John: Did you not know that High Definition in this context is a specification for Audio laid down by Microsoft as a standard for Windows Audio?.and guess what the Software Engineers at Cakewalk have managed to get their DAW software to work perfectly well with it going right up through an entire range of different price point audio solutions.no mean achievement. They are indispensable sometimes because of that and cluttering 'em up with outboard gear can sometimes be in direct conflict with the great idea of portability. I think Noel mentioned something about improved support for HD audio in the fine print thread - I assume he's talking about HD onboard chips. In any event, with proper drivers it should still be possible to use such devices at reasonable latencies. however, the quality of the componentry (clock, etc.) is, of course, still consumer grade. The specs of those chips aren't bad in terms of capability, with high sample rate support, spdif, etc. 24-bit, up to 192kHz, multichannel surround, etc. It means capable of supporting hi-def output for hi-def DVD (Blu Ray, HD DVD, etc.) playback. Take the good advice of the others and get a good solid current audio interface. It works great for that but its not ideally suited to digital audio production. what does that mean? Its a $0.50 sound chip meant for Media player and games. This thread a bit further down the forum tonight might get you on the right track Rick, at the time of my writing the thread has developed a bit more than yours, and its all related to onboard soundcards
Let us know a bit more about your current driver for the onboard soundcard and let's see if we can't offer you some help to optimise what you have currently, but really, a quality audio interface IMO should be the next step for you. There are loads of options for you out there, depending on budget and usage, either Firewirw or USB connected. Also you need to use either an ASIO or WDM driver to get best practical latency out of any soundcard, you don't say what driver you are currently using.
The quality of the D/A and A/D converters in most if not all laptop onboard soundcards will be nothing like the quality needed, particularly for recording.
You have a first class software DAW application in Sonar, and you really need a quality soundcard / audio interface to do it justice. Your query comes up every so often, and to save beating about the bush, your final statement, "I'm wondering if it is just the sound card" is in fact, alomst certainly correct. Im running windows vista with no outboard gear.
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