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Everyone has had the experience of listening to themselves speaking and thought “that isn’t me!” Getting the sound you actually do recognize is an equally unfamiliar task when you first begin. The first step, obviously, is the hardware you need: a microphone (this author recommends very highly the Shure microphone portfolio of products), cables, and a stand. But what about the actual recording itself? What does you have to do to that sound you want (like when you sing in the shower or car)? Well, below are my ABCs of vocal recording:

Amplification – Most people don’t realize it until they try, but the human voice simply isn’t strong enough to compete with some like a drum set or electric guitar. The human voice needs amplification if you are to hear all the rich textures and nuances your vocalist has to offer. Most sound cards worth their salt come with Pre-Amps built in, like the Digidesign MBox, but for those that don’t you’ll have to buy an external one to place between your mic and sound card.

Balance – Audio balance is a tricky thing and applies in a couple different ways. Shure makes an SM58 microphone intended to only pick up sound within a certain area around the mic. This is excellent for live recording with many vocalists, and instruments, recording in the same space. For solo recording, however, you may want to pick up everything in the booth. In this case you’ll need to worry about balance between the voice and reverb, or any other noise in the space. The vocalist cannot be to close or to far, and the room padding shouldn’t be too absorbent or reflective. What you’ll need is balance between these elements for an authentic sounding vocal.

Compression – Possibly the most important and most difficult to manage is the problem of compression. Compression levels out the sound of the voice so that the strong part don’t hurt the listeners ear, and the soft parts can be heard. ProTools, and other production software alternatives, come with software compression built in. This requires less hardware to use but can be constricting. IZotope offers many plugins for ProTools to give you a wide variety of real-time software compression alternatives, but some still find buying a hardware compressor to be more useful. I’ve always just used the software and found it to be great.

So how does the SM58 stack up against the ABC’s of vocal recording? In my opinion it gets five starts in each category. The SM58 gives you clean sound that is free from outside noise and easily smoothed out with compressed amplification. This little mic retails for about $100 and is a must have for any home studio.

10. Computer  – It seems obvious but until recently there were still some die-hards producing music without the ‘impurity’ digitizing. In the last several years, however, the processing power of consumer PCs has made tremendous production capability possible at a price point most can afford. The latest generation software and hardware available for ammeter music producers is not only affordable but compatible with most home computers.

9. Sound Card – Regardless of what your creating your music on (piano, vocals, electric guitar, etc) your going to need a good sound card to get everything into digital format. There are many alternatives if you’re building a studio from scratch but for the less brave there are software/hardware bundles (such as ProTool and MBox) that give you everything you need.

8. Cables – Many enthusiasts debate over whether or not one needs to pay the market for Monster Cable, but for those who are more price sensitive there are affordable quarter inch cables available that will get the job done.

7. Audio Monitors – The sky is the limit with speakers, but fortunately many retails offer solutions at a wide range of price points (for example Rokit has a size and quality monitor option for just about every price).

6. Software – Many free music production software alternatives exist – Reason, Logic, etc, but in my experience and the experience of many professional colleagues, ProTools is still the definitive software for music production. Period.

5. Pre-Amp – This becomes extremely important for vocal recording. Often a microphone recording simply doesn’t have the output to compete with powered instruments (like an electric guitar). Amplification of the vocal within the recording path will enhance and warm any vocal performance.

4. Compressor – From bass guitars to vocals just about everything needs a little compressing from time to time to warm the sound and prevent variability in the volume level of the performance form damaging speakers (and ears).

3. Microphone – As with ProTools for software, there is only one brand that stands out in microphone technology. Sure microphone is known worldwide for their superior performance and sound quality. Every price point and benefit imaginable is addressed by at least Sure product. Start out with a $100 mic and work your way up according to your needs.

2. Devoted Friends – As with any hobby, your music will need a second (and third) opinion, over and over again. Each time you remaster tracks you’ll need another set of ears to keep you grounded. That means asking other to listen over and over again to new versions of the same song. Treat them to a beer every now and again to show your appreciation.

1. Time – As an ammeter, it WILL take you time to figure all this stuff out. Radio quality recording in one’s basement isn’t easy, it must be a labor of love you’re willing to make time for.

Line in Fix/Virtual Audio Cable

(WIP)

Thought this software was neat.  I looked at it when I couldn’t get audio recording to work for input
http://www.techbuzz.in/virtual-audio-card-to-save-real-time-streaming-audio-wave.php
This website also has a link to a hardware fix, if you can’t get line in on laptops and will give you more options to manipulate audio.
http://www.techbuzz.in/fix-audio-stereo-mixwave-missing-problem-in-laptops-when-you-record.php

Virtual Audio Cable — $30  more features
http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.html
It has a demo to try before you buy.  http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.html#download

Other brands:

—I also looked into freecorder version 3.0/ 4 but it  didn’t work for me on Vista and installs a toolbar.
—Total Recorder pro is more expensive, standard version is cheaper  ~$18
http://www.totalrecorder.com/
http://www.totalrecorder.com/productfr_tr.htm

For Under $100.00 Create Your Own Streaming Audio Studio

Creating your own Streaming Audio audio studio has never been easier. There are so many great products around today that will allow you to produce high quality streaming audio for a fraction of the price it used to cost.

HARDWARE

The first thing you will need is a compatible computer. Today every new computer is already set up with everything you will need. A basic sound card with a mic and line in jack. If you do not have a sound card they are very cheap and you can get a good one from any standard computer shop.

Next you will need a good mic. These come in all sizes and shapes with different configurations however a general all round mic like the Logitech Noise-canceling microphone is fine for beginners. I suggest you get a desk top one to start with, as you may want to move into video later and so you wont want a headset in your videos.

Of course you could go up a stage and get a preamp with a professional mic but this will start running into dollars and the whole aim of this article is to help you get started.

Next you will want to get some cables to connect up your tape recorder and other audio equipment. Again the computer stores now have packs that will connect up pretty well any device into your computer to digitalize your sound. You want to record directly onto your computer however you can get those old tapes and Vinyl records into a digital format also.

SOFTWARE – RECORDING

Recording your audio is probably one of the most critical parts of this process and again you can get software that ranges from free to many thousands of dollars. For this exercise I suggest you download the free copy of Audacity. This is an excellent free software package that will allow you to record from your microphone or any equipment you have.

It provides excellent editing capabilities and also will allow you to edit multiple tracks and then combine them into one single track. For a quick overview of how to do this you can watch this video and also download the software

http://mp3soundstream.com/Audacity_Tutorial_-_Free_Audio_Editing_Software.html

SOFTWARE – CONVERTING

The next piece of software you will need for your studio is a converting program that will allow you to convert different formats. For example you may have a real audio file and you want to convert it to mp3. dBpoweramp is like the Swiss army knife for the audio industry and will convert just about any file to any other file format.

Convert from one format to another, just about every audio type is supported: mp3, mp4, Windows Media Audio (wma), Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Monkeys Audio, FLAC and many others whilst preserving ID Tags. It will also rip CDs for you.

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

SOFTWARE – REDUCTION

If you are going to stream an mp3 direct then you may want to recompile the file to a smaller format. RazorLame is a so-called "front-end" for use with LAME. LAME is a great MP3-Encoder, it’s very fast, it produces high-quality files, has many advanced features (like Variable Bitrates and Joint-Stereo), and it’s open source. Unfortunately, it is a command line utility, and that is where RazorLame comes in: It provides an easy-to-use graphical user-interface which makes MP3-encoding even easier!

The best way to use this software is to get one file and compile in a number of different formats to test the size against quality.

http://www.dors.de/razorlame/download.php

SOFTWARE – STREAMING

There are a few different ways of streaming your new audio files. If you have Macromedia products you can simple organize this your self however there are some great third party programs around that will do it all for you at a fraction of the cost.

MP3 SOUND STREAM

This is a simple piece of software that takes any mp3 or wav audio and converts the whole file into a swf file and then attaches a button so that viewers can listen on a web page without needing to download any extra software. This is because the flash plug-in is on 98% of computes and if not it will automatically detect and load the small plug-in. This is great for anyone not wanting to get into all the technical aspects of streaming audio.

You will not need to reduce your files at all with this program as it does it all for you. This is perfect for anyone wanting to stream one file at a time and wants to do it quickly and efficiently. It will stream even over most modem connections.

http://www.mp3soundstream.com

MSIJUKEBOX

For people wanting to stream a number of files then MSIJukebox is a great alternative. This software lets you choose any number of mp3 files and then organizes them using an XML file. By using the above free programs you can significantly reduce the size of these files to save on bandwidth.

Because MSIJukebox streams the actual mp3 you can also have a lot higher quality playback including stereo files. This is much better for those wanting to stream a number of very high quality mp3 files.

http://www.msijukebox.com

SUMMARY

So there you have it. A complete studio set up for under $100. Just download all the free software and purchase any of the streaming audio products that you want. You can then create, edit and manipulate any audio files you like. You will also be able to add these audios to your website.

With the web surfer becoming much more "web savvy" than they were a year ago, they are expecting not only information but also an entertaining web experience.

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Motherboard: disebut juga mainboard atau mobo. ini komponen yang paling penting dan paling berpengaruh versi VE. Mobo memberikan opsi pilihan spesifikasi bagi komputer anda, untuk itu maka penting memilih mobo yang sesuai dengan rencana kapasitas komputer yang akan dibangun nantinya (i prefer to say that way than “dibuat”).

Spesifikasi mobo yang perlu diperhitungkan:

1. Socket prossesor, ini yang menentukan prosessor jenis apa yang dapat di support oleh motherboard. Biasanya sih yang jadi pertanyaan utama adalah “pengen pake platform Intel ato AMD?” Ya memang saat ini hanya dua prosessor ini yang ada di pasaran. Maybe anda mengerti kalo socket Intel dan AMD ya pasti beda secara beda produsen, tapi Intel dan AMD sendiri memiliki bermacam2 tipe prosessor, dan untuk itu diperlukan socket yang sesuai.

Saat ini Intel memiliki dua jenis socket, yakni LGA775 dan LGA1366. LGA775 adalah socket untuk processor mulai dari Intel Celeron, Pentium 4, Pentium D, Pentium Dual Core, Core Duo, Core 2 Duo, Hingga Core 2 Quad. Sedangkan untuk LGA 1366 saat ini untuk intel i7. Oke masi ada satu lagi sih sebenernya, yakni untuk Intel Atom. Intel Atom ini embedded dengan mobo, jadi beli mobo udah dapet prosessornya so ga perlu dipikirin pake socket apa deh.

Perlu diketahui di sini mengenai socket Intel, bahwa meskipun socket tersebut support prosessor di atas, tapi tidak semua mobo support processor tersebut, nah itu ditentukan oleh chipset yang dipakai mobo, yang akan saya jelaskan setelah ini. Yang jelas perlu diketahui bahwa socket seperti LGA775 ini telah ada sejak hampir 3 generasi sebelum socket AM2+, so ga bisa dibilang payah juga.

Lanjut AMD, saat ini terdapat dua jenis socket juga, yakni AM2+ dan AM3. Pada dasarnya perbedaan utama dari socket ini ada pada daya dukung memory, AM2+ mendukung memory DDR2 dan AM3 mendukung memory DDR3. Socket AM2+ dapat digunakan untuk prosessor AM2+ dan juga AM3, tapi tidak sebaliknya. Hal ini dikarenakan prosessor AM2+ tidak memiliki dukungan terhadap memory DDR3. Beda dengan Intel, AMD sepertinya support semua prosessor yang ada selama sesuai/compatible dengan socket nya dan TDP (Thermal Design Power) maximum. Oke sebagai contoh ada beberapa mobo AMD yang TDP maximumnya terbatas, sehingga ga bisa dipake buat prosessor yang TDP nya besar (umumnya makin gede clock dan jumlah core nya makin gede TDP nya).

2. Chipset, pada dasarnya terdapat dua chip utama dalam mobo, yakni NorthBridge (NB) dan SouthBridge (SB). NB merupakan komponen yang paling penting karena fungsinya menghubungkan komponen yang ada satu sama lain, seperti CPU, RAM, GPU, serta SB. Sedangkan SB mengelola I/O (input output) motherboard, biasanya sih seperti RAID, atau soundcard onboard. Hmm.. Lebih simpel nya sih chipset di mobo akan menentukan komponen apa yang disupport. Tapi tentunya ada kala meski si chipset2 ini tertanam di mobo tapi si mobo ga bisa sepenuhnya memanfaatkan kemampuan chipset tersebut atau biasanya sih disebut board specific (limit di mobo, bukan chipset).

Lanjut soal chipset, saat ini yang paling umum ada 5 produsen chipset, yakni Intel, AMD/ATI, nVidia, SiS, dan VIA. Bergantung kebutuhan dan platform yang akan dibangun. Saya sih menyarankan jika platform AMD ya pake mobo dengan chipset AMD, dan kalo pake intel ya mobonya Intel juga.

Kenapa? Oke pertama2 sih yang jelas bahwa produsen prosessor paling tahu kapabilitas prosessor tersebut. Lalu kenapa ada SiS dan VIA? SiS dan VIA umumnya memproduksi mobo dengan harga jauh lebih murah. So ga perlu ditanya lagi kenapa harganya bisa lebih murah, karena memang keduanya lebih berorientasi pada mobo low end.

Trus kenapa ada chipset nVidia? Secara nVidia produsen GPU dan ga bikin CPU? Nah kalo ini beda lagi nih. nVidia sebagai produsen GPU justru disini membuat chipset yang GPU-oriented. Atau dengan kata lain nVidia lebih mengerti kapabilitas GPU nya. Di sini nVidia menawarkan fitur yang memang ga disediakan oleh produsen prosessor untuk mobo nya, tengok nVidia memiliki fitur PhysX enabled, Triple-SLI (oke sekarang sih udah di support di sebagian mobo LGA1366/Chipset Intel X58). nVidia juga memiliki controller memory yang lebih canggih dibanding Intel, bisa ditengok chipset nF790i yang support RAM DDR3 hingga 2000MHz, secara chipset Intel aja saat ini max support 1600MHz (meskipun FSB processor Intel saat ini max baru 1600 MHz :p). i di belakang menunjukkan chipset diperuntukkan untuk platform Intel, sedangkan a untuk AMD. Saat ini chipset terbaru untuk AMD adalah nF980a, yang sudah support socket AM3.

Chipset NB Intel LGA775 saat ini memiliki nomor seri x4y (ex. P45, X48). Dengan x kelas mobo dan y umumnya merupakan tingkatan (makin besar makin lengkap spesifikasinya). Kelas mobo Intel saat ini ada 4, yakni Q (untuk bisnis, ada gpu onboard/low-end), G (untuk multimedia, ada gpu onboard/mid-end), P (untuk gaming, ga ada gpu onboard/mid-end), dan X (Extreme, untuk high end gaming). Chipset Intel LGA1366 saat ini hanya ada satu yakni X58. Untuk Intel Atom saat ini masih menggunakan chipset Intel G945 (hmm, udah 3 ketinggalan tiga generasi sih à 96y, x3y, x4y), dan yang baru adalah chipset nVidia ION.

Chipset NB AMD saat ini bernomer seri 7xx, atau lebih jelasnya sih mulai 760, 770, 780/785, hingga 790 yang paling bagus. 790 sendiri masih terbagi dua, yakni 790GX dengan GPU onboard dan 790FX yang paling ultimate saat ini. AMD memiliki keunikan yakni dengan adanya fitur ACC (Advanced Clock Calibrating) yang dapat meng-unlock core prosessor AMD Phenom X2 dan X3 menjadi X4, yang mana sangat menguntungkan danhal ini ga terjadi di platform Intel.

Maybe saya ga panjang2 juga jelasin tiap2 chipset soalnya ini bisa panjang aja, apalagi ampe spesifikasi tiap chipset, maybe kapan2 saya buat tersendiri kalo ada waktu.

3. Slot memory, menentukan memory apa yang disupport. Berbeda dengan socket prosessor, slot memory umumnya lebih dari satu. Di sini chipset juga menentukan konfigurasi memory. Umumnya sih saat ini memory udah dual channel, yang secara teori sih artinya menggandakan bandwith memory dengan memasang dua keping memory (ga harus identik sih, tapi sebaiknya iya untuk memastikan compatibility). FYI memory DDR2 dan DDR3 memiliki bandwith 64-bit, dengan dual channel, bandwith memory naik jadi 2x nya, yakni 128-bit. Beda lagi sebagian mobo LGA1366/chipset Intel X58, support triple channel, jadi dengan memasang 3 memory yang identik, bandwith bisa mencapai 3x nya atau 192-bit. Sebaiknya sih jika mobo dual channel ada 4 slot dan kalo triple channel ada 6 slot.

Satu yang saya sarankan, jangan menggunakan mobo yang saking canggihnya mengatakan support DDR2 dan DDR3, soalnya it absolutely won’t work together. Keduanya memiliki desain dan voltage yang berbeda (DDR2 ~ 1,8V dan DDR3 1,5V), jadi ga bisa dipake secara bersamaan.

4. SATA2, umumnya saat ini semua mobo udah SATA2 dengan max transfer rate 3Gbps atau sekitar 300 MB/s (jangan ketipu ya kalo ada yang bilang 3GB/s, jangan lupa 8b=8bit=1byte=1B). Jumlah port SATA sekitar 4-8. Ada juga eSATA yakni port SATA eksternal, namun ini agak jarang di mobo low-mid end. Oke yang agak penting adalah biasanya SATA memiliki problem jika dihubungkan dengan HDD dan ODD bersamaan, apalagi sekarang trend nya ODD memang udah pake SATA. Makanya di mobo2 hi-end biasanya terdapat 2 controller SATA, yakni dari SB dan dengan chipset SATA tambahan, meskipun memang ga cuma itu tujuan dipasang 2 controller tersebut. Oke sebenernya masih ada yang perlu diperhatikan soal SATA, yakni setting RAID yang di support, tapi jujur aja saya belum eksperimen soal ini jadi ga bisa bilang apa2.

5. USB 2.0. jumlah slot USB minimal 6 buah (bisa 4 di belakang, dan 2 di panel depan/casing). Seriusan sebaiknya jangan sampai komputer Cuma punya 4 port USB. Nanti ribet. Maybe harus saya beri contoh gimana saya puyeng mengelola slot USB saya yang cuma 4, 1 buat mouse, 1 buat printer, 1 buat Media Center Remote Receiver, 1 buat Xbox360 wireless receiver, 1 buat modem broadband (biasanya sih pake HP).. lah loh bingung kan. Belom kalo ada yang dateng mau colok flashdisk.. ribet deh.. ya sebenernya sih banyak solusinya, bisa beli parallel USB, atau pasang front panel.

6. PCIe, atau PCI express, saat ini sih sebagian besar mobo udah support PCIe 2.0 16x. Kenapa PCIe 2.0 16x? sebenernya sih masalah bottleneck bandwith, ya awalnya sih PCIe 1.0/1.1a itu dari 16x mau jadi 32x, tapi ternyata ga efisien atau gimana lah, makanya muncul PCIe 2.0 16x yang sama dengan PCIe 1.0/1.1a 32x. Oke jangan terkecoh dengan PCIe 1x, soalnya itu beda bentuk lagi. Pcie 1x fungsinya seperti pengganti PCI dengan bandwith yang lebih besar, tapi kalo PCIe 16x itu digunakan untuk Graphic card. Nah sekarang sih trend nya multi GPU, AMD dengan Quad CrossfireX dan nVidia dengan Quad SLI. Ya saat ini maksimal sih empat GPU bersamaan. Termasuk graphic card yang dual GPU diitung dua, jadi kalo pasang dua dual GPU ya dibilangnya udah Quad. Tapi ya memang saat ini juga beberapa mobo hi end menyediakan hingga 4 slot PCIe 2.0 16x (meskipun saya belum tau apa udah ada mobo yang bener2 bisa full semuanya 16x+16x+16x+16). Tapi intinya slot PCIe 16x ini menentukan upgradeability graphic card, apalagi jika pengen beli graphic card baru tapi ga buang yang lama. FYI seperti memory, sebaiknya graphic card yang digunakan untuk konfigurasi multi GPU adalah graphic card yang identik. So saran saya sih sebaiknya beli mobo yang minimal ada 2 slot Pcie 2.0 16x. Eit2.. masih ada yang perlu diketahui, bahwa meski mobo itu bilang ada 2 slot PCIe 16x, tapi bukan berarti jika dua-duanya dipasang lantas jadi 16x+16x, soalnya ada banyak mobo yang hanya support 16x+0x, jadi kalo dipakai dua-duanya jadi 8x+8x.

7. Ukuran mobo, atau form factor standarnya sih ATX dan mATX. mATX lebih kecil dibanding ATX. Kenapa ini penting? Karena mobo yang sempit bisa membatasi ukuran custom heatsink yang akan dipakai. Selain dua diatas tentunya masih banyak lagi form factor lain, seperti BTX dan mini-ITX. BTX sih ceritanya direncanakan sebagai pengganti ATX, tapi sepertinya masih belum berjalan. Beda lagi ITX, ukurannya super mungil, dan umumnya dipakai buat HTPC atau Intel Atom. Oke ukuran mobo memang penting sebagai orientasi fungsi mobo. Kalo buat warnet atau HTPC emang cocoknya sih yang mungil2. Tapi buat gaming sih bagusnya yang gede2, selain biar muat banyak PCIe juga bagus buat sirkulasi udara.

8. LAN card, udah standar ada di tiap mobo. Ada banyak sih mulai dari Marvell, Intel, Realtek. Tapi ya setidaknya beli mobo yang udah Gigabit LAN. Ini backward compatible kok, jadi bisa dipake di speed 10/100Mbps juga. Di mobo2 hi end biasanya malah udah Dual Gigabit LAN, jadi ada dua port LAN nya.

9. Sound Card, selain LAN, yang standar ada di mobo adalah soundcard. Ada banyak juga mulai dari C-Media, Soundmax, Realtek. Selain itu perlu diliat juga soundcard tersebut support berapa channel dan udah support High Definition Audio belum. Saat ini sih umumnya udah 7.1, dan support audio 24-bit untuk muter Blue Ray dkk. Oke memang sih soundcard onboard so pasti beda dibanding dengan yang dedicated seperti Creative, Asus, atau Auzentech dan Onkyo.. :p Tapi ga ada salahnya kok punya soundcard onboard yang bagus. Soundcard yang udah 7.1 atau 8-channel umumnya ada 6 analog audio jack. Biasanya juga ada digital SPDIF jack pada mobo mid end keatas.

10. Graphic Card, oke yang satu ini emang optional sih, apalagi kalo mau beli PC dengan dedicated Graphic card sebenernya ini ga begitu diperlukan. FYI seriously jauh banget performa Graphic card onboard dengan dedicated! Jangan lah berharap maen Crysis lancar dengan efek full Cuma pake graphic card onboard.

Tapi punya mobo dengan graphic card onboard termasuk menguntungkan loh.. apalagi kalo dana agak terbatas. Anda bisa beli mobo dengan graphic card onboar dahulu, lalu kalo udah terkumpul duitnya bisa beli graphic card dedicated nya. Biasanya minimal graphic card onboard saat ini ada VGA/D-Sub Port (untuk monitor CRT), DVI Port (untuk LCD), S-Video (untuk TV), dan yang sekarang lagi ngetren HDMI (untuk HD TV). Kelebihan HDMI yang paling utama adalah HDMI ga cuma output video, tapi juga audio. Jadi dengan kabel HDMI bisa keluar suara juga, so worry no more about the analog audio. Yang jelas sih klaim nya mobo2 baru yang udah pake HDMI udah support Full HD buat muter Blue Ray, meskipun saya agak ragu sih sebenernya.

11. BIOS. Biasanya sih Cuma ada dua, yakni Award dan AMIBIOS. Oke saya sih sebenernya kurang ngerti juga detailnya, tapi bagi saya BIOS itu penting, apalagi untuk overclock. Support terhadap BIOS sangat diperlukan apalagi kalo mobo nya masih baru, soalnya seriusan biasanya masih buggy2 banget kalo awal2 keluar. Nah ini nih yang jadi alasan saya ga pake mobo yang mereknya agak abal. Sebaiknya sih survey dulu apalagi kalo mau beli mobo yang mereknya ga jelas (terutama gara2 harganya yang miring)

This compact ‘Plug & Play’ device is the easiest way to add sound to your notebook or desktop. The LINDY USB 2.0 Audio Adapter is the perfect gadget for adding sound capability to your machine. This PC and Mac compatible device is great for use with multimedia applications.

Perfect for adding sound to your computer & games consoles

Simply plug it in a USB port on your computer and you‘re ready to go. The USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 compatible device is ideal for gaming, watching movies, listening to music or Skype and other Voice over IP applications. It is also the perfect adapter if you want to use standard headphones or microphones with a PlayStation 3. It has a Crystal Media CM108 chipset and supports virtual 7.1 channel surround sound to give you enhanced audio effects when playing games and watching movies. It also features easily accessible microphone and headphone sockets so you don’t have to go crawling around under your desk just to plug your headphones in! A conveniently placed button allows you to mute the microphone input when it is not in use.

It is supplied with a 1m USB extension cable so it easily reaches your machines audio ports and  is supplied with Windows software which allows you to manage equaliser, mixer and environment settings so that you have total control over your sound. This software is easy to use and great for getting perfect sound for your needs.

See more about the LINDY USB Audio Adapter.

Seminggu yang lalu saya baru beli notebook HP compaq presario cq40-337 tanpa OS pastinya, hehehe.. saya memang kurang suka penjajahan microsoft di notebook-notebook yang beredar di pasaran saat ini. sebisa mungkin saya selalu nyari yang tanpa OS, selain harganya yang relatif lebih miring, tentu saja karena I love Linux dan pengen me-linux-kan adik (walaupun dia belum bisa linux, akan saya paksa dia pake linux..hehe..dari pada dia di jajah mikocok mending gue aja yang  jajah dia..hi..hi..hi..).

Setelah berhasil menginstall kubuntu di notebook ini (sebenernya saya gnome lover, tp menarik juga nyoba KDE sesekali), alhamdulillah semua driver terdeteksi dengan baik kecuali driver sound card altec lansing. walhasil saya harus puas mengakhiri proses installasi tanpa suara..hiks.. namun setelah browsing-browsing alhamdulillah dapat solusi dari mas trimo kira-kira berikut ini adalah tutorial untuk menambahkan driver sound card altec lansing di kubuntu 9.04

edit file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

tambahkan script dibawah ini di paling bawah alsa-base.conf

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel

options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m4-1

options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1

kemudian edit juga file /etc/group

temukan script audio:x:29:pulse

dan tambahkan user login seperti ini audio:x:29:[user_login],pulse

dalam kasus ini saya menambahkan menjadi audio:x:29:m42h31,pulse

setelah selesai jangan lupa untuk di save kemudian restart notebooknya..

sumber : trimo.i-cornershop.com

Model
Brand Creative
Model Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer

Audio core
Audio Chipset X-Fi
Channels 7.1
Sample Rate 96KHz
Digital Audio 24-bit
SNR Stereo Output 109dB
Front and Rear Channels 109dB
Center, Subwoofer and Side Channels 109dB

Ports
Line In Yes
Line Out Front/Rear/Center/Subwoofer/Rear Center
SPDIF In Yes
SPDIF Out Yes
MIC In Yes

Spec
Interface PCI

Model
Brand Creative
Model 70SB095000004

Audio core
Audio Chipset Creative
Sample Rate 48KHz
Digital Audio 24-bit

Ports
Line In One 3.50 mm (1/8-inch) stereo jack for Analog Line In or Microphone In
Line Out One 3.50 mm (1/8-inch) stereo jack for Analog Line Out or Headphones

Model
Brand Creative
Model Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio

Audio core
Channels 7.1
Sample Rate 96KHz
Digital Audio 24-bit
SNR >100dB (20kHz Low-pass filter, A-Weighted)

Ports
Line In Yes
MIC In Yes
Other Ports Speaker out (4x 1/8″ mini jacks)
Optical out (TOSLINK) Digital Out supports stereo SPDIF out and pass through of multichannel DVD sound
Optical in (TOSLINK)
Intel HD Audio Compatible Front Panel Header (2×5pin)

Spec
Interface PCI Express

Model
Brand Creative
Model Sound Blaster Audigy SE

Audio core
Channels 7.1
Sample Rate 96KHz
Digital Audio 24-bit

Ports
Line In Yes
Line Out (Front / Rear / Side / Center / Subwoofer) or Headphone Out
SPDIF Out SPDIF Out for Stereo Digital Speakers or SPDIF In/Out with Creative Digital I/O Module (sold separately)
MIC In Yes
CD/Aux In Yes

Spec
Interface PCI
Remote Control No

Model
Brand Creative
Series SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio
Model 70SB104000000

Audio core
Audio Chipset X-Fi
Channels 7.1

Spec
Interface PCI Express
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Certified for Windows Vista

Model
Brand Creative
Series Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional
Model 70SB088600002

Audio core
Audio Chipset X-Fi
Channels 7.1
Sample Rate 96KHz
Digital Audio 24-bit
SNR 109dB

Ports
Line In Yes
Line Out Yes
SPDIF In TOSLINK
SPDIF Out TOSLINK
MIC In Yes
Spec
Interface PCI Express

Model
Brand Creative
Model Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
Audio core
Audio Chipset X-Fi
Channels 7.1
Sample Rate 96KHz
Digital Audio 24-bit
SNR Stereo Output 109dB
Front and Rear Channels 109dB
Center, Subwoofer and Side Channels 109dB
Ports
Line In Yes
Line Out Front/Rear/Center/Subwoofer/Rear Center
SPDIF In Yes
SPDIF Out Yes
MIC In Yes
Spec
Interface PCI

Kartu suara

Kartu suara (Sound Card) adalah suatu perangkat keras komputer yang digunakan untuk mengeluarkan suara dan merekam suara. Pada awalnya, Sound Card hanyalah sebagai pelengkap dari komputer. Namun sekarang, sound card adalah perangkat wajib di setiap komputer. Dilihat dari cara pemasangannya, sound card dibagi 3:
• Sound Card Onboard, yaitu sound card yang menempel langsung pada motherboard komputer.
• Sound Card Offboard, yaitu sound card yang pemasangannya di slot ISA/PCI pada motherboard. Rata-rata, sekarang sudah menggunakan PCI
• Soundcard External, adalah sound card yang penggunaannya disambungkan ke komputer melalui port eksternal, seperti USB atau FireWire
Salah satu contoh sound card yang terbilang sangat sukses di pasaran indonesia adalah Sound Blaster, dari Creative Labs.
Untuk memainkan musik MIDI, pada awalnya menggunakan teknologi FM Synthesis, namun sekarang sudah menggunakan Wavetable Synthesis Sedangkan untuk urusan digital audio, yang dulunya hanyalah 2 kanal (stereo), sekarang sudah menggunakan 4 atau lebih kanal suara (Surround). Kualitas nya pun sudah meningkat dari 8 bit, kemudian 16 bit, dan sekarang sudah 24 bit, bahkan 32 bit.

Cara Kerja

Ketika anda mendengarkan suara dari sound card,data digital suara yang berupa waveform .wav atau mp3 dikirim ke sound card. Data digital ini di proses oleh DSP (Digital Signal processing : Pengolah signal digital) bekerja dengan DAC (Digital Analog Converter :Konversi digital ke Analog ). Mengubah sinyal digital menjadi sinyal analog, yang kemudian sinyal analog diperkuat dan dikeluarkan melalui speaker.
Ketika anda merekam suara lewat microphone. suara anda yang berupa analog diolah oleh DSP, dalam mode ADC ( Analog Digital Converter : Konversi analog ke digital). Mengubah sinyal analog menjadi sinyal digital yang berkelanjutan. Sinyal digital ini simpan dalam format waveform table atau biasa ditulis Wav(wave) dalam disk atau dikompresi menjadi bentuk lain seperti mp3

Ecco cosa si è inventata la Leo Burnett di Francoforte per promuovere i sensori di parcheggio Fiat. Man mano che le due alette (raffiguranti due vetture) si avvicinano, la card suona sempre più insistentemente. Molto originale

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