Re: [LAU] which laptop?

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ernie Dulanowsky <ernst@email-addr-hidden>
>Sent: May 27, 2008 6:16 PM
>To: Susan Cragin <susancragin@email-addr-hidden>
>Cc: Linux Audio Users <linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden>
>Subject: Re: [LAU] which laptop?
>
>On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Susan Cragin <susancragin@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>> ----Original Message-----
>>>From: Lars Luthman <lars.luthman@email-addr-hidden>
>>>Sent: May 27, 2008 3:54 PM
>>>To: linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden
>>>Subject: Re: [LAU] which laptop?
>>>
>>>On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 21:36 +0200, Peter O'Doherty wrote:
>>>> I'm fairly new to linux (I mostly use Mac OS X) and would mainly use
>>>> the laptop for live audio work (running primarily PD and
>>>> SuperCollider).
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any experience with the 1525? Any advice?
>>>
>>>It's Intel based, which probably means Intel HDA for audio, which
>>>typically means poor DAC and unpredictable realtime performance. You'll
>>>probably want to get an external soundcard of some kind.
>>>
>>>
>>>--ll
>> I have an Asus with hda-intel sound and run Ubuntu Studio and Dragon NaturallySpeaking using Wine. Audio within the range of the human voice needs to be crystal-clear.
>> It's not.
>> In alsa-mixer I have to nudge mic-boost 2/3 of the way up to get moderately successful results.
>> When I try to listen to Youtube, the sound is so faint as to be unhearable.
>> The best laptop soundcard that I know of is the Indigo IO PCMCIA, but my computer has one of those newfangled card slots, and so I had to go with a Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi. But wait! The X-Fi isn't supported yet by alsa, although it will be soon. (The beta drivers so far haven't worked for me.)
>> There are bug reports all over Ubuntu about how poorly hda-intel works.
>> They won't be fixed until Intrepid, but maybe you won't buy your computer until then...
>> Does anyone have any sympathy for me?
>> S
>>
>>
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>
>I do indeed have sympathy for the fact that you can't use your Indigo
>IO anymore. I'm also looking a new laptop, and it seems that there are
>very few, if any, laptops that still have Carbus slots. Most seem to
>have some flavour of ExpressCard.
>
>Of course there are many USB sound devices to investigate....
>
>cheers,
>ernie
>
>--
>"Both Rob and I see sound as shapes.
>I only have to do this (makes a fist)
>and he knows what sound I mean". - Autechre
>:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
>Ernie Dulanowsky
>www.pulsewidth.ca

Oh, I forgot. USB sound still doesn't work.

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