Julie, There are cables that have resistors built into them that can be used to feed a line level signal into a microphone socket. It's been my experience that sometimes they work well and other times they do not. You might try to find one at an electronics store before purchasing a new sound card. In the U.S. they cost a couple of dollars.
Tom ** Message From: julie rodaway ** >Hi everyone > >I am wanting to record via my laptop but it does not have a >dedicated line in socket, just a mike socket and headphone. >I assume that I would need an external soundcard with the >appropriate line in sockets, and to this end, I am hoping >that somebody would kindly recommend one and advise from >where this could be bought? To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org