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I’ve covered this topic about choosing a computer for music production previously, but just to add, choosing an OS to make music on usually depends on the DAW software you want to use. Will you primarily make music on a Mac or PC?
#BEST EXTERNAL SOUND CARD 2017 HOW TO#
How To Choose A Good Laptop for Music Productionįirst of all, you need to think about the OS you’d like to produce music on. In fact, in my years of producing music, I owned over 5 laptops, Macs & PCs in the past 10 years of producing music. You possibly travel a lot as well and want a laptop to produce music, that isn’t bulky or heavy. On top of that, it will last you many years to come, eventually making sense of your investment. What you want is a laptop powerful enough for recording and music production. Go forth and make music!Ĭhoosing a good laptop for music production shouldn’t be too hard but it is a critical decision to make. You can buy it from IQAudio here.– We’ve curated the best laptops for music production this year. Made by IQAudio, this is another pHat designed to give an audio output. HiFiBerry do a range of quality DACs, and this is one specifically designed for the Pi Zero.
Produced by Pimoroni, this is a simple sound setup for the Pi Zero, with a LED bar graph too. I will quickly go through 3 other pHats you can buy. Since this post was written, multiple more pHats have entered the market for Pi Zero audio. So, I’ve gone through a few of the options to get an audio output on the Pi Zero, although certainly not all of the options. You can buy it from the Pi Hut here or from Pimoroni here. I haven’t personally tried it, but the reviews seem to be positive about it, and at £12.00, it’s a good price. This is a HAT for the Raspberry Pi Zero, to give it a 3.5mm audio output. To test it, we’re going to use omxplayer, which should be preinstalled on Raspbian Jessie. This should be set up automatically (although it doesn’t automatically on mpg321 – you may need to force HDMI audio output from raspi-config).
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If you don’t plan on using the Pi headless, or have a non-HDMI monitor, sound output is possible without alternate devices! The Pi Zero can output audio for a HDMI monitor or TV to play.
If everything’s working, you should hear your mp3 file playing right now! HDMI Output Note: this will not work if you use omxplayer as it doesn’t use the configuration we just set.
#BEST EXTERNAL SOUND CARD 2017 INSTALL#
You can install it with sudo apt-get install mpg321. We’re going to use a tool called mpg321 to play it on the command line. Try typing lsusb in the command line to see if the sound card is on the list of recognised USB devicesįinally, it’s time to test it. It is also a good idea at this point to make it the default audio device by clicking the Make default button.ĭon’t see your sound card on the list? It may not be recognised by the Pi. Mine was called “USB PnP Sound Device”, although yours may be different if you have a different card.Īfter that, you need to click Select controls and set it as speaker. Then, select your sound card from the list at the top. On Raspbian Jessie, you need to go on Menu > Preferences > Audio Device Settings. Once you’ve plugged it into the USB hub (a powered one is probably the best as the USB ports may not supply enough power otherwise), setup is very easy as long as the Pi recognises the sound card. Although the sound card comes with an audio input, I haven’t tested it and it may or may not work – the Pi Hut listing says “We don’t recommend it if you need Mic input.
Here is a list of sound cards verified to work with the Pi. I got one that was advertised for use with the Pi, however, other ones should work. At £3.00, it’s very affordable, but don’t expect the quality to be amazing. It’s stocked by the Pi Hut here, and can also be found on Amazon. The USB sound card I got was a generic one suitable for use with the rPi. I’ll also go through some other ways for the Pi to have sound. I’m going to use this to make my own Pi Zero MP3 player soon, so I needed a way to get sound as the computer doesn’t come with an audio output. Today I’m going to talk about how I got my Pi Zero to output sound with an external USB sound card.