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Recording a Mix from Vinyl on to a Laptop.

  • 06-05-2009 3:32pm
    #1
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,781 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    My flatmate has Technics 1210's with a numark mixer - I was trying to help him record a mix last night - but it did not go very well.

    I ran a lead from the back of the mixer (RCA's) into my Microphone socket on my laptop. I used Audacity to record, but it sounds like shyte!

    Not sure what I am doing wrong - I played with the levels on the Mic from within Audacity and also the master output on the mixer - but the best I can get it is that it sounds fine, but the level is really low. If I turn it up its just totally distorted.

    Has anyone done this before and had these problems? What am I doing wrong?

    I might try again tonight and instead of using a laptop I'll hook up to my PC which has a decent soundcard. I'll try that, but any other tips for me?


Comments

  • #2
    Jev/N
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭Jev/N


    If the mic in doesn't double as a line in, there's nothing you can do. You'll have to use the PC instead


  • #3
    joker77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭joker77


    Yea you just need to make sure you're using the Line In rather than the Mic in. You mightn't have a line-in on the laptop, or you might have to specifically tell it to be a line in.

    If you have a decent soundcard in the PC, you'll defo have a line in. On mine, when I plug in the output into my line-in, a nice little window pops up telling me I've plugged something into the line in, and asks what quality I'm to use - there's 3 options so I set the highest one. This is what I'm doing for ustream and the sound quality is bang on - have a listen here


  • #4
    derra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭derra


    joker77 wrote: »
    Yea you just need to make sure you're using the Line In rather than the Mic in. You mightn't have a line-in on the laptop, or you might have to specifically tell it to be a line in.

    In the recording properties for the laptop soundcard, choose both microphone and line in for recording :)
    And bring the slider down to the bottom on both boxes after they appear and have the microphone box ticked.
    Works fine in a old laptop i have here and using Nero Wave Editor 8 to record and control the output levels so it won't distort, and choose microphone as the line in on the software.
    Hope that helps.


  • #5
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    The inbuild audio hardware on laptops is generally crap, best buying an external audio interface.


  • #6
    acman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 382 ✭✭acman


    Unfortunately the answer is down to your hardware, as Sean_K said, most laptops have crap hardware and the sound card is the first to suffer. If you have a MAC on the other hand...

    Personally, I use an iKey...it will run you about 100 euro but its WELL worth it, check it: http://www.ikey-audio.com/ikey.htm


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