Think this is the right forum for this post. I record through the microphone on the front of my laptop - really high tech, I know. (Especially when you have to find a good spot to sit the lap top in front of the amp!) I have decided to go all out and use an actual microphone. Problem is the end of the mic cord is 1/4" and the plug for my pc is 1/8". I have two adapters to take care of this problem - a stereo and a mono, which one do I use? Or, how can I tell which one I should use? Someone told me to use the stereo because if I plug stereo into mono nothing bad will happen but if I plug mono into stereo you can blow speakers or cause other problems.
Thanks,
purple
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The microphone input on PCs is mono.
If you plug stereo into mono, you only get the left channel.
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On my soundcards the mic input is 1/8" stereo jack, even if the mic input channel is mono.
And if you check the mic connector on many headsets its a 1/8" stereo plug.
Use the adaptor that will give you sound, neither of them will destroy the soundcard mic input.
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I was afraid of just trying the adapters because I didn't want to ruin anything in my pc. So you guys are sure I am not going to blow anything up? Seems mono is the right answer. I'll probably try both to see what happens. Thanks again!
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Hi Purple
A mic is just a "passive" low level signal "generator" and cannot destroy the input of soundcard. Likewise using the wrong adapter will in worst case shortcircuit the signal input of the soundcard to ground and that will not destroy the soundcard.
BUT ! I would recommed you to turn down the output level ( to a very low level) on the PC speaker or headphones when you connect and/disconnect the mic/adapters as otherwise you can get high level "pulses" that in worst case can destroy the speakers.
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Yamaha RGX 320FZ electric guitar/Egnater Tweaker 15 amp.
Yamaha RBX 270 bass/Laney DB 150 amp.
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Gotcha, watch out for that squeak when plugging and unplugging. Thanks again!
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