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Posted: 4th Jun 2006 00:04
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I am recording some songs onto my pc and i found this neat little wire so i hooked my amp(headphone jack) into my pc(line in) and it is awesome but the problem is that my amp is best sounding at about 3 but if i take it louder than 2 it gets extremely distorted and i have line-in volume as low as it will go without being muted so is there something that can decrease its volume beyond that point

btw I'm using Acoustica mp3 audio mixer as a recorder/format convertor/mixer

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Posted: 4th Jun 2006 00:29 Edited at: 4th Jun 2006 00:31
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You have it all backwards...

You are over-driving the line-in jack, that is where the distortion is coming from.

First you should set your line-in input level to near maximum, and adjust the output on your "amp" up until the levels are normal.

Second, you should be very careful that you don't push too much power into your line-in jack, or you're going to fry something.

They make special attenuation cables that will reduce the power from your headphones jack to your line-in jack.

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Posted: 4th Jun 2006 00:35
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Quote: "adjust the output on your "amp" up until the levels are normal."

did you even read my post more than a glance
Quote: "hat my amp is best sounding at about 3"

and of course i want it best sounding lower than 3 and it sounds like headphones, at 3 theres some switch that gets kicked in because you can hear it instantly, it makes it like a bass boost or something

Quote: "you're going to fry something"

i actually spent 5 minutes deciding rather i wanted to plug it in or not because i was afraid of that(or somehow frying my amp which would be even worse)

so is 50watts too strong(thats my max)

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Posted: 4th Jun 2006 01:33 Edited at: 4th Jun 2006 01:34
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Quote: "did you even read my post more than a glance"

I was referring to normal levels at the computer, not at the amp.

Quote: "so is 50watts too strong(thats my max)"

Your amp may be rated at 50 watts, but the headphone jack is not going to push 50 watts. Headphone jacks are attenuated by design to accomodate low-power headphone speakers. However, the power levels at the headphone jack on an amp like that may still pose a risk to the soundcard at high volume levels. If you turn up the amp and hear distortion on the computer-end, that's the danger zone.

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Posted: 4th Jun 2006 01:55 Edited at: 4th Jun 2006 01:59
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hmmm stupid amp at low levels it is almost nothing but treble; i got it just on the edge to where theres bass boost but theres still something missing but anyway; the cool thing about line-in is that it gets played on your speakers so you hear what it will sound like recorded(except for maybe a bit lower volume)

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I love this little wire though its like the miniplug kind and i luckely have a stereo-to-miniplug adapter

yay! no more background noise

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Posted: 4th Jun 2006 19:26
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plugging a preamped line (like a headphone out) into a line-in is always a dicey proposition which can lead to something frying. If you keep the headphone out volume down around two, you could then fix up the signal (eq) at the pc. What are you actually plugging into the pc? Do you have any recording software? Cakewalk SONAR Home Studio 4 (reg or XL) are awesome and not that expensive, but thats for track recording audio and midi, you may just need a decent recording package with EQ'ing ability.

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Posted: 4th Jun 2006 21:14
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I don't really have any just-for-recording software; like i said i use acoustica and the only support for recording it has is it lets you record unlimited and choose format

is there anything that can EQ it or whatever(I'm assuming you mean equalizer with the bar thingy's) and then like filter it out so that that is the sound I hear on my speakers and what gets recorded in a different software recorder thing

and I'd really appreciate it if its free since i have no money

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Posted: 4th Jun 2006 23:23
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google audacity
not sure but it may have what you need

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Posted: 5th Jun 2006 00:46
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not really what I was looking for but looks very neat and such and much better than the sound editor I have now(except for maybe the export->wma option)

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