I wanna record my sets into my pc. now my question is, do i need an audio interface to do that ? if not, can someone tell me how. thanks

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hopefully you have a record output on your mixer so get hold of a rca>3.5mm cable or an rca cable with a rca>3.5mm convertor and whack that into your PC. Then find some kind of software to record (theres plenty around).

If your mixer doesnt have a seperare record output then only other method I can think of is recording off your amp via the rca outputs or if it doesnt have that either you can use the headphone jack...

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I have the Numark dxm06 and it has a record output, but i cant really figure out where i can plug that rca cable to my Laptop

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Originally posted by x_moe I have the Numark dxm06 and it has a record output, but i cant really figure out where i can plug that rca cable to my Laptop

your laptop probably has a 1/8" (3.5mm for the metric folks) headphone jack for a line in. pick up a Y-cable like the one fusic posted, but w/an 1/8" male plug at the end instead of the rca male plug that's in the pic.

so you plug your current cable into the female jacks on this y cable, then plug the 1/8" into the line-in jack on your laptop. viola.

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Originally posted by sr126 your laptop probably has a 1/8" (3.5mm for the metric folks) headphone jack for a line in. pick up a Y-cable like the one fusic posted, but w/an 1/8" male plug at the end instead of the rca male plug that's in the pic. so you plug your current cable into the female jacks on this y cable, then plug the 1/8" into the line-in jack on your laptop. viola.

sweet, im gona try that, thanks a lot man, i really thought i might need a new soundcard with outputs and inputs to do this, its all good now.

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let us know how it goes.

also, you may want to think about upgrading your soundcard down the line in future. lemme tell you, it'a night and day difference between the emu1212m i'm using, and the soundcard that is built into the mother board of my PC. the emu kills this card in sound quality, and has NONE of the hiss that the old one adds to my recordings. pure sexiness, best 150-160 i ever spent.

emu 1616 for $160 ? how did u get it for that price, i was looking forward in buying that in the future, it works well with laptops. last time i used an m-audio usb sound card with my laptop didnt really impress me .. but im thinkin of the emu 1616 now, where did u get it for that price tho, u got it used ?

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but hey i have this rca cable




so i plug the red and white to the record output in the mixer, and plug the black one in my laptop to where usually headphones are plugged ? it does fit in there properly

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Iv just baught a presonus firebox.

Its overkill for recording just mixing but obviously i have other uses.

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Originally posted by x_moe but hey i have this rca cable so i plug the red and white to the record output in the mixer, and plug the black one in my laptop to where usually headphones are plugged ? it does fit in there properly

Nah there should be a microphone or line in port on your laptop also dude, it goes in there. It'll be blue or pink possibly.

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Originally posted by chubbs Nah there should be a microphone or line in port on your laptop also dude, it goes in there. It'll be blue or pink possibly.

ya there is a microphone port right beside the headphone port and its red, and these are the only two places where i can plug that rca

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