rtidd@kingpin.mitre.org (Randy Tidd) (06/10/91)
I'm trying to sample sounds from my Sony portable CD player with no luck. I remember this thread a while back, and tried everything mentioned in it, with no luck. Basically I bought a cord from Radio Shack that is 1/4" stereo on both sides; I plugged one end into the headphone jack on my CD player, and the other end into the microphone jack on the back of my monochome MegaPixel display. With the volume turned all the way down and running from batteries, I get basically digitial noise at about half the scale in the recording application I use (SoundEdit I think). I remember someone saying I needed an "attenuating adapter" from Radio Shack. I went to 3 different Radio Shacks, and I only got one guy that didn't give me a funny look. He showed me a small black cylinder about 2" long with coax connections on both sides (maybe it's for video or something). In any case, I haven't had any luck at all. Can someone who's done this give me specific help? Thanks -- Randy Tidd rtidd@mwunix.mitre.org