Re: your help wanted re external sound card
thanks to everybody who helped with this problem. Best wishes Julie. - Original Message - From: Barry Chapman barr...@bigpond.net.au To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:50 PM Subject: Re: your help wanted re external sound card One thing you need to consider regarding the iMic is that there doesn't appear to be a way of monitoring the input sound when recording without installing additional software. Regards, Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: dean martineau dea...@earthlink.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 3:55 AM Subject: RE: your help wanted re external sound card I imagine most USB soundcards will achieve this. A lot of people really like the iMic, an unimpressive-looking little round plastic device that has mike and headset jacks and a switch you use to change the mic jack into a line-in jack. Dean -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of julie rodaway Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:09 AM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: your help wanted re external sound card Hi everyone I am wanting to record via my laptop but it does not have a dedicated line in socket, just a mike socket and headphone. I assume that I would need an external soundcard with the appropriate line in sockets, and to this end, I am hoping that somebody would kindly recommend one and advise from where this could be bought? Many thanks for any help. Best wishes Julie. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4522 (20091019) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.422 / Virus Database: 270.14.20/2444 - Release Date: 10/18/09 09:04:00 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: your help wanted re external sound card
One thing you need to consider regarding the iMic is that there doesn't appear to be a way of monitoring the input sound when recording without installing additional software. Regards, Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: dean martineau dea...@earthlink.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 3:55 AM Subject: RE: your help wanted re external sound card I imagine most USB soundcards will achieve this. A lot of people really like the iMic, an unimpressive-looking little round plastic device that has mike and headset jacks and a switch you use to change the mic jack into a line-in jack. Dean -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of julie rodaway Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:09 AM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: your help wanted re external sound card Hi everyone I am wanting to record via my laptop but it does not have a dedicated line in socket, just a mike socket and headphone. I assume that I would need an external soundcard with the appropriate line in sockets, and to this end, I am hoping that somebody would kindly recommend one and advise from where this could be bought? Many thanks for any help. Best wishes Julie. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4522 (20091019) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.422 / Virus Database: 270.14.20/2444 - Release Date: 10/18/09 09:04:00 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: your help wanted re external sound card
I imagine most USB soundcards will achieve this. A lot of people really like the iMic, an unimpressive-looking little round plastic device that has mike and headset jacks and a switch you use to change the mic jack into a line-in jack. Dean -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of julie rodaway Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:09 AM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: your help wanted re external sound card Hi everyone I am wanting to record via my laptop but it does not have a dedicated line in socket, just a mike socket and headphone. I assume that I would need an external soundcard with the appropriate line in sockets, and to this end, I am hoping that somebody would kindly recommend one and advise from where this could be bought? Many thanks for any help. Best wishes Julie. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4522 (20091019) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: your help wanted re external sound card
Julie, There are cables that have resistors built into them that can be used to feed a line level signal into a microphone socket. It's been my experience that sometimes they work well and other times they do not. You might try to find one at an electronics store before purchasing a new sound card. In the U.S. they cost a couple of dollars. Tom ** Message From: julie rodaway ** Hi everyone I am wanting to record via my laptop but it does not have a dedicated line in socket, just a mike socket and headphone. I assume that I would need an external soundcard with the appropriate line in sockets, and to this end, I am hoping that somebody would kindly recommend one and advise from where this could be bought? To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: your help wanted re external sound card
It is common for modern laptops and perhaps PCs to use the same socket for line level and mic level inputs, depending on how the settings are in the volume control application, or sound card software. Having said that, please don't ask me for instructions on where to find these settings, as I am running Windows 7 and haven't had to do this for quite some time. Also, The cables that reduce line level to mic level are sometimes called Attenuation cables. Tim -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:03 AM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: your help wanted re external sound card Julie, There are cables that have resistors built into them that can be used to feed a line level signal into a microphone socket. It's been my experience that sometimes they work well and other times they do not. You might try to find one at an electronics store before purchasing a new sound card. In the U.S. they cost a couple of dollars. Tom ** Message From: julie rodaway ** Hi everyone I am wanting to record via my laptop but it does not have a dedicated line in socket, just a mike socket and headphone. I assume that I would need an external soundcard with the appropriate line in sockets, and to this end, I am hoping that somebody would kindly recommend one and advise from where this could be bought? To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: your help wanted re external sound card
there in the sound card settingsthrew line in and or microphone select your system tray arrow to volume and arrow threw the options look for input or something like that - Original Message - From: Tim Noonan t...@timnoonan.com.au To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:26 AM Subject: RE: your help wanted re external sound card It is common for modern laptops and perhaps PCs to use the same socket for line level and mic level inputs, depending on how the settings are in the volume control application, or sound card software. Having said that, please don't ask me for instructions on where to find these settings, as I am running Windows 7 and haven't had to do this for quite some time. Also, The cables that reduce line level to mic level are sometimes called Attenuation cables. Tim -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:03 AM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: your help wanted re external sound card Julie, There are cables that have resistors built into them that can be used to feed a line level signal into a microphone socket. It's been my experience that sometimes they work well and other times they do not. You might try to find one at an electronics store before purchasing a new sound card. In the U.S. they cost a couple of dollars. Tom ** Message From: julie rodaway ** Hi everyone I am wanting to record via my laptop but it does not have a dedicated line in socket, just a mike socket and headphone. I assume that I would need an external soundcard with the appropriate line in sockets, and to this end, I am hoping that somebody would kindly recommend one and advise from where this could be bought? To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
