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Posted by djlemeir on Jun-19-2005 22:48:

no line in

Wat do i do if i wanna record a mix on my comp but my soundcard only has a mic and out no line in (its a laptop)

Posted by CosmoKid on Jun-20-2005 00:53:

you buy a usb sound card.

m-audio usb

Posted by djlemeir on Jun-20-2005 04:27:

skip the buying part
theres no way to use my mic line in?

Posted by T-Soma on Jun-20-2005 06:19:

Yea you can use the mic in but nomatter what it wont sound very good. You just have to buy/borrow an external soundcard or something. You can probly buy a cheap usb line-in external adapter thingy for lyk $10-$20 US

Posted by CosmoKid on Jun-20-2005 14:04:

quote:
Originally posted by djlemeir
skip the buying part
theres no way to use my mic line in?

i'll skip the ever trying to help you and ever posting in one of your threads again part.

Posted by tvmann on Jun-20-2005 20:27:

You can use your mic-in but it's probably mono (not stereo) and you need to reduce the line level to mic level.

Mic level is about 40 db less than line level so you need to use an L-Pad attenuator to reduce the signal. There are plans for these on the WWW that use 2 resistors, or you could use a 50 K ohm log-taper pot (potentiometer / volume control, Radio Shack has them).

I built one of these to record a line-level signal onto a camcorder mic input and it worked great.

Posted by ste_johnstone on Jun-21-2005 12:32:

I've had 2 laptops in the last year or so, both have had built in mics and mic in - When I plugged the recording line into the port it was picking up background noise from the built in mic, but my most recent laptop must switch automatically to function like a line-in. Just give it a try...

Posted by djlemeir on Jun-21-2005 16:42:

thanks

and cosmo kid. suck my balls.