Re: using mac for softsynths only - audio interface needed?

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

You can use it but it will give a touch of "crappy laptop sound" to
the synths. Some people like that though.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
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On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 10:24 PM, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> 
wrote:
> From what I've heard of mac audio you'd likely want to improve on it.
> (try it first though, my experience is out of date).
>
> Good way to do that is to run the optical digi out to a standalone D/A
> converter (assuming they still have those).
> andy
>
>
> Simeon Harris wrote:
>>
>> anybody doing this? using a mac for audio out only? is an audio
>> interface really needed if you're just using it for softsynths, or can
>> you get away with using the internal audio drivers and the headphone
>> output? seems to me like it should be fine, but just wondering if
>> anybody had any thoughts on this...
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> sim
>>
>>
>