Difference between line in and microphone port...

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I have been playing around with recordings for a while now. What I like to do is to record songs I have written so I can get an idea of what I need to change in them. The only way I do that is by keep playing them back to myself. I am not really interested in equipment and such to do this - I just want to do the best I can.

Obviously I am no pro, and I doubt I never will be. I have been recording through the microphone port on my laptop - but I have been told this really is a no-no. My first question is what difference does a line-in port have?

Secondly I wondered what exactly EQ does? I mean obviously I can hear the differences, and usually I tend to put a straight line high frequency on my guitars... but what is the point in the curvy ones and such.

Sorry for being a complete noob...

Appreciated,
Sammy.
 
If you are recording with a computer mic, the mic input is the way to go. If you are using a real mic and a mixer or some other preamp, you should go throught the line in. The difference is the mic input is designed to handle mic levels (from a computer mic in your case) and the line input is designed to handle line level inputs (from your stereo CD player or tape deck)

Eq just changes the tone of what you are eq'ing. If the sound you get is what you want, you don't need to eq. If your sound is too bassy, you can turn down the bass, If it's too dull you can turn up the highs, etc...
 
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