My laptop runs about -45dB from Line In with nothing attached and -36 dB
with Microphone in and nothing attached. So I've never used it to record
or digitize sounds. The desktop computer I use isn't as bad as that, but
I paid extra $$ for the better sound card in it.
As I recall, there are several WEB sites that review sound cards and
present results of testing them. These might be some help.
1GDW wrote:
> If I launch Audition 1.5 on my PC and hit the record button I get
> about -36 to -33 dbl of white noise. I am using the sound card, which
> is on the mother board, as the wave in device and do not have a
> microphone attached. Is this any sort of a valid test? Should I
> expect less noise with this test?
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