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Answer» Ok I know you all are smart and helped me before. I have ACTUALY googled and looked around as much as I know to. What I am looking for is probably a soundcard of some sort that offers extra inputs to the expansion bays (front of comp). The two needed inputs are 1. XLR and 1. 1/4 plug. Bump! Don't bump. My suggestion would be to start to google custom computer cases. Those sites always have custom stuff like this for sale. Quote from: Geek-9pm on March 30, 2009, 02:09:42 AM Why not make your own? Is that a serious answer? How might I go about making adapters? By the way my soundcard is integrated... Quote from: fat_basterd21 on March 30, 2009, 10:08:09 AM Is that a serious answer? How might I go about making adapters? Lots of people get blank FASCIA plates and drill them. Yes, serious answer. You can get dome of the material at radio shack. You can run two shielded mini cables with standard plugs from your custom the front panel out the rear venalaltion hole and into standard inkputs, which are line and microphone. Only the line input is stereo on most systems. Do the XLR to the mic input., the 1/4 jack to the line input. The XLR 3 female panel mount is at radio shack or any parts store, like Fry's. Really, there is enough room in an empty bay to build and mount a mini mixer. lots of case modding sites have stuff about this. Ok thanks guys. I have a small sound board that I can just run to the line in guess I just have to stick with that. The problem with getting adapters is that the impedence is wrong I think. If you try a microphone that has a 1/4 plug you will see what I mean. There are literaly thousands of usb interfaces like what I want. Just doesn't make sense why someone would not make an internal device. Anyway thanks fo all your help. Much appriciated! Quote from: fat_basterd21 on March 30, 2009, 12:33:13 PM There are literaly thousands of usb interfaces like what I want. Just doesn't make sense why someone would not make an internal device. They are MADE. They tend to be expensive like the Lynx Studio LynxTWO-B at $1,000 If you worry about impedance, you can solve that problem if the levels are high enough. What kind of microphone are you using? You would need to make a custom per-amp to resolve level, noise and impedance issue. Like three transistor and a few resistors and CAPACITORS. Find an retired Radio Station Engineer and he might do it for just the cost of parts. |
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