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PC based analyzer

I have hobbled along with my Ratshack spl meter, a tone generator/frequency counter and It's time for an upgrade.OK, I have a PC with windows 98 ( I maybe upgrading soon,maybe ).I know tons about audio and little about the PC.Where does the mike go? What is a good mic for this type of work? Go slooooooow.You can't over explain anything to a person of little knowledge.Thanx
kgveteran
kgveteran OP
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OK, so I down loaded the demo program and here is were I am at.My sound card accepts eighth inch jacks for a mic.Is this correct and can I still use my Rolls tone generator with the freq. counter or am I missing something?
rives
953 posts
 
You have to have line in. Mic in will not work. If you only have mic in you will need an external sound card. There are a few USB based ones that are good. We sell a very high end one by ESI for our professional kit ($300), but there are ones that are just as good as your internal one, perhaps better for $40 by Creative.
kgveteran OP
193 posts
 
OK, so the line in is for the mic ? And the line out is to run to the processor ? Then when I tell the PC to run a low freq. sweep or what ever test the program has on it the tone generator and PC are in sync.Can't be this simple can it ?
rives
953 posts
 
It's that simple. Keep in mind line out should got to a pre-amp input. Don't send it to something that's going to get processed--just attenuated.
kgveteran OP
193 posts
 
It will go to my EAD Ovation-8,which is my hometheater processor.I'm thinking that it will go to one of my analog inputs.What mics do you guys recommend.
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