MBP + Mackie MR5s

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v0ins315
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MBP + Mackie MR5s

Post by v0ins315 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:40 pm

I'm currently using a macbook pro (2.6ghz, 4gb ram), apc40, axiom 49, and Mackie MR5s. My question is, is it worth it to purchase an external sound card/audio interface for my setup? My main concern is improving sound quality. Will an external sound card/audio interface, make that big of difference in sound quality? I'm using ableton stricly for music production (Techno/Minimal).
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Re: MBP + Mackie MR5s

Post by re.mark » Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:46 pm

How are you connecting MR5s to a Macbook currently? Straight out the headphone port with a splitter?
Then yes you would benefit from an improvement in quality - highly advisable and is the first thing you should do once you read this post.

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Re: MBP + Mackie MR5s

Post by v0ins315 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:49 pm

re.mark wrote:How are you connecting MR5s to a Macbook currently? Straight out the headphone port with a splitter?
Then yes you would benefit from an improvement in quality - highly advisable and is the first thing you should do once you read this post.
Yea, I'm hooking the monitors up directly into headphone jack.
Thanks for your response! I was worried I was just gear lusting again :oops:
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Re: MBP + Mackie MR5s

Post by myxomat0515 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:49 pm

^^^^ what he said.

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Re: MBP + Mackie MR5s

Post by bodhi71 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:21 pm

Seriously consider Apogee...

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Re: MBP + Mackie MR5s

Post by v0ins315 » Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:39 pm

^thanks...I'll look into that today.
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