Reference Guide

1560 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 inch 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:
Figure 461. Home stereo, CD player, radio tuner, preamp output
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:
Figure 462. Mixer
Let’s trace the signal flow in the above picture:
STEREO
RCA / left
RCA / right
ADAPTER
Y-adapter:
2x RCA to 1/8 inch stereo
1/8 inch stereo
sound card
line in
1/4 inch instrument cable to input #3
Main mixer outs to power amp
Stereo Amplifier
From Aux Bus #1 & 2
to sound card line input
From sound card line
output tto inputs #1 & 2