Do I need a Sound Card to Record Audio??

[calpolyarc]

I'm going to be recording audio through a microphone, nothing fancy, just me talking. Do I need a good sound card to do that??

 

[4W4K3]

I'm going to be recording audio through a microphone, nothing fancy, just me talking. Do I need a good sound card to do that??

not unless you want effects in your voice or yours is crackling and stuff. onboard shoud be ggood enough for a simple voice convo like AIM and stuff.

 

[Praetor]

Agreed, if you get a USB headset or something you wont even have to worry about a soundcard or anything as any USB mic-type-device is its own soundcard

 

[calpolyarc]

Interesting... never heard of a 'USB Headset'.... I'll research it. Thanks!

 

[Lorand]

Here's an interesting one: http://www.speechcontrol.com/microphones/prod_details.asp?prodID=073