Aha!

[pyat]

I've just realized I can record all my LPs and tapes to MP3 format if I get an adaptor and plug it into the microphone jack. I can even do it on the Portable Mousehold, so I don't have to move the record player upstairs.

*is genius!*

Soon, I'll be able to listen to Golden Avatar while driving! Hmm. All those years wasted, drooling over USB turntables...

EDIT: Wait - would it need to be plugged into the line-in port on the sound card? Cause the Aspire One doesn't have a line-in, just the mic jack. The Fortress Computer in the basement may need to serve instead - it'll just need a longer cable.

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[zorinlynx.livejournal.com]

>Cause the Aspire One doesn't have a line-in, just the mic jack.

I find this amusing because my Macbook Pro has the opposite problem; only a line-in and no mic jack. So the only microphones you can use with it are USB mics (and headsets).

Though I prefer it that way; a USB headset is an alternate audio device so Skype can talk to it directly instead of overriding system audio. Whee!

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Is it possible that the mic jack is also the line in, since it's a netbook?

[zorinlynx.livejournal.com]

It might be dual purpose, sensing the application by checking the impedance of the connected device.

Try sending it a line level signal and see what happens? The audio line out on a TV or DVD player will do in a pinch...

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I'm going to try it tonight, yup! Thanks, Zorin.