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Microphone Direct-In
Microphones can be plugged into the sound card’s mic input. Some inexpensive
microphones are made especially for use with sound cards and come equipped with
1/8” jacks. However, better quality microphones take better quality cables, which
do not terminate in 1/8” jacks. The diagram below illustrates how to connect a
microphone that terminates in a 1/4” jack:
Home Stereo, CD Player, Radio Tuner, Preamp Output
The output of a stereo component can be connected to the sound card’s line in,
using a dual RCA to 1/8” stereo mini Y-adapter. Many portable cassette players
come with this kind of adapter, or even with a single cable with all the necessary
jacks. In the following diagram, a stereo component is connected to the Y-adapter
using standard RCA cables:
Internal CD Player
If you are using your computer’s internal CD player, and it does not have its audio
outs connected internally to the sound card, run a cable from the CD player’s
Headphone jack to the card’s Line In jack. If there is no Headphone jack, you’ll
need to use an external CD player.
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