Question: Please Help!

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I just bought a new Dell laptop, Inspiron 500. I want to start recording music using this computer to both record and edit. My friend has several recording programs he said he would show me, and i currently own a small mixer. What else do i need? I noticed that the laptop (as opposed to my desktop where i use the line-in for my recording) only has a headphone out and a mic in. i didn't think that i should record through the mic jack and assumed that there is some sort of external unit i would have to purchase. Am i correct in thinking this, if so what do i need?
any info is much apriciated.
 
Does it have USB ports?

I think some people do it that way instead.

If you were planning on using that laptop for recording, why didn't you check out the inputs beforehand? Just curious.

There seems to be alot of knowledgeable people around here, I'm sure someone has laptop experience. Sorry can't help much.
 
There is a post just down the list you should probably be asking this stuff in. It's "Using a laptop....good or bad idea". They are adressing this as we speak.

Read lots of the posts here they are full of good info and use the search function, you will find heaps of good advice.
 
I'll tell you before someone else does -- cross-posting (posting the same question in two or more forums on this board ) is frowned upon.
 
Alchuck, why is that? I mean, I'm new, I posted it a while ago in another forum and no one responded. I thought maybe I had posted it in the wrong forum, and that I would be more likely to recieve a reply elsewhere. I didn't know that was a "no, no." Deepest apoligies. Question: In the future when I do not reciev a reply in a timely fashion (as my original question has yet to be replied to) what would you suggest I do?
 
Alchuck, why is that? I mean, I'm new, I posted it a while ago in another forum and no one responded. I thought maybe I had posted it in the wrong forum, and that I would be more likely to recieve a reply elsewhere. I didn't know that was a "no, no." Deepest apoligies. Question: In the future when I do not recieve a reply in a timely fashion (as my original question has yet to be replied to) what would you suggest I do?
 
I would think this would be addressed in the FAQ, but no... maybe they just expect one to learn by experience...

The main reason is logical continuity. If you post the same identical question in two places, you will collect responses in two places. This makes it harder for you (and others that may later have the same question as you) to keep track of the answers. This is especially acute when the answers build on each other, as by the nature of these forums they so often do.

Another thing is that, sometimes, it's annoying to those that answer your question to find it again in another thread and find out it's already been answered perfectly well by someone else, only they didn't know it. They might have spent ten or fifteen good minutes crafting a redundant reply. I have also myself answered a question, came back the next day, saw a similar question in another forum, and answered it again, only to discover after a while that I'd already done it in the other forum (this is usually only a danger for old farts like me :) ).
 
Kill said:
Alchuck, why is that? I mean, I'm new, I posted it a while ago in another forum and no one responded. I thought maybe I had posted it in the wrong forum, and that I would be more likely to recieve a reply elsewhere. I didn't know that was a "no, no." Deepest apoligies. Question: In the future when I do not recieve a reply in a timely fashion (as my original question has yet to be replied to) what would you suggest I do?
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If you find that your question has moved to page two and no one has responded to it by that time, then respond to your own post and type the word "bump" which will send the thread to the top of page one where people will be more likely to see it right away. Instead of "bump" you may want to type "Does anyone have any info on this?" or "Is this posted in the right place?" and proceed from there.

Most advisable is to make sure that you have carefully searched on your question to see if it has been answered before. A majority of the time you will get more answers in a quicker fashion by searching.

Sometimes, when members here see the same thread over and over again, they get tired of typing out answers over and over again, so they ignore the threads or will tell the people to search.
 
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