Audio input

[Jeffrey Ross]

Michael Wiktowy wrote:
> On 12/14/06, Jeffrey Ross <jeff at bubble.org> wrote:
>> The ultimate goal is to covert old analog recordings to digital, sounds
>> easy enough and I figure I'll try the package "phonoripper"
>> (http://klappnase.zexxo.net/phonoripper/index.html).
>>
>> My system as a 1/8 phono jack that is marked "line-in", connected the
>> line output of my (known working) source to this port and I get nothing,
>> of course I'm assuming I could turn up the volume of the capture port
>> and hear something.  I would have thought I'd see a line-in tab or
>> something similar.
> ...
>> Ok, so what am I missing?
>
> You set the in-line port as the capture device instead of the mic port?
> You do this in the GUI mixer (after you have make them visible in the
> mixer options) or you can use amixer or alsamixer on the command line.
>
> Another program to try would be audacity. It is more of a general
> audio editing tool but it is quite capable for capturing and  cleaning
> up your analog audio.
>
> /Mike
>

the only thing I get with preferences in the GUI volume control (mixer?) 
is a menu that says "select tracks to be visible" my only two checkboxes 
are "Volume" and "Digital-1" both of which are checked.