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| Thread ID: 61141 | 2005-08-26 02:02:00 | Vinyl /Tape to HD for Burning | willbry (1555) | Press F1 |
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| 383729 | 2005-08-26 02:02:00 | A member a week or so ago asked about this. I understand you must have a "Y" lead from your amp line out to your sound card. My lap top doesn't have a line in socket but someone told me that if I get a lead which has the right size jack,I can still transfer the music by using the external microphone of the lap top.My handbook says a monaural microphone may be connected to the micropone port on my laptop. If so will it only record monaurally onto the hard drive? | willbry (1555) | ||
| 383730 | 2005-08-26 02:13:00 | ........sounds possible................but gads! The noise factor will go up by quantom measures. Recording open mike is just too noisey and full of the background sounds of life at whatever place you are performing the recording. Then there's the loss of fidelity...not a bad thing if it's a Michael Bolton or Elton John record you need to save as a bad example of "music" in this time-era. Any losses and incidental door-slams and dogs barking on the final cut are bound to be an improvement to either of their styles and compositions. :D |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 383731 | 2005-08-26 02:15:00 | Yup, I would say it'll record in Mono not in stereo. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 383732 | 2005-08-26 02:20:00 | You'd be better off buying an external 24bit sound card/system and run it through your USB port, they're not that expensive now. About $90 |
bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 383733 | 2005-08-26 02:44:00 | Thanks Surfer Joe46, Speedy Gonzales & bartsdadhomer for your replies. Seems that while the microphone option will work, there are too many negatives to getting a decent final product. One query if I go the way bartsdadhomer suggests: If I buy a 24 bit external sound card to plug into a USB port, would that essentially have as part of its makeup. a line in port or do different brands have different capabilities ? |
willbry (1555) | ||
| 383734 | 2005-08-26 03:41:00 | Certainly do www.creative.com www.computerlounge.co.nz There are other options such as www.creative.com But these start at around $250 - $600 |
bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 383735 | 2005-08-26 04:05:00 | ewrrrrrrrrrrrr........cant you lot read My handbook says a monaural microphone may be connected to the micropone port on my laptop to me this suggests a mic/in port..........no using an inbuilt mic it's GOT a mic/in port according to that ........so what's the prob...........just have to fiddle around wiht the input settings so you dont overkill the noise in value cause a mic input as opposed to a line/in port will have a preamp built in so you need to cut down the incoming to compensate for that............easy really........ | drcspy (146) | ||
| 383736 | 2005-08-26 04:06:00 | ewrrrrrrrrrrrr........cant you lot read My handbook says a monaural microphone may be connected to the micropone port on my laptop to me this suggests a mic/in port..........no using an inbuilt mic with all the extraneous external noises.....it's GOT a mic/in port according to that ........so what's the prob...........just have to fiddle around wiht the input settings so you dont overkill the noise in value cause a mic input as opposed to a line/in port will have a preamp built in so you need to cut down the incoming to compensate for that............easy really........ | drcspy (146) | ||
| 383737 | 2005-08-26 04:28:00 | ewrrrrrrrrrrrr........cant you lot read My handbook says a monaural microphone may be connected to the micropone port on my laptop to me this suggests a mic/in port..........no using an inbuilt mic with all the extraneous external noises.....it's GOT a mic/in port according to that ........so what's the prob...........just have to fiddle around wiht the input settings so you dont overkill the noise in value cause a mic input as opposed to a line/in port will have a preamp built in so you need to cut down the incoming to compensate for that............easy really........ and end up with the crappiest sounds ever |
bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 383738 | 2005-08-26 05:08:00 | ewrrrrrrrrrrrr . . . . . . . . cant you lot read My handbook says a monaural microphone may be connected to the micropone port on my laptop to me this suggests a mic/in port . . . . . . . . . . no using an inbuilt mic with all the extraneous external noises . . . . . it's GOT a mic/in port according to that . . . . . . . . so what's the prob . . . . . . . . . . . just have to fiddle around wiht the input settings so you dont overkill the noise in value cause a mic input as opposed to a line/in port will have a preamp built in so you need to cut down the incoming to compensate for that . . . . . . . . . . . . easy really . . . . . . . . I work with 1 inch and 4 inch audio 36 track tapes on Grundig and Korg decks and Oktava Condenser mikes all the time . . . I have a full Moog board and total . . let me repeat TOTAL mix control, sound quality and filtering capacities . . and even I cannot get a decent open-mike from electronic source recording . I record local garage bands and print cd's for them for demos . The only time I open mike anything is usually just the drums or an accoustic guitar and voice . Sometimes I add a center-hung mike to pick up some ambiance for the feel of a live recording, but that's the limit . My session studios are all anechoic and they still have background noise that gets in . I do not think a laptop will be able to do the sophisticated mixing/filtering or sampling I can . . . and I think open mikes used for this purpose are really lame, and will be a tremendous disappointment to anyone trying to get a decent copy of anything but an olde Edison Cylinder played thru a horn . It just ain't kosher . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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