Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!gatekeeper.us.oracle.com!decwrl!nntp.crl.com!crl.crl.com!not-for-mail From: berak@crl.com (Michael D. Miller) Newsgroups: comp.publish.cdrom.hardware,compmultimedia,comp.publish.cdrom.multimedia Subject: Re: Configuring external cdrom with soundcard Followup-To: comp.publish.cdrom.hardware,compmultimedia,comp.publish.cdrom.multimedia Date: 4 Jun 1994 21:21:20 -0700 Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access (415) 705-6060 [login: guest] Lines: 30 Message-ID: <2srjs0$adn@crl.crl.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: crl.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: cdrom.com comp.publish.cdrom.hardware:352 comp.publish.cdrom.multimedia:448 Paul A Miller (pmiller@enuxsa.eas.asu.edu) wrote: : Summary: : Keywords: : I have an external SCSI Pioneer multi-cdrom player and I'm trying to get it to : work with my sound card. Pioneer says I don't need any cable connecting the : two devices together, that the SCSI adapter handles any sound connections : through the bus. This doesn't work, or make sense. All other cdrom/sound- : card combos (SCSI or not) are connected by a cable. However, I'm not sure a : cable will work with this because the cdrom has in-out jacks and the sound- : card only has an in jack. Any suggestions would be appreciated. What doesn't work, Paul? It makes perfect sense. The digitized audio data on a Audio CD is handled just like the binary data for computer programs on CD-ROM disk. The only difference it might have is that there might be a slight pause in the music while a computer generated command was sent to the CD-ROM player. What confuses me is the in AND out jacks on the CD-ROM player. I can see the OUT, I can see a LEFT and a RIGHT phono jacks, but an IN?? What you might want to do, if you insist upon an external input to the sound card is run the cable from the OUT jack on the CD-ROM player to the IN jack of the Sound Card. The Sound Card will act as the output amp and be played through the Sound Cards Speakers. Mike Miller Miller Graphics Consulting Tempe, AZ