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djwoody

Hi.
I have just purchased a Vaio notebook (FE-21H) but I have just noticed that it does not have a line-in input like most other laptops/PCs.

I am wanting to import music from my mini-disc player so that i can edit it.
Is there any connector or lead i can purchase in order to do this?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Chris

Blencogo

Hi Chris,

You will need to either buy the optional docking station for the FE series or buy a USB device with audio in.

There are several TV Cards you could buy or you could get an inexpensive Composite Video/AV adapter. Try PC WORLD

To do it really well, you need something like THIS

tonybeard

I would use a Dazzle DVC90 usb 2.0 connector because it does audio and video and comes with Avids Pinnacle studio 9 which is simply brilliant for 45 quid from PCWorld. Otherwise look into USB TV tuners that have audio connectors or if you just want a USB audio connector for for that.

Blencogo

Just noticed - even the FE Docking Station doesn't have any analogue in connections!

Carelino

Don't buy ANYTHING...your mic imput is your line-in input.....With mine FE11S its perfect. And yes it is stereo

chris_lewis

My choice would be the griffin iMic:smileycool: here

All you need in a nice small package.

C

parekhd

Yup you can use the mic socket, although you may find that it's a little lower in quality. You'll need to turn the microphone boost off, and make sure the volume on your MD player is very low.

Aeivan

As per carolino and parekhd 's posts,

Your mic socket does indeed doubles as a stereo line in and seems to be intended for this purpose, as you'll find your machine also has ASIO drivers for use when feeding it audio.

I use my FE11H for music recording using Cubase with no problem. Quality is actually very decent and compares with my M-AUDIO 2496 equipped desktop. As others have said, you just need to watch levels - keep the mic slider down low, and only feed the laptop a line level signal.