Sound

thecannonball89 · Post by **thecannonball89** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:29 pm

Both my headfone ports are now not working on my laptop, is there any kind of usb headfones you can get?

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:07 pm

Think you might need an external soundcard mate. Although a bit tedious if used with a laptop.

Not heard of USB headphones, but can't see why it wouldn't work. Give Google a go.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:25 pm

yeah, you can buy a usb soundcard these days.. it should have something on to connect..

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:26 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PORTABLE-USB-2-0- ... 439b2dca63

thecannonball89 · Post by **thecannonball89** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:48 pm

Do you just plug in and go? going to get that now. cheers

clarkey1984 · Post by **clarkey1984** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:26 pm

Thatll do the job jack, its the exact one i bought, i already have an onboard soundcard, but i had to get this USB card as well in order to be able to have headphone cue when using virtualdj, so my headphones run off the usb card and i can hear the other deck to mix tracks in, but the main onboard card plays out the set itself, cant be done in VDJ without 2 cards, well, not properly anyway.

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:40 pm

Bloody hell, that looks sweet! I had one of those ones that is a separate box and needs a cable etc.

Fair do's, I needed a quality one for when I was into my music writing, but lugging it about was an arse.

May have to pick up one of those just for the sake of it. What's the quality like compared to say, on-board laptop hardware?

clarkey1984 · Post by **clarkey1984** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:08 pm

Well, because wav files are so frickin huge, i only use downloaded 320kbps mp3 files in my sets, or for any music for that matter, and if i am recording i always run a sample format of 44100Hz and 32 bit float, and on playback there is no audible difference that i can notice between the onboard realtek card and the USB driven one.