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Date:	Mon, 31 May 2004 22:29:24 PDT7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Audio recording / editing programs?

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Colin Campbell wrote:
>
> What kind of connection do you use for this activity?
> Our turntable is in the next room, and of course is connected to the
> stereo system. There is a headphone jack on the front of the receiver,
> and I don't know if there is an "Audio Out" in the rear, or other
> potential connection.

If there is an "Audio Out" jack in the back, connect it to the Line In
(_not_ Mic In) connection on your audio card. You might need an adapter
cable since the hi-fi Audio Out might be "RCA" (center pin with
surrounding skirt) connectors while the audio card Line In might be a
miniature tip-ring-sleeve (single pin) connector.

Technically, your Audio Out supplies about 1/10 volt of audio and your
audio card Line In expects about 1/10 volt of audio, so everything will
match up.

Warning: Keep the connection wires _short_ (3 feet is nice, 6 feet
maximum). Two reasons for this: longer wires have louder hums and
buzzes, and longer wires have more (apologies for the technical jargon)
capacitance which, when connected to your high impedance Line In, causes
the high frequencies to degrade. If you use long wires you'll still get
decent recordings, they just won't be the absolute best.

> I saw an RCA device at Radio Shack which allows one to record analog
> input to a CD. I thought I could probably record two vinyl albums to
> each CD, then use the CD's to make other "edited" CD's of my absolute
> favorite music, but doing that in one step would be convenient, too.

Wasn't it expensive? The standalone CD recorders I've seen were a
couple hundred bucks.

> So, in addition to the software, what are the hardware requirements?

A hookup cable. :)

- Peter

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