How to record faint sound from the Mic input?

[the.peregrine at suddenlink.net]

Sorry to be so late responding, Dotan, but I think your problem may be simpler than you think. Use the LINE input, not the MIC input. You should get much better results. If it's still not a strong enough signal, you may need a small pre-amp -- but I don't think you will. If the LINE IN jack is already in use, you'll need a mixer and possibly a pre-amp as well.

Hope that helps,
Jeff

Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 09:36:38 +0200 
From: Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> 
Subject: How to record faint sound from the Mic input? 
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I need to record a phone conversation, but the sound from the Mic 
input is so weak that recording and playing back in Audacity I hear 
almost nothing. How can I either boost the playback or (even better) 
boost the input so that the file is recorded in a hearable way? 
 
Kubuntu 9.10. Thanks! 
 
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