Sound input device?
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From: Harald Meyer on 20 Apr 2010 14:04 unruh wrote: > On 2010-04-20, Harald Meyer <meyersharald(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> "amp" = Musicans slang for instrument amplifiers. > > No. If he is a musician, then this may be what is referred to, but "amp" > means "amplifier" or any type. And most amps have a volume dial whic > reduces the output level. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marshall_amp.jpg >> POD x3 = Small battery powered DSP device that models various amps. > > I certainly have no idea what this is, even now. http://line6.com/podx3/ >> Using the microphone input of a notebook is not an option for him, but he > > Still trying to figure out why that is "not an option". Their noise level is too high, especially after some 30 dB dynamic compression by amp modeling software.
From: J G Miller on 20 Apr 2010 14:34 On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:46:10 -0500, Harold Stevens explained: > "Rui" seems to have a history of deliberately ignoring suggestions for > more info, and very rarely following up with anything actually useful. It would be nice to know what he did actually buy in the end, and whether or not it worked successfully on his GNU/Linux system.
From: Bruce Sinclair on 19 Apr 2010 00:22 In article <slrnhsna27.odi.unruh(a)wormhole.physics.ubc.ca>, unruh <unruh(a)wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> wrote: >On 2010-04-18, Bruce Sinclair > <bruce.sinclair(a)NOSPAMORELSEagresearch.NOTco.NOTnz> wrote: >> In article <hlmj97x7or.ln2(a)news.roaima.co.uk>, chris(a)roaima.co.uk wrote: >>>Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>> Seriously? Every computer I've seen made in the last 15 years has a >>>> "sound input device". >>> >>>We must be in different environments. My laptop as mic-in and line-out, >>>but no line-in. Even the docking station omits this feature. >>> >>> >>>> There are tons of USB sound cards with line/mic inputs. >>> >>>I didn't find that at all true, when I was looking recently. Most that I >>>saw didn't claim line-in, just mic-in. In the end I went for this G-Star >>>USB device, http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=97120 aka >>>http://www.gstar.com.tw/pro-01.htm#ub003 ,which now states explicitly >>>that it doesn't support Linux. Fortunately Linux supports its line-in >>>capability, so I'm happy. >> >> Hi >> >> What links do you need to establish to get the USB input from the socket to >> s/w or HD ? >> >> I've played with a yamaha device to take phono to USB ... but sadly, that's >> as far as I got. :) I assumed that I was missing a symbolic link or links >> .. but had no idea what to do. >> >> Any help would be very welcome. >> Thanks. > >You really should start your own thread. Even though this is >tangentially related to the current thread, it is sufficiently far away >and is a separate problem. > >Secondly, you give no information. "get usb input from the socket" What >socket? What input? >"a yamaha device"? What device? A motorcyle? A midi keyboard? a tuner? >"to take phone to usb" What does this mean? Is is some sort of turntable >which is supposed to play records? What is the usb output? >More information would allow someone to give you advice. Understood. However, what I was really asking for, was directions to a quick "how to" for sound beginners. I know ... I didn't say that. I figured that this thread was certainly related, so thought I'd ask here as I thought that people might be thinking of alternatives in this area. My choice - which you obviously disagree with. :) Much of the information you are asking for I can no longer give (as the borrowed yamaha box has been returned). My apologies if I wasn't clear ... please ignore and I'll try elsewhere. Apologies, and thanks :)
From: Robert Riches on 20 Apr 2010 00:19 On 2010-04-14, Robert Heller <heller(a)deepsoft.com> wrote: > At Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:30:38 +0000 (UTC) Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> >> On 2010-04-14, Rui Maciel <rui.maciel(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > Grant Edwards wrote: >> > >> >> Seriously? Every computer I've seen made in the last 15 years has a >> >> "sound input device". >> > >> > Are you sure about that? Netbooks have been around for a while and >> > you will notice that they only manage to come with a microphone input >> > and headphones output. >> >> How is a "microphone input" not a sound input device? > > It is not a *line-level* input. Connecting a line-level signal to a mic > input is not a good thing, wrong signal levels and impedence. So, you go to your local Radio Shack or similar retailer, buy an attenuating adapter, and it just works. If nobody sells an attenuating adapter any more, you buy a couple of connectors and a few resistors and build one. -- Robert Riches spamtrap42(a)verizon.net (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
From: Grant Edwards on 20 Apr 2010 14:43
On 2010-04-20, Harald Meyer <meyersharald(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > unruh wrote: > >>> Using the microphone input of a notebook is not an option for him, >>> but he >> >> Still trying to figure out why that is "not an option". > > Their noise level is too high, Ah, another top-secret requirement that we don't find out about until 40 posts into the discussion. > especially after some 30 dB dynamic compression by amp modeling > software. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! UH-OH!! We're out at of AUTOMOBILE PARTS and gmail.com RUBBER GOODS! |