how do i put a song on my minidisc to my computer?

[chalman]

dear audio buffs,

i have a problem! i have a yamaha MD8 mini-disc recorder. i record my songs on this. what i want to do is transfer my songs i recorded on this to my computer. i bought an audigy platinum 2 drive with the soundcard. here's the link of it's manual if you wanna do a quick research of its capabilities:

http://www.americas.creative.com/support/manuals/files/aud2plat.pdf

anyhow, i hooked the audigy up to my computer so it gives me RCA hookup capability now. so what i tried to do is hook up RCA out on the yamaha mini-disc player to RCA in on the audigy drive. i opened a sound program on the computer (i think it was "audio stream recorder", a program that came with my soundcard). anyways, i saw none of the levels go up in the sound program when i pressed play on the mini-disc recorder. i tried messing with knobs and stuff but could never figure it out. can you help me? do i need something between the minidisc recorder and the audigy drive? do i need a certain program? do i need to turn something on or off that i don't know about? i'm confused!! if you could help me, that'd be great! thanks for your time...

sincerely,

chalin...the confused recorder guy

 

[philboyd studge]

If your computer is windows based you have to tell it your sound source in order to record. For me using windows ME it goes like this;
start/programs/accessories/volume control......from there go to options then record control and select line-in or what U hear and that should work.