Instruction Manual

1222 Beginner’s Guide to Cakewalk Software
Audio
Home Stereo, CD Player, Radio Tuner, Preamp Output
The output of a stereo component can be connected to the sound card’s
Line input, using a dual RCA to 1/8” stereo mini Y-adapter. Many portable
cassette players come with this kind of adapter, or even with a single cable
with all the necessary plugs. In the following diagram, a stereo component
is connected to the Y-adapter using standard RCA cables:
Internal CD Player
If you are using your computer’s internal CD player, and it does not have its
audio output cable connected internally to the sound card, run a cable from
the CD player’s Headphone jack to the card’s Line input. If there is no
Headphone jack, you’ll need to use an external CD player.
Mixer
You can connect a mixer to the sound card with a setup of the following
kind:
Microphone
To sound card microphone input (mono)
XLR to 1/4” microphone cable
1/4” to 1/8” adapter
STEREO
RCA / left
RCA / right
ADAPTER
Y-adapter:
2x RAC to 1/8” stereo
1/8” stereo
sound card
line in