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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DA link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>My recorder doesn’t have an option to change between line-in and mic-in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>My computer has 2 jacks, one to headphones, and one to microphone, but I can’t find an option to change between line-in and mic-in on that ighter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I think it uses Conexant drivers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I use Audacity on my computer to record the sound, so maybe there’s an option there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Fra:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com] <b>På vegne af </b>Piotr Machacz<br><b>Sendt:</b> 8. september 2018 22:20<br><b>Til:</b> DECtalk<br><b>Emne:</b> Re: [DECtalk] Best way to record sound from a DECtalk Express<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>A very brief explanation is that A line-in input is a more powerful, louder signal, while a microphone is a lot lower and needs to be amplified by the device. So when you use a patch cable (which just has a typical 3.5MM headphone jack type connector on both ends) and hook it up to a sound card or recorder which normally expects microphones to be plugged in, that line signal gets further amplified which is why it distorts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>You may just be able to turn this off. If your recorder has an option in its menus to change the input from microphone to line-in, use it. It might also just be a matter of turning down the recording level far enough, which is how it works on my Zoom H1.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Same goes for computers. Older ones had a separate jack for line-in and microphone. Now the jacks are usually software controlled and can just be changed to what you need. In the case of Realtek for example when you plug something into the mic/line input it opens a dialog asking what you want to use.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From: </span></b><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:aksel@blindsigtmail.dk">Aksel Leo Christoffersen</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, September 8, 2018 9:31 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">'DECtalk'</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [DECtalk] Best way to record sound from a DECtalk Express<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>What is the difference between line-in, and mic-in?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Also, I live in Denmark, so I'm not sure I can buy from those sites. It<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>doesn't mater for me wether it is sterio or mono. I can always convert it to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>mono, if it's sterio.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Fra: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com] På vegne af Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Kopec<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Sendt: 7. september 2018 22:06<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Til: dectalk@bluegrasspals.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Emne: Re: [DECtalk] Best way to record sound from a DECtalk Express<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Make sure you are using a LINE-IN and not a MIC-IN on the recording <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>device. The DECTalk output level is far to high for a MIC-IN input and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the result will be noisy and distorted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>If all you have is a MIC-IN, radio shack makes an "attenuating dubbing <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>cord" which will work (but is only mono, doesn't really matter because <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the DECTalk output is really mono - it is wired so that it will work OK <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>with a mono or stereo plug) .. I think it is part number 42-2152 .. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>amazon has sellers that carry it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> Message: 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 18:16:20 +0200<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> From: "Aksel Leo Christoffersen" <aksel@blindsigtmail.dk><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> To: <dectalk@bluegrasspals.com><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> Subject: [DECtalk] Best way to record sound from a DECtalk Express<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> Message-ID: <000d01d446c6$1d87e060$5897a120$@blindsigtmail.dk><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> I am interested in recording sound from my DECtalk Express, so I can save<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> various things as wave files, but what is the best way to record from it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> I've found a recording in the DECtalk Archive of a DECtalk Express turning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> on, and there's no background noice or anything. So I first tried to use a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> Olympus recorder with a audio-cable to record the sound, but there was<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>some<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> background noice. I then tried to use the microphone line-in on my<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>computer,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> but that created even more background noice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>> Here are links to the recordings, so you can hear what I mean.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dectalk mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dectalk mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>