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I’m not an engineer, so creating my DVD, “Depression What You Must Know,” and my Podcast, “Psychiatric Secrets Revealed with Dr. Mike” involved a lot a research and learning. The information listed below is a compilation of that work. I hope you find it helpful. Mike Kuna

The Great Sound Card Shoot Out

These clips give you some idea of the difference that a good sound card makes. The set-up consisted of a premium Mackie Onyx Mixer and a MXL v67 studio-style condenser microphone. The output from the mixer was then sent to the respective sound device. I was surprised that the on-board Realtek card sounded as good as it did (this card was useless when I paired it with a computer style microphone). However, you can clearly hear the difference when I plug into a Creative Lab X-Fi and the sound goes from good to great!

On-board Realtek Sound

Creative Labs X-Fi Sound Card

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