Instruction Manual

1220 Beginner’s Guide to Cakewalk Software
Audio
The 1/8” plug should be plugged into the sound card’s Line input, although
plugging into the Mic input will also work. If you use the Line input, make
sure you have selected Line-In on the Windows Record Control dialog
(Windows Mixer). If you use the Mic input, select Microphone. To open the
Windows Mixer—double-click the Speaker icon that’s on your Windows
taskbar to open the Play Control dialog. In the Play Control dialog, use
the Options-Properties command, select Recording (under Adjust volume
for), make sure Line-In and Microphone are checked, and click OK. In the
Record Control dialog, click the Select checkbox in either the Line-In or
Microphone column, make sure the sliders are in the upper half of their
range, and click OK. If you don’t see the Speaker icon on your taskbar, you
can open the Windows Mixer by using the Start-Programs-Accessories-
Entertainment-Volume Control command.
Electric Guitar Through Effects Rack
You can also plug an electric guitar into an effects rack, then send the
output of the rack to the sound card’s input, as shown in the following
diagram:
1/4” instrument cable
To sound card microphone input (mono)
1/4” to 1/8” adapter