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FrYGuY · 06-16-2003, 10:12 PM

I have a friend who's done this. It's really very good way, as you can store lots of music on a harddrive. Unfortunately, sound cards aren't designed to put out large amounts of power, so here's what I'd reccomend doing:

If you're going to use a laptop, be sure it has either Digital Audio Out, or preferably, Optical out. If you use a desktop, you can always just get a new sound card with optical. Then, plug it into a normal Audio reciever (Dolby DTS good, 5.1 better, 7.1 best) which then powers the speakers. If you really want to be impressive, you can also get a video card with TV out (preferably with Dual monitor support so you can put visualization on the TV, and mix/etc on the monitor) and use Visualizations for a nice picture while you're DJing.

Hope this helps.

06-16-2003, 10:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
FrYGuY Member Type Guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 501	I have a friend who's done this. It's really very good way, as you can store lots of music on a harddrive. Unfortunately, sound cards aren't designed to put out large amounts of power, so here's what I'd reccomend doing: If you're going to use a laptop, be sure it has either Digital Audio Out, or preferably, Optical out. If you use a desktop, you can always just get a new sound card with optical. Then, plug it into a normal Audio reciever (Dolby DTS good, 5.1 better, 7.1 best) which then powers the speakers. If you really want to be impressive, you can also get a video card with TV out (preferably with Dual monitor support so you can put visualization on the TV, and mix/etc on the monitor) and use Visualizations for a nice picture while you're DJing. Hope this helps. __________________ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GB/G/H/J/MC/S d-(--)@ s+:+ a-- C !U--- P--- L--(-) E- W N-(--) !o K--- w++ O--- M--(--) V-- PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP- t-- 5-- X- R(+) tv(++) b-- DI+ D---- G- e+++ h-- r* y++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ Yeah, my computer sucks. You try and do better.