Moreover, sound cards of a similar price, and similar quality may have almost orthogonal sets of features, with some of them being extremely important for your particular way of DJing, while others may never be needed. However, a well-chosen sound card can give you much more than just a quality boost. Obviously, the first reason for getting a sound card is a quest for better quality of the sound. “DAC”, depending on the context, may refer to either a sound card as a whole, or to Digital to Analog Converter chipset inside of a sound card. Please note that in this article “sound card”, “sound interface” and “DJ interface” will all refer to the same thing, namely, an audio unit that converts a digital stream sent over USB connection of your computer into the analog, line level signal, which, in turn, is sent to the house sound system. In this article, which emerged out of the Sound Engineering for Tango DJs seminars, and discussions in several Tango DJ groups, I will try to present a feature-centered, rather than opinion-based view on various classes of sound cards, suitable for Tango DJs, without delving too much either into the misty worlds of audiophile legends or stepping onto perilous grounds of digital sound quality issues. In my not so long career as a tango DJ I have owned 12 (twelve) various sound interfaces, and tried out many more. The truth, however, is that nowadays there are plenty of good sound cards out there, with very reasonable prices and widely varied feature sets, and so you can make much better choice by looking at the specific features of the card that you need, rather than listening to someone’s opinions on what is “the ultimate best”. The answers are often reduced to “I use card X, it’s the best!”, with an inherent possibility of a local religious war. The question “which sound card should I get” arises periodically in various DJ forums.
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