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<pre wrap="">> But if I try to record directly to the sound card by connecting the phone
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>interface box to the sound card line or mic in, there's a huge amount of
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>ongoing buzzing, and the sound quality is very low, and distant.
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It sounds like the phone interface does not isolate the line/mic side from
the telephone side, so your PC is grounding the phone line.
A better interface box, with a transformer in it, should work fine.
Alternatively, you could add a transformer between the interface box and
your PC. An audio transformer, not a power transformer. You could salvage
one out of a modem.
Cheers,
Bob</pre>
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my $0.02:<br>
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Your phone line or jack may be miswired--one of the 2 wires is normally
grounded. Most phone equipment, including modems, won't care which side
is grounded, but your sound card probably DOES care as the line input
is single-ended. I've got an LED-on-a-stick from Radio Shack that plugs
into an RJ-11 jack and lights green if all is well and red if the
wiring is backwards. I don't know if they still sell it however. Try
swapping the red & green phone wires.<br>
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--newbie Bruce--<br>
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