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You can record using input provided you have something from the mics converting the signal first to line level
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What item would I use to convert the signal to line level? Thanks for your help, I live pretty isolated in another country, I just hope I have something in my equipment that I can use for this.
I contacted Roland through the Edirol web site, they don't even have the R09 on the product drop down list, and now that I read the fine print it says the product had to be registered within 10 days. There's no way I can call them, I don't know what to do. I tested the unit with all the tests I could think of while I was on vacation and it worked fine, but I didn't have my external mike with me, and how was I to know it was going to fail. I sure wish I would have heard about the mic input problem first.