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September 20th, 2005, 02:59 PM
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| Good, inexpensive RCA to USB
Hey all, I am looking for an inexpensive RCA in to USB adapter for recording audio.
Something like THIS but a little more affordable.
Anyone have any recommendations? I looked at guitar center online but didn't see much.
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September 20th, 2005, 03:09 PM
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if your soundcard has a line in you could pick up an adapter at radio shack or $2 and not have to bother getting an entire external usb sound processor
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September 20th, 2005, 03:11 PM
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thats the thing, all i have is a mic port, no line-in | |
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September 20th, 2005, 03:50 PM
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I just looked at the manual for your SFF mobo. You don't have a line-in on your motherboard but you do have a CD-in. Using a spare CD audio connector and with a little bit of wire splicing you can plug one of your front ports into the CD-in and use the CD-in as the input of your recording application.
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You could buy an external USB sound adapter. The Philips Aurilium was being sold on clearance for $20 a while back. They're sold out now on the Philps web page, but you should be able to find some on Ebay. | |
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September 20th, 2005, 04:49 PM
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hey, now that is an idea 
I just checked ebay, I can get one of those sound cards on ebay for dirt cheap.
I suppose what I could do is use a rca to headphone jack cable, and run it into the line-in. My guess is the sound quality would be just as good as running the rca's right into a sound card?
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September 20th, 2005, 08:58 PM
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that basically is a soundcard that uses usb instead of pci...i got one of the phillips he mintioned for my laptop but i have not had a chance to try it out yet
another option would be to pick up an internal card with a line in and use that...they can be found for under $10 | |
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September 20th, 2005, 09:20 PM
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the usb option is nice since i could haul it around and use it with my laptop too. | |
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September 21st, 2005, 12:57 PM
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My friend uses the Aurilium with his laptop... it's a terrific way to upgrade the sound capabilities on laptops and other limited expansion, small form factor type PCs. The quality is much higher than laptop or mobo on-board sound as well. | |
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September 29th, 2005, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by DanU My friend uses the Aurilium with his laptop... it's a terrific way to upgrade the sound capabilities on laptops and other limited expansion, small form factor type PCs. The quality is much higher than laptop or mobo on-board sound as well. | You can also get this from Turtle Beach for $24:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829118107
Creative also has a similar unit for about $48...
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November 20th, 2005, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by radio1_mike | That is a nice looking product, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to have line-in. | |
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