On 15 July 2010 12:15, Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My laptop has mono mic in and that's all. It is seen as stereo by Linux, but > in reality only one channel is transmitting, so it is effectively mono. I > need a stereo input since I have lots of external devices I would want to > record from. So I really need a soundcard that can receive stereo input. And > I am amazed that so much pro soundcards do not offer that. I thought it is a > very necessary feature. All of the multi-input cards offer that. You insert one channel to one jack and the other to an other jack, then mix them as you like. It's been some time since I had a laptop or a PC that only offered mono mic. Have you tried using a stereo microphone? The IBMs, Dells and Toshibas I have used in the past and now even could switch themselves to Line-In voltage levels. -- Hakan (m1fcj) - http://www.hititgunesi.org _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
