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1dj2nvHome userMember since 2007
what type of external sound card do you recomend for pc laptop with virtual dj and dac 3 controller?
 

Posted Thu 19 Apr 07 @ 7:33 pm
a nice 4.1, 5.1 sound card. I'd recommend using a firewire based sound card since it has it's own system interface, not colliding with the regular USB interface, which is shared by mouse, dac 3, external hard drives etc.. But, an USB sound card should work just fine anyways...

I'm running my laptop using USB interface: DAC 3, MS Intellimouse Explorer 2.0, Sound Blaster 2 Audigy NX and a Western Digital 250 GB. Works like a charm!
 

Posted Thu 19 Apr 07 @ 8:36 pm
1dj2nvHome userMember since 2007
thanks for the help...i have an m-audio fast track pro usb external sound card but i can't get it to work with the dac 3. the dac 3 will work with the internal sound card just fine but when i use the m-audio the dac 3 and virtual dj just stop working. well thanks again for your help
 

Posted Thu 19 Apr 07 @ 8:46 pm
hm... could be some issues with shared IRQ, that I implied in the first reply; using a firewire sound card has it's benefits. If you have the chance, try a firewire based sound card. Lots of problems with sound cards has it's roots in shared IRQ, which is not really VDJ's fault, but a more of a MS flaw. A partner use this m-audio unit that eliminated the difficulties he had with his USB sound card: http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FireWire1814-main.html

 

Posted Fri 20 Apr 07 @ 6:18 pm
Another thought, if you use a hub, try plugging both directly into the side of the computer to test if that's the problem.

 

Posted Sat 21 Apr 07 @ 1:49 pm


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