Most stereos have a "tape out" or "line out" that is intended to feed
the signal being input to a tape recorder. Why not run the mic
directly to the hi-fi and the tape-out in the stereo to the line in on
your soundcard?
On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:56:46 +0100, "Epetruk" <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm trying to use a hi-fi microphone to do some digital recording.
>Basically, I want sound to go from the microphone to a hi-fi *and* into
the
>sound card of a computer. What I have done is to buy a splitter to split
the
>sound signal so that it can be directed to both the sound card and the
>hi-fi. I have also got an adaptor to plug one of the ends of the splitter
>into so that it will go into the 'microphone-in' socket of sound card.
>Here's a picture of the microphone, the splitter (circled in red) and the
>adaptor (in yellow):
>
>http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0031a5vw.jpg
>
>Unfortunately, when I plug the adaptor into the sound card socket,
there's
>no input, i.e. a recording program (like Sound Recorder) can't pick up
any
>signal.
>
>Also, I find that after plugging the mic into the splitter and plugging
one
>plug of the splitter into the hi-fi and *before* plugging the other plug
of
>the splitter into the adaptor, I can hear myself clearly from the
speakers
>of the hi-fi. but afte plugging the splitter, I can barely hear myself -
>it's almost as though the adaptor is some sort of 'sucker of sound'.
>
>I'd appreciate it if anyone can tell me where I'm going wrong here.
>
>Thanks,
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