RCA Jacks in front of my Vaio - can I use them with my mixer?

Question

Hi there. I've got an RZ44G desktop vaio and it has the RCA Jacks in the front and back.

I know they can be used to record things from VHS tapes onto the hard drive, but can they be used for anything else? I have a mixer I'd like to hook up to the computer in order to use a microphone for making music, but I'm not sure if the RCA jacks can be used for anything else.

My mixer doesn't have any usb input, but it does have a tape out with two RCA jacks. I want to use this for podcasts and such, either through the front or back rca jacks.

Are the jacks in the front of the computer also part of the sound card?

Do I need to do anything to specify to my audio program (adobe audition) that it needs to record the sound coming in through the RCA jacks?

Answer 1

It is very unlikely these are for input. Normally they're installed to allow you to connect the computer to output on a TV set.

Answer 2

Dude, an RCA jack is an RCA jack is an RCA jack. They are designed to do only one of two things: move sound data or move video data. There is NO danger of screwing up your machine (either one) by plugging them in and trying it out. The worst you will get is the wrong channel coming out of the speakers or nothing showing up on the screen.

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Good luck!

Answer 3

sure you can, get fun