Gord, I'll check with her and let you know. She just said it's a usb sound card. Steve, it's hard to tell, I think it's just a frying sound. I think maybe the sound card is just bad. What would you folks recamend for the laptop? She's using a Mackie mixer, with a sm-58 shure mic. She's just doing simple work, recording vocals along with an audio file. Mark At 04:28 PM 10/18/2009 -0400, you wrote: >The mic in may be only mono. Also, you really don't want to use the >laptop's onboard sound for recording audio. What usb interface does she >have? >Gord >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark Dew" <jmkeybd1@xxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 12:55 PM >Subject: [ddots-l] Recording with laptop > > >> Hello folks. >> Here's the problem. >> I have a friend who has just a laptop and a mackie 8 channel mixer. >> She has only a mic input on the laptop. >> The audio siggnel is too hot. >> She did perchased a u s b sound card that has a line in jack. >> When she records using the line in there is a static sound she can't get >> rid of. >> I believe the sound card is bad. >> The mic input on the laptop itself is ok, except too hot. >> My question is, is there such a thing as an audio cable that would >> restrict >> the audio level? >> I had her to turn down the mic input on the laptop but with no results. >> Any ideas would be welcome. >> >> Cheers! >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> >> >> PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! >> To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: >> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >> If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> and in the Subject line type >> unsubscribe >> For other list commands such as vacation mode, >> click on the immediately following link: >> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or >> send a message, to >> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> and in the Subject line type >> faq >> >> > >PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! >To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >and in the Subject line type >unsubscribe >For other list commands such as vacation mode, >click on the immediately following link: >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or >send a message, to >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >and in the Subject line type >faq > > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq