BlackBook 2.0 C2D, I'm Looking For the Smallest Soundcard ?

stale bread · Post by **stale bread** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:38 am

whats the smallest soundcard of quality that would be good to run with my mac, I'm used to an Echo indigo and my peers were always impressed with the sound quality of that little thing. unfortunately with the macbook not having any pcmcia slot i'm not able to use it anymore.
any suggestion would be very much welcome, i'm used to not even noticing the soundcard i carry around and I prefer that to being weighed down.

stale bread · Post by **stale bread** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:39 am

I forgot to add that this would be for running osx and xp equaly and thanks

stale bread · Post by **stale bread** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:50 am

forgie · Post by **forgie** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:42 am

Presonus Firebox

MOTU Ultralite

slipmip · Post by **slipmip** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:00 am

Don't know about xp but on osx Firebox runs smooth.

stale bread · Post by **stale bread** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:50 am

thanks for the suggestions you guys but would you know of anything closer to the size of an echo indigo?

the unknown wanderer · Post by **the unknown wanderer** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:06 am

stale bread wrote:thanks for the suggestions you guys but would you know of anything closer to the size of an echo indigo?

the inbuilt one does just fine

stale bread · Post by **stale bread** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:23 am

T.U.W. could you expound on the built in one a bit and anybody else use just the built in one?

DJ VAKIS · Post by **DJ VAKIS** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:42 am

Audiofire2 from echo

Pasha · Post by **Pasha** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:18 am

stale bread wrote:T.U.W. could you expound on the built in one a bit and anybody else use just the built in one?

I have been down to 64 samples with the internal one.
I was able to play guitar through Live 6 effects. There's a little latency.
However, if you direct monitor through a mixer this will not affect you.
I'm using both internal and FW FCA202 by Behringer. Give it a look.
It works fine both with Windows and Mac. I cannot say nothing about internal soundcard and XP, for I'm using only Mac at this time. I'm using XP on my old 2.6Ghz P4 Machine.

- Best
- Pasha

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:20 pm

The internal one is not too bad, probably fine for just working at home. If you were playing live somewhere it might be a bit noisey, but thats it.

There's not a lot of options right now for small card caompatible with the newer mac laptops. My wife is in the same boat, no longer able to use an Indigo, so she's using the internal until we find another solution.

FORMAT · Post by **FORMAT** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:14 pm

I've used the internal one live on my G4 Powerbook, and it worked very well. For just playing audio (and not recording as you play), it should work.
Otherwise, Audiofire 2 perhaps!?

robin · Post by **robin** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:31 pm

The Audiofire2 is pretty compact (though not small like the indigo).

The sound is excellent too, better than the internal on my macbook.

stale bread · Post by **stale bread** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:29 am

thanks for all the feedback folks i appreciate it... how would you compare the audiofire to the ultralite?