Hey, i'm kinda bad at knowing what kind of cables I need for this and that so how would I record my gameboy into my audio interface? What kind of cables would I need, i see a lot people saying "Just record out of the microphone jack" but how? I don't know what cable I need for that
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Hey, i'm kinda bad at knowing what kind of cables I need for this and that so how would I record my gameboy into my audio interface? What kind of cables would I need, i see a lot people saying "Just record out of the microphone jack" but how? I don't know what cable I need for that
From a stock Gameboy to a laptop/PC directly, you'll most likely need a 1/8" male to 1/8" male cable. Search for that on Amazon and you'll find plenty of those (most people use them for playing music from their phones into a stereo with a 1/8" jack on the front).
Depending on your audio interface, since you mentioned that, the input might be a 1/4" in which case you would need a 1/8" male to 1/4" male. Also commonly found.
If your audio interface has a two separate red and white (or red and black) inputs then you want a 1/8" to RCA cable. This one has a single 1/8" male on one end and it splits off into two RCA type plugs - one will commonly be red (right channel) and the other white (left channel), although sometimes the left channel is black as well. Again, make sure all ends are male.
You can also get adapters between nearly any two types of audio connections. For example, I use RCA to 1/4" on my mixer so I can separate the stereo from my GB into separate channels instead of putting them both into one channel.
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if your mixer doesnt have rca, you can also get https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail … ts-10-foot
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if your mixer doesnt have rca, you can also get https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail … ts-10-foot
I got a PreSonus AUDIOBOX USB 96
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herr_prof wrote:if your mixer doesnt have rca, you can also get https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail … ts-10-foot
I got a PreSonus AUDIOBOX USB 96
Then you'll want a stereo 1/8" to 1/4" audio cable and plug the 1/4" end into one of the jacks on the front.
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lost wrote:I got a PreSonus AUDIOBOX USB 96
Then you'll want a stereo 1/8" to 1/4" audio cable and plug the 1/4" end into one of the jacks on the front.
Thanks, but what kind of cable? Is it called "TRS" ?
I googled it and heres what came up https://www.amazon.com/stereo-cable-Pla … B06WVJ1P27
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Doctor Octoroc wrote:Then you'll want a stereo 1/8" to 1/4" audio cable and plug the 1/4" end into one of the jacks on the front.
Thanks, but what kind of cable? Is it called "TRS" ?
I googled it and heres what came up https://www.amazon.com/stereo-cable-Pla … B06WVJ1P27
Yes, that cable will work for your needs. A bit of educational info to expand on why TRS...
TRS (tip, ring sleeve) refers to a stereo connection whereas TS (tip, sleeve) is a mono connection. So it also depends on whether or not the cable is split. If you have a single cable with one 1/8" end and one 1/4" end, you want it to be TRS on both ends so you get stereo separation on both ends. If you have a split cable (one 1/8" end to two 1/4" ends), the 1/4" ends should be TS and the 1/8" end should be TRS. If you have any doubts as to what kind of cable you have, look at the ends and see how many metal segments there are separated by plastic rings, including the tip. Three segments means it's TRS, two means it's TS. Just remember same number of segments, same number of letters in the name.
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