nicknacknine
06-10-2001, 12:17 PM
I have a Dell Inspiron 7500, which has given me so many problems Im just going crazy! This is the 2nd computer they have sent me because the first one was a flop, and this one has already had its motherboard changed because the laptop would turn off if it was picked up! Something about a bad circuit or something. ANYWAYS,,, Im getting a turntable and a mixer, and I am going to use the computer as the recorder for the mixer's output signal. Unfortunately, the quality of the sound card that this computer has (Maestro, which it came with) is very unimpressive. If you record something using the mic-in or the line-in port, no matter what kind of device (microphone, tv, keyboard etc...) you plug into the input, and no matter what settings you use in Volume Control (even with +20dB off) the computer will record its own high pitched sound frequency in the recording. I know that it is the computer that is the problem, and not the input device, because I have listened to a live recording with headphones and the high pitched frequency sound will kind of chirp a little bit and make static sound every time you move the mouse or make the hard drive active. My question is, is there any kind of quality PCMCIA audio card that is worth getting that would record only what is being recorded, not the computer's constant high pitched "eeeeeeeeeeeeeee" sound? I really need some help, because I need to start recording other things without this hassle! Thanks:)