Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!mig From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Recording from CD Message-ID: <1991May3.185506.15062@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 3 May 91 18:55:06 GMT References: <1509@surf.sics.bu.oz.au> <1991May1.092359.576@arizona.edu> Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Reply-To: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) Distribution: world,local Organization: Columbia University Lines: 22 Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu In article <1991May1.092359.576@arizona.edu> zazula@uazhe0.physics.arizona.edu writes: >In article <1509@surf.sics.bu.oz.au>, goose@surf.sics.bu.oz.au (Ralph Schwarten) writes... >>From article , by erik@zeus.opt-sci.arizona.edu (Erik Schumacher): >>> I would like to put some songs from CD on my next. Can I just connect my >>> CD player to the microphone input, or what do I have to do? >> >> Me Too ! I have had no end of trouble with cables etc >> The Problem seems to be that you need to be able to control >> output levels from the cd Please respond to the net >> >My CD player has a headphone jack that has a volume control. Setting it >at the lowest level creates an output that the NeXT mic. can handle. If >you don't have a headphone jack with a volume control, use the headphone >jack from your stereo (if you have one). Also, try to keep the wires away >from the monitor as much as possible. It is a great source of noise (I >use it to dirty up signals to try out filtering algorithms...). Or you could just buy an attenuating adapter from Radio Shack for $2. * * * * * * * ======================= Meir Green * * * * * * * * ======================= mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu * * * * * * * ======================= N2JPG