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On the CDP-230, the "Audio In" jack is a _line-level_ 1/8" stereo jack.
. .. So you can't plug a mic in -- you need a preamp to boost the mic output to line-level.
The "Mic/Sample" input will take a microphone, but there's nothing in the manual that suggests that, in normal operation, the Mic/Sample input will be amplified, and mixed with the piano sound in the loudspeaker or headphone output.
. . . That jack seems to be devoted to getting audio input into _stored_ sample(s), for re-play from the keyboard. (I may be mis-reading,
. . . but the only reference to that jack is in the "sampling" section of the manual.)
Using a mic preamp, and putting the preamp output into the "Audio In" jack, _will_ mix it with the piano output:
. . . but you still have to get the signal into the laptop for recording, so (somewhere) there must be an analog-to-USB converter (whether it's a "soundcard" or "audio interface").
I'll vote for a mixer, which includes (for the "8-channel" mixers) two mic preamps, and a stereo analog-to-USB converter to feed the laptop.
. Charles
. .. So you can't plug a mic in -- you need a preamp to boost the mic output to line-level.
The "Mic/Sample" input will take a microphone, but there's nothing in the manual that suggests that, in normal operation, the Mic/Sample input will be amplified, and mixed with the piano sound in the loudspeaker or headphone output.
. . . That jack seems to be devoted to getting audio input into _stored_ sample(s), for re-play from the keyboard. (I may be mis-reading,
. . . but the only reference to that jack is in the "sampling" section of the manual.)
Using a mic preamp, and putting the preamp output into the "Audio In" jack, _will_ mix it with the piano output:
. . . but you still have to get the signal into the laptop for recording, so (somewhere) there must be an analog-to-USB converter (whether it's a "soundcard" or "audio interface").
I'll vote for a mixer, which includes (for the "8-channel" mixers) two mic preamps, and a stereo analog-to-USB converter to feed the laptop.
. Charles
