't worry with memory until you find it's not enough. My previous pc had 3gb on windows XP and I rarely ran out of memory (only with 1Gb soundbanks). If you windows is x64, well you get 4Gb and it should work too. You'll have plenty of time to upgrade memory when there are problems since upgrading will force you to change both your memory sticks. As an indication, my band studio setting was cubase 6.0 with windows XP and 3Gb RAM .We recorded songs which were something like 120 tracks without memory problems.
 
Concerning the youtube thing, try sharing the audio driver in sonar .You may find there's no problem.Just try and if it doesn't work, try an alternative.
 
Usually, in studio language, speakers may be refered as "Monitors" since they enable to monitor the sound. I agree it may be confusing.
 
One last thing, on a laptop you may not be able to disable onboard soundcard in BIOS. You still can do it in windows device manager, or just not disable it (for a laptop I wouldn't). You then just have to check all the sounds get to you usb soundcard (sometime it's quite bothering). The solution is to experiment.
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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/26 13:30:53 (permalink)
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Well, in the interest of not sounding like a snobby snarky snark:
 
I can not stress enough, if you are doing any kind of recording or music making with your computer, your audio interface and monitoring system (speakers) are engine of your race car. You wouldn't join the Indy 500 with a tricycle, so don't skimp. The investment here will save your soul in time and yes money in the long run.
 
Here's the good news: a good, small audio interface (which I think you already learned) is quite affordable these days. yay! Good monitors or headphones are another story. Though far cheaper than in days of yore, you really want an accurate listening environment. If you're doing portable work that means a kick-ass set of phones. If you're in your own space, that means some good studio monitors AND some attention to your room. 
 
But to backtrack: on-board sound? HECK NO. Computer speakers? OMG HECK NO. Believe me, the first time you take some mixes out on another sound system you'll be horrified at how terrible they sound. 



Thanks. I really appreciate your advice - you're totally right of course, but I am broke as I am struggling to get my biz off the ground. So even if I could buy monitor speakers, they would have to be under £100. (I already spent £30 on just plugs and cables today because I didn't want to buy online and wait til next week to get them!)
 
I am having a hard time finding "monitor speakers" that will produce stereo sound, because the only cables I can find are all mono. And considering I am spending money on better gear, it seems backward that I will end up with mono sound.
 
For example, the ones I can afford have phono sockets on the back and the only cables I can find that would fit that and the new sound card are these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5M-Twin-2x-MONO-6-35mm-1-4-Jack-to-2-RCA-PHONO-Male-Plugs-Cable-Lead-/360409816234?pt=UK_Computing_Sound_Vision_Audio_Cables_Adapters&hash=item53ea195caa
 
but they are mono. I don't get it. Does it mean EACH one individually is mono, but if you use them both, it will still produce stereo? or does it mean the end result will be mono? If so, why would anyone want mono?
 
thanks a lot
 
 
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Your headset should have 2 minijack outputs.To plug it, just buy 2 Female minijack to male jack adapters.One stereo and one mono. (well 2 stereo may work)

 
It is this I am having trouble finding. I can only find mono cables for both regular computer speakers and for monitor speakers.
 
Is it possible you could link to the mono+stereo (or stereo cables) that you mean please?
 
thanks a lot
 
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 Yep..on Windows x86 you get 3Gb. I said 4Gb because most of time you use 2 memory sticks of equal size to get there. 
Your laptop is more than sufficiant to use sonar.Don't worry with memory until you find it's not enough. My previous pc had 3gb on windows XP and I rarely ran out of memory (only with 1Gb soundbanks). If you windows is x64, well you get 4Gb and it should work too. You'll have plenty of time to upgrade memory when there are problems since upgrading will force you to change both your memory sticks. As an indication, my band studio setting was cubase 6.0 with windows XP and 3Gb RAM .We recorded songs which were something like 120 tracks without memory problems.
 
Concerning the youtube thing, try sharing the audio driver in sonar .You may find there's no problem.Just try and if it doesn't work, try an alternative.
 
Usually, in studio language, speakers may be refered as "Monitors" since they enable to monitor the sound. I agree it may be confusing.
 
One last thing, on a laptop you may not be able to disable onboard soundcard in BIOS. You still can do it in windows device manager, or just not disable it (for a laptop I wouldn't). You then just have to check all the sounds get to you usb soundcard (sometime it's quite bothering). The solution is to experiment.




OK thanks, I am going to spend this weekend seeing if I get any joy with the stuff I already have, just in case I can hear a peep out of Sonar. (I resorted to opening up Programs > (x86) last night and playing 1 second wav clips of instruments, just to hear something in Sonar - lol!)
 
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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/26 13:50:05 (permalink)
The goal is to have fun..you can get some even with pc speakers.monitors are expensive and are mandatory if you wanna get "pro" results,but if you are starting,don't bother.you'll change them when you feel the need.
You first need to get sound in your headphones...plug them in card's phones plug and try to get sound with sonar.when done,you'll naturally get sound with speakers.
Is your headphone stereo minijack? If so,just use the adapter to get jack.they exist as stereo and are cheap so just get a stereo one.

Don't be too frustrated.all is about having fun
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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/26 13:51:52 (permalink)
Error posting....sorry
post edited by guigz2000 - 2013/10/26 14:40:26
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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/26 15:06:13 (permalink)
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The goal is to have fun..you can get some even with pc speakers.monitors are expensive and are mandatory if you wanna get "pro" results,but if you are starting,don't bother.you'll change them when you feel the need.
You first need to get sound in your headphones...plug them in card's phones plug and try to get sound with sonar.when done,you'll naturally get sound with speakers.
Is your headphone stereo minijack? If so,just use the adapter to get jack.they exist as stereo and are cheap so just get a stereo one.

Don't be too frustrated.all is about having fun


ok thanks a lot. Fun yes, thanks for reminding me!

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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/27 04:54:11 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby CoffeeTime 2013/10/27 08:19:44
By the way since you're not recording anything acoustic and the inputs on your Roland are free you can actually hook up the green mini jack output of your old on-board soundcard to the inputs of the Roland and use its monitoring function to let the sound pass through to the speakers (or headphones). This has the benefit that you can continue to use your "regular" soundcard for all normal Windows based stuff such as Skype (plug the mic into your normal card as you always did!) and YouTube, and can keep the Roland for Sonar exclusively.
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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/27 04:56:13 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby CoffeeTime 2013/10/27 08:19:46
Oh and yes two outputs on your soundcard means you get stereo sound. Each monitor speaker is hooked up with its individual "mono" cable. This is the case for all professional and even most consumer speakers. Computer speakers and headphones are the exception in that they use a single plug with a dual cable. Stereo really is twice mono, the effect is in the source material being different for each channel.
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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/10/27 08:26:07 (permalink)
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By the way since you're not recording anything acoustic and the inputs on your Roland are free you can actually hook up the green mini jack output of your old on-board soundcard to the inputs of the Roland and use its monitoring function to let the sound pass through to the speakers (or headphones). This has the benefit that you can continue to use your "regular" soundcard for all normal Windows based stuff such as Skype (plug the mic into your normal card as you always did!) and YouTube, and can keep the Roland for Sonar exclusively.




Thanks, I like the sound of that! (no pun itended)
 
And thanks for clarifying the stereo being 2 x mono.
 
thanks for your help

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Re: Will This Sound Card Be OK? 2013/11/05 17:57:58 (permalink)
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By the way since you're not recording anything acoustic and the inputs on your Roland are free you can actually hook up the green mini jack output of your old on-board soundcard to the inputs of the Roland and use its monitoring function to let the sound pass through to the speakers (or headphones). This has the benefit that you can continue to use your "regular" soundcard for all normal Windows based stuff such as Skype (plug the mic into your normal card as you always did!) and YouTube, and can keep the Roland for Sonar exclusively.


Hi Sanderxpander,
 
I got sorted with my sound card and speakers,  but at the moment I have to use two sets of speakers; one for Sonar via the interface and one for all other sound.
 
Just to clarify, when you said the above, did you mean using one of these cables?:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/3-5mm-Stereo-6-35mm-Audio-Cable/dp/B0034DSUMK/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1383691664&sr=8-7&keywords=mini+jack+to+twin+jack
 
...from the mini jack port on the PC to the Input 1 and Input 2 (for mics) on the from of the Duo Capture?

 
 
If so I will order the cable, thanks
 

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