iStudioLink Instrument cable import audio from hifi headphone socket?

[MartinS]

Hi. The subject line says it all, really. I was just wondering if I can use this product http://www.monstercable.com/productdisplay.asp?pin=2962 to import audio from tape and vinyl to my Mac as well as connecting an instrument.

Any ideas?

 

[soundsation]

Yes you can do that but I believe you'll only be able to get mono sound.

 

[MartinS]

Right. (But how come I get stereo through headphones...?)

The attached is a photo of the back of my old hi-fi; I've connected the Mac using the middle of the three pairs of RCA sockets (Aux), and set the audio input to line in, but I'm still getting no sound from the hi-fi through my Mac.

Is it connected correctly, do you think?

 

[soundsation]

Ok let me just clarify what you intend to do. You want to record vinyl and tape into your Mac.

1) The outputs of your vinyl player should be hooked up to the phono input of your hi-fi set (unless your vinyl player has a built in amplifier that can boost the output to line level. If so, hook it up to the CD input.)

2) The outputs of your tape player should be hooked up to (ideally a tape input), but the CD input should work fine too.

I suspect the reason why you're not getting any signal coming into your Mac is because you connected the video/aux input of your hi-fi set to the line input of your Mac.

Inputs should almost always be connected to outputs and vice versa (unless you're trying out some crazy experiment with audio.)

 

[MartinS]

After much head scratching and frowning and googling, I'm in business! I thought about what connectors and cables I had to hand, and just connected the headphone jack of my hi-fi to the audio line in on my Mac. I fired up Audio Hijack and hey presto: music! It was a bit muddy at first but I pushed a button on the hi-fi, adjusted the volume and it sounds fine. Stereo, too, so far as I can tell...