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    Audio latency on Clevo P151EM1/P150EM/W150ERM or Sager

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by sketchell, Jun 21, 2012.

  1. sketchell

    sketchell Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys, has anyone who owns one of these models done any audio work with it (production/DJing etc)?

    I'm worried about stuttering and latency which can be seen when running with DPC Latency Checker.

    I've heard Sager/Clevo lock down their BIOS pretty tight so it's hard to do any adjustment/tweaking to eliminate audio issues.

    Any experiences on the audio side of things with these models would be much appreciated!

    Thanks! :D
     
    sketchell, Jun 21, 2012
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    littlecx Notebook Deity

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    np9170. hope can help you
     

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    sketchell Notebook Enthusiast

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    You are a life saver! Rep points added - thank you so much! This was the only thing stopping me from buying one of these notebooks.

    Has anyone with a 15 inch model had similar results?

    Thanks again for taking the time to test!
     
    sketchell, Jun 21, 2012
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    sketchell Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just for future reference for anyone considering a purchase, the W150 has low latency and works flawlessly with real-time audio editing and mixing.
     
    sketchell, Jul 10, 2012
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    P150EM:

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    You are SERIOUSLY considering using the built-in audio interface for DJ-ing and mixing????
    Get real and buy an external USB soundcard, or a DAC that supports optical-in.
    You seem to be more worried about latency than actual audio quality....
     
    b0b1man, Jul 10, 2012
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    I use an external mixer from Native Instruments. All I needed was to know whether latency was an issue. Audio processing is handled by the external device which obviously has to communicate with my software via the USB port. Coincidentally I have problems when running the Kontrol S4 box through any of the USB 3 ports. It works find using the USB 2 port.
     
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  8. John@OBSIDIAN-PC

    John@OBSIDIAN-PC Company Representative

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    Been using CLEVO for professional music production for years now.
    I even use it to play live, with Kore 2 or Sonar X1 / X2.
    I wrote some articles with tips about this matter in a personal blog, but it is all in Portuguese and not English.

    From my experience i can say you can really tune this machine for really low latency, just like you can see from the DPC latency results.

    But there´s a down side to this laptops, the firewire. If you go really into professional audio you will want firewire for interfaces like the RME, MOTU, and so on... and well... the Jmicron Firewire in most machines is crap. It´s a real shame you can´t have ports like miniExpress Card to add a good firewire port with Texas Instruments chip.

    A miniXpress Card port is available in X7200 (my favorite), P180HM and the new P570, if i´m not mistaken.

    So for Audio, it´s good but you will have to keep living in the USB Audio Interface World. A good thing is that most manufactures are now offering hybrid solutions with USB2, like the Motu 828 MK3 Hybrid. Not a better solution then Firewire for multi-track recording, but still decent.
     
    John@OBSIDIAN-PC, Jan 2, 2013
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    zedabisca Newbie

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    boas!

    Hi, I would like to ask you somethin...but I am new to the forum so I can't find a way to send you PVT message.

    My email is futureadobe at gmail dot com
    can you please send me an email telling me you are johnkeel from notebookreview?

    Sou tuga :) gostava de falar contigo pois estou numas de comprar um portátil para som / djing...e vejo que estás dentro do assunto. Se me pudesses ajudar seria optimo

    Obrigado ;)
     
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Yes the p570wm has fire wire and a pci express card port.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 1, 2014
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