You will need a pre-amp in order to plug in a turntable into the soundcard. That's basically what the usb turntables are, a turntable with a pre-amp built in, and a usb interface. Quite nice, though the only ones I've seen are closer to $100-$200. On 4/23/07, Josef Lowder wrote: > . > I've searched the 'net and read many articles on this subject, > but I'm still not clear on what might be the *best* way to do this. > > Some have said that one can plug a turntable or cassette player > directly into a mini "line-in" jack on a laptop computer and use > 'audacity' to record, clean-up noise, edit tracks, and burn CDs. > > Others have said that one must use (but be careful using) amplified > output from a stereo amplifier or headphones output or through a > mixer to a "line-in" jack on any computer sound card to do this. > > Also, saw link: http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Rip/rip-analog.html > > Today, my son pointed me to a nifty turntable that plugs directly into > a computer usb port to do this. Investigating further, I found a small > box called "ADS Instant Music RDX-150" for $39.95 that claims to allow > plugging in a turntable, a cassette player, and other devices and > then plugging that item into a USB port to convert analog music > to digital MP3, WAV, WMA, and/or AAC files. > > It's available from here: > http://www.meritline.com/ads-instant-music.html > > There seem to be several different brands and models of this item > (i.e. from Tiger Direct and others) that do essentially the same thing, > but I can't tell if there might be an important difference in the > quality or capability of some of these items. > > So, before I order one of these, I thought I should ask my trusty > PLUG friends for advice and wise counsel. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- "Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it." -Napoleon Bonaparte --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss