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Subject: Re: My New Dubbing Stage
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"John Williamson" <johnwilliam...@btinternet.com> wrote in message 
news:a1h9h3Fvd7U1@mid.individual.net...
> Gary Eickmeier wrote:
>> "david gourley" <davidg.nospam...@verizon.net> wrote in message 
>> news:XnsA0549956FCB7Cdavidghorizon@88.198.244.100...
>>
>>> I've been considering a similar setup, but the thought of taking audio
>>> directly off of the MB gives me the willies.
>>
>> I don't expect that any authoring program (such as Audition) is taking 
>> the sound directly off the MB - I would be using the cheap little 
>> speakers just to get an idea about balances, not sound quality. The 
>> actual sound on the resultant CD or DVD comes from the digital files that 
>> the program creates and transfers directly to the disc during the 
>> writing.
>>
>> Or am I getting too basic now?
>>
> The weak links in any playback audio chain are the speakers, then the 
> analogue amplifiers, then the digital to analogue converters. DACs on PC 
> motherboards suffer from many problems related to audio quality, mainly 
> due to their proximity to digital circuitry and bad earth layouts. Laptops 
> are particularly bad, but desktop motherboard sound is often of "It makes 
> a noise, what more do you want?" quality. It's way down the list of 
> priorities of the motherboard designer.

As I said, I am not taking the sound off the MB, I am taking the digital 
tracks directly from the editing probram. No DAC involved.

Gary Eickmeier