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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisBryant" data-source="post: 1901339" data-attributes="member: 410543"><p>Thanks again Nick. I think I know the port to which you are referring. I see it on the right-hand side of my laptop.</p><p></p><p>Are you able to tell from the advertisement—</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00009V3TT/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00009V3TT/?tag=macforums0e4-20</a></p><p></p><p>—which of these …</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>3.5mm microphone input</strong>: You can use a male-to-male <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NO73MUQ/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">3.5mm cable</a> to connect your tape deck’s 3.5mm headphone output to your computer’s microphone input (the blue one). If your tape deck’s headphone port isn’t 3.5mm, you can use an <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D5H8JW0/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">RCA to 3.5mm cable</a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>1/4 inch to 3.5mm</strong>: If your tape deck has a 1/4-inch headphone jack, you can use a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Y2LANNW/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">1/4-inch-to-3.5mm cable</a>. Some tape decks output audio with two separate 1/4-inch jacks. In that case, you’ll need a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZKM3S4S/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">stereo 1/4-inch-to-3.5mm cable</a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Capture card</strong>: If your computer doesn’t have a 3.5mm microphone input, you can plug a cheap <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079CBGDST/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">audio capture card</a> into its USB port to add microphone functionality.</li> </ul><p>… I will need? </p><p></p><p>Or, alternatively, will the tape deck come with one or all of them? I just can't make heads or tails of this stuff.</p><p></p><p>—Chris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChrisBryant, post: 1901339, member: 410543"] Thanks again Nick. I think I know the port to which you are referring. I see it on the right-hand side of my laptop. Are you able to tell from the advertisement— [URL]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00009V3TT/?tag=macforums0e4-20[/URL] —which of these … [LIST] [*][B]3.5mm microphone input[/B]: You can use a male-to-male [URL='https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NO73MUQ/?tag=macforums0e4-20']3.5mm cable[/URL] to connect your tape deck’s 3.5mm headphone output to your computer’s microphone input (the blue one). If your tape deck’s headphone port isn’t 3.5mm, you can use an [URL='https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D5H8JW0/?tag=macforums0e4-20']RCA to 3.5mm cable[/URL]. [*][B]1/4 inch to 3.5mm[/B]: If your tape deck has a 1/4-inch headphone jack, you can use a [URL='https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Y2LANNW/?tag=macforums0e4-20']1/4-inch-to-3.5mm cable[/URL]. Some tape decks output audio with two separate 1/4-inch jacks. In that case, you’ll need a [URL='https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZKM3S4S/?tag=macforums0e4-20']stereo 1/4-inch-to-3.5mm cable[/URL]. [*][B]Capture card[/B]: If your computer doesn’t have a 3.5mm microphone input, you can plug a cheap [URL='https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079CBGDST/?tag=macforums0e4-20']audio capture card[/URL] into its USB port to add microphone functionality. [/LIST] … I will need? Or, alternatively, will the tape deck come with one or all of them? I just can't make heads or tails of this stuff. —Chris [/QUOTE]
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