I'm travelling some days, so sorry I have to wait a week to practically follow up the replies.
I have speakers connected to the back panel audio ports and possibly also a mic. In the meantime thanks for the received suggestion and detailed information. What is really the "A/D converter" using analog ports in comparision with an usb A/D adapter? Terje tor. 23. sep. 2021, 09:34 skrev mat via Cin <cin@lists.cinelerra-gg.org>: > Your MSI Z170-A PRO motherboard has according to specs a Realtec AL892 > audio chip. The input converters should have 90 dB S/N (signal-to- > noise) ratio (A-weighted), but of course the motherboard might make it > a little worse. > However, from you record player of tape you will be very lucky to get > better than 65 dB S/N. So if an A-D converter has a S/N of 70 dB or > better, it is more than good enough for this. > > Regarding your PC input channels, on current desktop motherboards I > usually see three 3.5 mm mini-jacks. Their recording quality for line- > in is close to 90 dB S/N or even above 100 on the better ones. > > In pavucontrol (audio mixer), first check the configuration tab, to see > if the Built-in Audio is set up correctly. "Analog stereo duplex" is > probably right. > Then, on the "Input devices" tab, at the bottom set it to show > "Hardware Input Devices", then check that the Port is set to the > correct port. For me, "Line In" shows correctly if something is plugged > in or not. Make also sure the gain is set to 100%. > That said, I sometimes have problems recording LineIn with Audacity, > even though all seems OK. have not yet determined what the cause is. > > External USB sound cards can be quite good, if you stay away from the > very cheap ones that are mic/phone only. I have a Behringer UCA-202 > which is good enough for this, but there are much better ones (at a > price), look at music-oriented webshops. I presume to have an RIAA pre- > amp for you record player, these are usually set up for less output > that typical PC or usb-audio input, which expect 1 Volt. Drivers are > not needed, and disregard any reviews that don't show measurements. > > MatN > > -- > Cin mailing list > Cin@lists.cinelerra-gg.org > https://lists.cinelerra-gg.org/mailman/listinfo/cin >
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