Here's the deal. I have a stepnote with a realtech sound card. When I record to a virtual studio I get this digital noise along with the recorded data. It sounds like a strong chorus/delay effect, making guitar tracks sound more like a synth. I get the same kind of noise when I record to a tapedeck from the headphone out. I thought that it would be filtered out when the audio tracks were burned to a CD, but it wasn't. I know the noise is digital artifacts. What I don't know is if it is hardware related or software related. I also don't know if it would be a problem with the sound card or the or if it's because I'm only running 256MB RAM, it it turns out to be hardware related. If not enough RAM, would a USB audio interface make any difference? Also, what does a computer use for A/D and D/A conversion? That information seems to be missing from the specs on every computer I've looked at. Please note I've used Audacity and Kristal and got the same results with both.
i dont know alot about music recording, but i know alot about computers, i can tell you that having 256mb memory should'nt be a problem unless the recording program you are using require more, my guess is your problem is either caused by not a very good sound card or problem with settings, try to go the master sound settings, and set the microphone volume so its not all the way up, sometimes that helps. also if you want a good sound card for this kind of stuff i recommend creative sound card, i know that they have one's special for this stuff
here's is a link to one of the cards for laptop
http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=205&product=10769
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