Guest Anonymous Posted January 9, 2003 Report Share Posted January 9, 2003 I need to record interviews for a research project and then get them into my PC where I can save them as wave files and do very detailed indexing. I tried hooking the earphone jack of a portable cassette recorder into the line-in jack of my sound card and then into the mic-in jack. Both attempts yielded virtually unhearable audio. I am wondering if minidisc recorders are more geared towards send the amplification required by line in or mic in jacks or if I need to do something else. I will be buying a mid-range Sharp unit. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Most MD portables can configure the out put jack for headphones or line out. It's a popular thing to do to hook up to a sound card and record the sound in. Rod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 Thanks I got it to work. There are so many ways to set all the input and output controls it took a while to figure out how to get it to work. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallgtr_ Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 What should one do if there is no adjustment for line out? I am considering buying a unit to use with PC editing. Do I need to be sure of a Line out feature? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 I've been trying to record from my MD (sony sports) through the headphone out to line in on my dell laptop. Unfortunately, when I do this, I get not only the source from the MD (sounding pretty good), but also whatever is going on in the room at the time. And when I totally mute the dell's internal mic in the sound control panels, I get nothing (no sound from the MD or the room). anyone faced this problem? Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 mmmm but are you recording the line input? U have to choose this in the control panel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Yup, I've selected the line input and I definitely am recording that, but I'm also getting stuff from the dell's mic. When I mute it, it mutes everything and I don't get anything from the line in. Damn Damn damn. Very frustrating. Help me please :-) Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 could try this (this is with XP): goto "control panel," fire up "speech" icon. then, at bottom, under "microphone," hit "audio input," then click on "use this audio input device" (which should be your sound card), and then hit "properties." then, with "advanced audio properties" showing, click on "use this audio input line" and select "line in." i had the same problem as you, and i don't remember how i stumbled on the fix, but try these settings, and it "might" turn off the onboard mic. good luck. wish it wasn't so hard and hidden, but it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 Hey, I appreciate the help tremendously... I'm gonna try it on Thursday, my day off (I work crappy hours). I'll let you know how it turns out. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 1, 2003 Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 You are awesome. That worked perfectly. Thank you so much! Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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