External Sound Cards for Captivate

can someone suggest a couple of external sound cards with
plug jacks for microphone that work well with captivate?

Hi samarui,
"Creative Labs" has always built a decent sound card, as does
"M-Audio" and "Yamaha". Some Captivate users have reported
difficulties with USB audio cards, so if that's your pleasure,
trial and error might be the order of the day.
If you are using a PCI slot card for an internal
installation, note that caution should be taken to avoid conflicts
with audio built into the motherboard - though this may not be
necessary (or applicable) since your interest seems to be with
external, not internal cards...
In any case, good luck!
.

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External sound card for surround monitoring?

My Soundblaster Live 24-bit USB card allows me to monitor all channels when mixing in 5.1 in AA 1.5. However, I understand that that's not going to happen in AA 3.0 (according to other posts I've read). Can anyone recommend a USB sound card that *will* allow 5.1 monitoring in AA 3.0?
J. D.

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Compatible external sound card needed for mac mini...

I need an external sound card for a mac mini. does anyone know which ones are compatible?

My experience is with consumer-level devices, not "pro" gear. If I'm understanding correctly, you want to use the built-in sound output jack on the Mac mini with headphones, to monitor ("preview music"), while you use USB to output sound to a "mixer board."
I used a USB device a while back called PowerWave (from Griffin Tech). I could output sound to it, and it acted as an amp to power standard "living room" (not self-powered) speakers. It also had a mini-stereo jack on it, like the one on Mac mini, which could be used with headphones at the same time (I put a self-powered subwoofer on that output). And it also had sound input. It was very cool.
I also used a FireWire device called FireWave (also from Griffin Tech). But that was more of a way to add 5.1 surround sound output to a Mac.
There is a current USB device from Griffin Tech called iMic.
http://store.griffintechnology.com/desktop/imic (says "out of stock")
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Hello to all and Happy New Year! Hope everyone had fun and were kept safe.
I am in need of a 5.1 external sound card for my PB. Any suggestions, opinions, or actual experience with such would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Quick

Hello to all and Happy New Year! Hope everyone had
fun and were kept safe.
I am in need of a 5.1 external sound card for my
PB. Any suggestions, opinions, or actual experience
with such would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Quick
Check out http://www.audiomidi.com/Sonica-Theater-P3436.aspx?CPID=392&AFID=3
And for a review: http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/view.php?ID=422
M-Audio also makes the Transit: http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Transit-main.html
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I'm looking to connect my W520 to a tv for watching movies. The video is all set up with a DP to HDMI adapter directly from the laptop to the tv. The sound, however, must pass through a receiver first. The receiver only has RCA inputs - it's quite old. I know the hypothetical setup would definitely work because I have a cable tv set top box connected that way.
What's missing is an external sound card that is:
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- capable of outputting 5.1 surround sound
- capable of connecting via RCA, be it through an adapter or not
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Have you tried one of these?
dynadock PA3927U-1PRP dynadock U3.0
You can stream 5.1 audio (and the video for that matter as it supports two displays). It also supports USB3.0 as an added perk (the dock itself can be plugged into a usb 3.0 port for best performance). It has one HDMI connection, one DVI-I, and an ethernet connection builtin as well as the usb connections.
PS Missed the bit about you only having RCA connections on your receiver. Lol I would get a new receiver. But then again this device may help you as it does have analog outputs (front,rear and c/sub). You would need to build/find cables though (3.5mm x3 to RCAs).
Btw no SPDIF? If no your receiver must be a pretty old one. Hope its a good one ;-). If you have an coax/optical input then there are also USB devices that will provide 5.1 (maybe even 7.1 nowadays) via the SPDIF connection.

External sound card

Hi,
I'm looking for an external sound card for my 24" 2.4 GHz iMac either USB or FW. I don't need surround sound, but I do need good Vista driver support for gaming. The drivers for the onboard Realtek sound card produce a lot of cracking noises and pauses with Vista.
Any ideas? (Mind that I don't just want an external interface for the onboard sound card, but an external sound card)
Thanks.

mani wrote:
How do you call a device that splits the earphone and mic contacts
so I can use the mic with my iMac?
I'd call it an "adapter," but those of the UK persuasion would
prolly call it an "adaptor." Either way, I have no idea where
to get one for (yet another) weird Apple-proprietary connector.
Be aware that the iMac's "line input" isn't sensitive enough
for most microphones. You will probably need a mic preamp if
you want to use the Etymotic's microphone with the iMac.
The Creative XMOD has a "LineIn/MicIn" jack, but (as usual)
Creative's specs tell you next to nothing -- maybe it would
work with the Etymotic's mic output ...maybe NOT.
good luck,
Looby

Which external sound card with optical out is compatible for macbook

hello guys!i got a macbook model 2011 and i want to connect with my speakers which is logitech z5500 with an optical cable!Of course i have read a lot of answers in various forums that told me about the optical out of mac which is the headphones out too!but this doesnt give me real surround 5.1 and i want something more specific such as an external sound card to give me the real sound!i prefered Creative Xfi pro but i have also read that iOSX doesnt recognize the soundcard or have various problems!
please help me !!!!

No Creative sound cards are fully compatible with Vista at this time. Nobody really knows if or when there will be fully working, stable drivers from Creative that work with Vista. If you really need sound, the only fully working cards are from C-media I believe. My on-board C-media sound chip works perfectly with Vista.

5.1 or 7.1 external sound card

I have a new iMac but it only has a 2.1 optical audio output on the back. I'd like to connect a 5.1 DD external sound card USB 2.0 (maybe even up to 7.1 Dolby Digital) to it to connect to my DD receiver. However, I am also using Windows Vista Ultimate through Boot Camp separately and may add VMWare Fusion later on to run both OSX and Vista side by side so I'd want to have both of them compatible and even before that. I've been looking for cards but haven't found any that are supported by both Apple AND PC. Either that or they are all internal PC cards. Does anyone know of any external cards that are supported by both?

Tiery wrote:
My iMac has a combination 1/8" optical/analog output jack on the back of it that
you can use for either connection but I've never heard of such a "combo" jack.
There are two "standard" optical-digital-audio connectors. The original "square"
one is still used in most larger audio/video components. The newer/smaller one,
used mainly in portable gear, is exactly the same size as a mini headphone plug.
The iMac's 'combo' jacks support either analog or digital-optical connections --
depending on which type of plug is inserted.
Radio Shack carries adaptors/cables of both types (usually at outrageously high
prices). For online vendors, try http://monoprice.com Great prices and a good
reputation for quality/service among the HDTV-fanatics on avsforum.com.
Here are just two examples; browse monoprice.com for many more:
[optical mini-plug to toslink adaptor|http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?cid=104&cp_id=10423&cs_id=1042301&pid=2671&seq=1&format=2]
[optical mini-plug to toslink cable|http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?cid=102&cp_id=10229&cs_id=1022902&pid=1557&seq=1&format=2]
I thought the only way I could get DD 5.1 out is through a USB adaptor.
That should work, too -- but I don't believe it's necessary.
Looby

Is the 'Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi 5.1 Pro' external sound card compatible with OS X Mavericks?

If not, could you recommend any decent external sound card with a 3 jack connection for analog 5.1 PC surround speakers that is?
Thanks in advance

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Message Edited by Rad-Wulf on 07-24-200703:23 PM

External Sound Card Problems

I've been enjoying my HP dv7-1025nr for the past few months with no problems. I recently decided to get into home audio recording and purchased an M-audio profire 2626 external sound card which connects through firewire. I've yet to get any sound from my computer through the device. I have downloaded and installed all the latest drivers several times (both for the profire and every other device on my computer). I've also updated the flash bios for my hp (which i'm still trying to figure out why there's no "advanced" tab in the menu...other users have resolved irq issues this way and it's not even an option for me). I have reinstalled my OS (several times). The M-audio tech support suggested purchasing a dedicated firewire card with a TI chipset to solve previous connectivity issues, so I got a Siig 2-port ExpressCard. My current problem is that even with the profire set as my default playback device, there seems to be a problem where windows is unable to send it any sounds. If I try to use itunes or windows media player, the timer won't even start when i press play. Everything works perfectly when i change the windows default playback device to anything else (laptop speakers, spdif out or nvidia hdmi out). I'm confident that everything on the profire's end is working correctly and there must be some form of harware or software conflict (windows services or otherwise). Device manager doesn't show and irq conflicts but i'm wondering if there could still be one. Windows is recognizing the device and the m-audio control utility is working. The profire also works perfectly through my other computer (a gateway laptop running xp). I have spent 2 weeks trouble shooting this problem and have come to the conclusion it cannot be fixed through normal trobleshooting means. I need a programmer to help me out with this one. Please help.

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5.1 sound cards for Mac?

I've been searching around and I've seen mixed reports of different sound cards working or not working for Mac. I'm aiming for the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 card (SB1090). (Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Labs-SB1090-Blaster-Surround/dp/B0017QQQAE ) The only issue is that there is no volume control which is actually not an issue since my 5.1 surround receiver has one of those. I've seen nothing about the actual 5.1 working.
I've also heard about a Zalman 5.1 card (Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Zalman-ZM-RSSC-External-Sound-Card/dp/B0001OZ2K8 ) that I've read reports of fully working; 5.1 and all.
I'd like a collective opinion, and suggestions of which card I should buy. Thanks in advance.
Message was edited by: osxdude

Hi Jeffrey
Jeffrey Lee wrote:
Hey Bob
You are right... Apple's foray into multi-channel audio is a mixed bag.
I have just today raised a bug request asking for Apple to produce a Tech Note (or whatever) to explain the situation. If they do this (and do it right!) then this might act as a definitive source.
AC3 is what Dolby is(and probably always will be) for 5.1 audio on DVD's. This is a compressed matrix audio stream, and it is not full bandwidth on any of the 6 channels.
Yes, but it's changing all the time. I see there's now an uncompressed multichannel version called TrueHD.
I own a M-Audio FW410, which does have 10 separate audio outputs, but the only way to make use of those is with an application that specifically allows that to happen. In my case, Pro-Tools can see and make use of the different channels... perhaps a stereo pair for the control room, and a stereo pair for headphone monitor mixes. I also have a DJ program which allows for a stereo pair for the main speakers, a stereo pair for headphones, and a stereo pair for the DJ booth speakers. In all cases, these are full bandwidth channels, nothing is compressed, and all handled specifically by an application designed to use multi channel outputs. But there is no way for me to use those while playing back DVD's on my Mac, as there is no decoder on board, which is the first thing that has to happen to get 6 discrete audio channels out of an AC3 stream. The DVD app just can't do it.
If you mean Apple's own DVD Player, then I think you're right. However, I have used the free VLC player with my little Hercules USB card to play DVDs in true 5.1 audio. I recall I have to use Audio Midi Setup first, but it works ok. It would really be worth your while trying this with your multichannel system. You can probably use Audio Midi Setup to nominate 6 out of 10 speakers for the 5.1 channels.
I'm not a gamer, never have been so I'm skating on less than thin ice here, but there are only three options as I see it for games.
The first is the audio is only in stereo. In this case, sending it via analog or digital to a receiver with Dolby Pro-Logic would give you 'fake' 5.1 surround.
I'm not sure you'd even get that! I think you'll only get stereo from the front two speakers.
The second is that the audio is an AC3 stream, in which case, sending it out of the optical outs to a receiver would properly decode it into 6 separate audio channels
Yes, but that depends on the game having AC3 content. With the power of the Core Audio 3D mixer it's not the way I'd do it, but another developer might see it differently.
The third is, like the audio programs I mentioned above, the game has the ability to assign certain channels to certain outputs in any combination from stereo to 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or more channels. As I said, I'm not a gamer, so have no idea of what the options are, but I'm guessing the last option is the least likely.
For that, you'd still need a separate FireWire or USB sound card.
NEITHER of the OP's device suggestions have anywhere near 6 discrete audio out's, so at best passing a digital signal to a receiver is the only thing he can do with those choices. My guess is most PC's don't have any kind of built in digital audio output, so for those kinds of computers, either of his choices would make sense. But since most modern Macs have a digital output to begin with, I stand by my original post.
I try to avoid PCs so I'm not up to date with their current abilities.
The Mac's multi-channel ability is compounded by Blu-Ray, who's HD audio streams can be multi-channel un-compressed, full bandwidth audio. The only way to access that audio directly from a BluRay disc is from discrete audio outputs on a Blu-Ray player, or thru an HDMI cable to a receiver who can handle that kind of audio stream.
BluRay can use TrueHD on (IFRC) up to 8 channels, but I don't think it's compulsory, so there may be BluRays out there which use compressed AC3.
I've ripped a few BluRay discs to my hard drive, but with the sad shape of HD playback on Macs, I'm mostly limited to listening to the AC3 streams, decoded by my receiver. +(Presumably, the newest generation of Macs allow for HDMI outputs, including uncompressed multi channel audio)+. I have had a limited amount of success using VLC for playback, and assigning the individual, uncompressed audio tracks to different outputs on my FW410, but haven't invested in the cabling necessary to hook that up to the discrete inputs on my receiver(and probably never will), but at least it SEEMS possible.
This is why we need a definitive answer from Apple. I'll keep you posted with the progress of my bug request, but I'm not holding my breath for anything soon.
All the best
Bob

Sound Card for Notebook that supports

Hi?I have read that certain sound cards (including Audigy 2) that support 5. and also 7. surround sound don't actually support 2. users such as myself. I need a sound card for a newly purchased notebook and would welcome advice in this area ie: what's the best soundcard to get (external or pcmia) that will support good old fashioned 2. stereo?Many thanks in advance?Sparky2

If the PCMCIA type in your laptop is type of ExpresCard then there are no PCMCIA solutions available yet. Also there are not many PCMCIA solutions available at all. If plain analog stereo output is enough for you then I suggest you to look these:
- E-MU 02, ECHO Indigo DJ and IO. These are all under $US200.
As USB, from Creative, the E-MU 0202 USB and 0404 USB are superior devices compared to other Creatives (SoundBlaster) USB models . There also are plenty of USB devices available under many brands. Just check this theread to see some of those.
FireWire devices are a bit more expensi've but if you plan to invest lets say $US300 - $US500 then ... Those low budged ($US00) FireWire devices are not very high quality by the converrters.
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Sound card for notebook

Hi guys I recently bought a 5.1 speaker system to use with my notebook. I am using a Dell Inspiron. Now I am concerning buying an external sound card. Can you guys give me some recommandations on which sound card I should buy to fully use my 5.1 system.
Thanks
Message Edited by huythan on 08-28-2007 10:10 AM

For starter, you can look through the Notebook product page for external soundcard and see which one you fancy.
http://www.creative.com/products/wel...?category=244&
Jason

Sound Card for Disk Jock

On my PC i had a creative sound blaster audigy. it had 4 great traits:
1. inexpensive ~$200
2. great sound configuration options
3. RCA in and out
4. 24bit sound
What is a good sound card for my imac? i would like it to have the above traits.
any help is appreciated

When I was shopping about 6 months ago, here was my short list.
They're all nice boxes, so I won't try to sway your opinion by telling
you which one I bought. Anyhow, I use it for recording, not D-J.
There are also some nice firewire boxes out there, but I limited my
search to USB. I didn't want the audio interface and external HDD
interfering with one another while recording. Also, I occasionally
need to use it with a (USB-only) Windoze machine.
I believe the E-Mu unit has the best tech specs, i.e., best S/N ratio.
BTW, E-Mu is Creative's professional product line.
M-Audio has some nice features (audio inserts, if you need 'em).
OTOH, it's USB 1.1, so the number of simultaneous I/O channels
is rather limited when using 24-bit audio at high sampling rates.
Edirol (Roland) is probably the most rugged/bulletproof (but it's
probably a little above your $200 target). Check Amazon.com.
[E-Mu (Creative) 0404 USB|http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?category=610&subcategory=611&produc t=15185]
[M-Audio FastTrack Pro|http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FastTrackPro-main.html]
[Edirol (Roland) UA-25|http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.aspx?ObjectId=704&ParentI d=114]
None of them have RCA connectors for all inputs/outputs -- but that's easy to
fix with a few RCA-to-1/4" (mono) phone plug adapters from RadioShack.
...rock on!
Looby

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