Line in?

FrozenAngel · #1 02-17-2008, 03:53 PM

I can't seem to find the line in input on my laptop.
All I have are the headphone inputs and a computer mic input, though I saw that my friend's had 3 inputs, but I can't find a line in to my soundcard. I wanted to record some stuff so can someone help me figure out how to make this work?

meev992 · #2 02-17-2008, 04:41 PM

I tried through the mic input before, but I kept having drop-outs and latency issues. I've had better luck using USB interfaces.

FrozenAngel · #3 02-17-2008, 04:46 PM

Well it seems to work OK, but it gives me some hiss under the recording that I can't get rid of.

meev992 · #4 02-17-2008, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by FrozenAngel

Well it seems to work OK, but it gives me some hiss under the recording that I can't get rid of.

I've had an M-audio jamlab. I bought it for guitar originally, but it still works great for bass. I bought it brand new when it first came out and now you can get it for pennies.

lemur821 · #5 02-17-2008, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by FrozenAngel

Well it seems to work OK, but it gives me some hiss under the recording that I can't get rid of.

Try turning the mic input's level down as far as you can in your computer's mixer, then bringing up your amp to the proper level. I used to get pretty good results like that. Even so, a better audio interface will add much less background noise.