[nzlug] Acer + Ubuntu: initial impressions.

[don.esslemont at paradise.net.nz]

On 4 Apr 2008 at 0:18, Nick Rout wrote:

> Frankly I feel that if you are doing a radio broadcast it is extremely
> unlikely that the built in mic on any laptop will give good enough
> results. 

I agree absolutely. My hope was that I could use a high-quality 
microphone in the front plug.

I wholeheartedly recommend a USB headset such as the ones
> commonly used for skype orother voip sessions. A noise cancelling mic
> will do wonders. It has its own built in usb-audio sound chip which
> are almost always compatible with linux. The drivers are in the
> kernel. There are many podcast "howtos" on the net that will give a
> good idea of suitable hardware.

I have just bought a "USB DSP 5.1 External 3D Sound Card Adapter" on 
Trade-me. How well it will work, or whether it will work at all, 
remains to be seen, but it cost only $14 including delivery. I'll 
report on it when it arrives.

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