[insomniac]

Is it possible to hook up the line level out of a music player such as the iPod to the mic in of a computer sound card and have the music play out of the computer speakers?

 

[breez]

Better use a line input on the sound card. Mic input may have a fixed level gain stage which is not desired with line level signal coming out of your ipod.

 

[insomniac]

Do most run of the mill sound cards have a line in port? I'm talking about sound cards built into the motherboard. Or laptop sound cards.

 

[breez]

Don't know about laptops, but sound cards (integrated) generally do offer "line-in". Though usually it's the same port as the mic in and then there is probably some software control whether it is amplified or not.

 

[insomniac]

Quote:

Originally Posted by breez Don't know about laptops, but sound cards (integrated) generally do offer "line-in". Though usually it's the same port as the mic in and then there is probably some software control whether it is amplified or not.

Thanks, breez, that was helpful!