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how can i use this jack?

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wayne

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how can i use the input jack on my sound card?

i know i can put a mic on it, but what else?

if i put anything else on it, what can i put on it and how do i use the inputs?...like do i need softwares? and what are the procedures of doing do?

thanks
 
Depending on your sound card, there will be a 'line in' jack (typcally blue) and a 'mic in' jack (typically red).

For the line in jack you can connect any kind of audio input (cd player, tape recorder, fm radio, mp3 player, tv/vcr/dvd signal) as long as you have a cable that has a 3.5mm plug on the end for your soundcard and the right connector on the other end for your source.

You can use sound recorder (come with windows) to record from this port, or you can use a third party utility. The procedure for doing this is making sure it is selected as the recording device (to to sound and multimedia properties in the control panel and in the 'Sound Recording' box make sure that your sound card (and line-in if there is also a mic in option) is selected in the drop down box.) Also, click on the volume button and make sure the line-in is not muted.

Then go into your recording utility and click record. It should be that simple - most programs default to recording in .wav or .pcm, you may be able to record using a codec such as mp3, aac, etc.
 
Proneax:
Nice answer.... I was leaning towards the RTFM thing myself. :D
With one exception. I was thinking Audacity offers much more functionality then windows sound recorder has.
 
Most soundcards come with a recorder built into the overall "utility" they come with. My TBSC has it, and my crappy onboard sound did as well.
 
Originally posted by X86Dude
Proneax:
Nice answer.... I was leaning towards the RTFM thing myself. :D
With one exception. I was thinking Audacity offers much more functionality then windows sound recorder has.
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FYI, i dont have a manual for this sound card.... it is a sound blaster live! i pulled out of a system my friend gave me... because i am so terrible with sound and audio equipment, i did not know what type of manual i should look for and models and stuff


Then go into your recording utility and click record. It should be that simple - most programs default to recording in .wav or .pcm, you may be able to record using a codec such as mp3, aac, etc.
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whats a codec?.... u see, i m kinda dumb


btw, thanks for all your help so far
 
Codecs are like add on modules that allow you to encode audio files into different formats.
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is codecs like a hardware form or a software form?


Originally posted by jpmkm
Yeah I told him about that last week. I guess he couldn't figure out the website. :rolleyes: Generally anything that has a sound output you can hook up to the line in on a sound card.
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bleh, i hav really bad m-m-mem-memor---y-y.... wait what was i saying?:confused:
 
To keep the file size low, I guess. If you are talking about the windows sound recorder, i haven't seen that change since Win '95, and when the largest Hard-drives were 5Gb.
 
Originally posted by lorcani
To keep the file size low, I guess. If you are talking about the windows sound recorder, i haven't seen that change since Win '95, and when the largest Hard-drives were 5Gb.
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but how do i change it so the length is longer?
 
Originally posted by wayne
but how do i change it so the length is longer?
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Use a better program. Audacity is a nice program and it is free. There was a trick to increase record time in windows sound recorder that I learned back in high school, but I can't remember what it was. Back in those days, to get music off a cd, we would play the cd and record it using sound recorder and save it as a wave file. I knew about rippers, but even that was a bit advanced for the class(some bullshit computer technology class or something). It's not really worth messing with sound recorder, though. You can't really edit anything in it.
 
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