Re: transfer noise and recording levels

[Dan Dugan <>]

>Does recording from the MD line out to the sound card's mic input by nature
>add noise, vs. to a sound card's line in?

connecting a line level signal to a mic input will always create 
problems, first noise because there's way too much amplification, and 
then distortion of higher-level recordings for the same reason.

>I don't have a line in on my
>laptop, on which I do my editing, but I do on my older PC.

There are line-to-mic attenuating cables made to solve this problem, 
Sony RK-115A for one. They pad the line level down to mic level. Not 
the optimum way to transfer, but adequate for learning the craft.

-Dan Dugan


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