computer help: audio recording

buschmaster

I have an old 8-track player I'm recording stuff off of, it has 1 mono line out jack. I connected that to the line in of the sound card, the computer plays it through the speakers just fine.

but, I go to record it, and no matter what software I use, it gets recorded about half volume and sounds like trash. adjusting the line in volume changes the volume, but the recording always sounds like trash.

got any ideas?

peabo

I found that using a mixer board helped.
Get a cheap one fron Radio Shack or from a pawn shop.
I recorded all of the albums I had (about 90)and all of my cassette tapes to the computer and then put them on discs in mp3 format. I didn't even try my 8 track tapes though. I though 8 track tapes were all stereo. ????


Thanks---Peabo

slipgate

Get a mono to stereo adapter plug for the din/mini-din output of the 8 track, that may help. The input of your sound card is stereo.

1911a1-fan

what color is the input you have it in?

buschmaster

green. but now my sound card is whacked. it started making some loud cackling hissing noise, I restarted the computer and now I don't get any sound at all. I think the line level was too high, zapped my sound card and now it's down for the count. aaaand it's integrated onto the motherboard. so... never mind! it's * [:(]

slipgate

quote:Originally posted by buschmaster
green. but now my sound card is whacked. it started making some loud cackling hissing noise, I restarted the computer and now I don't get any sound at all. I think the line level was too high, zapped my sound card and now it's down for the count. aaaand it's integrated onto the motherboard. so... never mind! it's * [:(]


Send me your address, I am trashing an old computer and have a decent soundblaster sound card in it, it should work in yours.

1911a1-fan

ouch! green is output, pink is microphone input, {wild guess your speakers are in blue output?}

anytime you have sound from an amplified source, the source sound level should be at its absolute lowest setting, most are only able to handle non amplified signal at 2.5mv +/-, in this case you probably sent direct voltage to the output

buschmaster

er.. I mean blue. it was inputted into the blue jack, which says "in" and has those parentheses with an arrow pointing into them. the speakers are on the green one, parentheses with an arrow pointing out, and it says "out". it was hooked up right, still got fried.

I tried reinstalling the sound drivers, no change; I disabled the sound card and restarted, but still get a slight whiny noise/hum thru the speakers. there should be nothing, the sound card's disabled.

it's onboard sound, so I think it's time for a new motherboard.

buschmaster

the cord was green, anyways.

1911a1-fan

ah! i c

blue is stereo input, pink is mono, since you stuck a mono plug into it this may be why it is no longer working the moment you turned up the gain from your 8-track ZAP, in addition to your low sound on recording the mono processes 8 bits, stereo processes 32 bits

i asked about your speakers being on the blue because some cards will get a slight signal feed back through it, and your speakers will pick up a light signal



at this point you have nothing to loose, you can try to remove the card, reinstall it in another pci slot{assuming it's not on board sound}, anyway those cards are tuffer than you think, if anything i have a few to choose from all it will cost you is gas, i'm not far past psb


some newer ones you can actually use any input/output, and the software lets you choose what each port will do, similar to the old way of choosing ltp ports

buschmaster

ah dunno. I don't get the noise in BIOS or safe mode, maybe the drivers didn't really un/reinstall correctly. next step is to try reinstalling windows.

it's onboard sound. if that don't work, next step is to replace the motherboard. I don't want to mess with a PCI sound card cuz I got a micro-atx motherboard.