Re: [Sheflug] Can anyone recommend a USB sound device?

[Adam Funk <a.funk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[30/08/09 17:43] Ezra Morris wrote:

> Depending on your laptop, you may just be able to use the mic input as
> line in. Using my Dell Inspiron under windoze, an application pops up
> asking whether it's a mic or line in, but in Ubuntu it just seems to
> work.

It's possible to build a voltage-divider to adapt line level to mic
level, but the mic jack is mono and I want to record in stereo.

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.design/msg/9df98a10b49246f0

> Personally, I wouldn't recommend USB sound cards, purely because of
> the latency they create, although for your usage, this probably
> wouldn't matter too much.

That wouldn't affect recording (from that input only) at all, would it?

> It may be worth looking at PCMCIA cards too if you have such a slot. I
> can't recommend any unfortunately as I've never used any.

OK, I have a slot that I've never used.  I didn't know there were PCMCIA
sound cards.

_______________________________________________
Sheffield Linux User's Group
http://sheflug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sheflug_sheflug.org.uk
FAQ at: http://www.sheflug.org.uk/mailfaq.html

GNU - The Choice of a Complete Generation