Re: [microsound] Re: software synthesizers

[Kerry Uchida <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Garry Kling wrote:

> The main reason (among the academics I know) to get a Firewire or PCMCIA
> based audio interface (other than multichannel i/o, or input at all on the
> newer G4's) is that the D/A's and DACs on most Powerbooks incorporate a lot
> of noise from the surrounding hardware. If you ever try burning a CD from an
> External HD to an External CD-R on the "older" desktops mentioned, you'll
> hear lots of noise if you turn up your output.

Sure I can agree with the computer adding noise to
the analog audio output of itself.  But the computer
adding noise when it's burning a CD?  This is a
digital to digital transfer.


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Willing is not enough, we must do" ~ Goethe

Kerry Uchida
Vancouver,Canada

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