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technology and computing digital audioIs a sound card necessary for recording?
Similarly one may ask, do I need a soundcard for recording?
No, you don't need a soundcard formusicproduction. They can be but used you might experiencelatencyproblems when you're recording and mixing your music.Audiointerfaces offer so much more functionality than abasicsoundcard on a computer and you get both an accurateandhigh-quality input and output of audio.
Hereof, does sound card affect recording quality?
Yes! A Sound Card May AffecttheQuality of Microphone Recording. Yes, it ispossiblethat the sound card may in some way affecttherecording quality of a microphone. This effectoccursprimarily when you connect an analog microphone to a standardmicport on your sound card.
A sound card is an expansion card or ICforproducing sound on a computer that can be heardthroughspeakers or headphones. Although the computer does not needasound device to function, they are included on everymachinein one form or another, either in an expansion slot or builtintothe motherboard (onboard).