Noob question: Connecting an analogue synth to a laptop

[zeta]

So about a week ago I bought my first ever piece of hardware - a Korg Monotron Ribbon Delay Synth. It was cheap and it's fairly pint-sized, and I enjoyed making some weird and crazy sounds with it.

But I don't seem to know how to connect it to a computer, so I can record what I do in it into Ableton. It has an aux and a headphone jack, and I haven't been able to find anything about it on Google. Can anyone help me?

[wub]

Great machine, I've got one of these

Output from headphone jack into the input on your soundcard. Set Ableton to record and start playing.

[zeta]

Great machine, I've got one of these

Output from headphone jack into the input on your soundcard. Set Ableton to record and start playing.

My laptop is just a standard one... will I need an external soundcard or midi/audio interface then?

[wub]

Great machine, I've got one of these

Output from headphone jack into the input on your soundcard. Set Ableton to record and start playing.

My laptop is just a standard one... will I need an external soundcard or midi/audio interface then?

No, you could run it in via the mic input

[Ongelegen]

It should have a 3.5mm jack input, usually next to the headphone output.

EDIT: wub beat me to it

[zeta]

It should have a 3.5mm jack input, usually next to the headphone output.

EDIT: wub beat me to it

Great machine, I've got one of these

Output from headphone jack into the input on your soundcard. Set Ableton to record and start playing.

My laptop is just a standard one... will I need an external soundcard or midi/audio interface then?

No, you could run it in via the mic input

Ah cool, I see it. Thanks, I'll head into a tech shop tomorrow and grab the cable I need.

[fragments]

If you did have an interface with the right I/Os you could use it as an external filter/delay unit : )

[Depone]

Great machine, I've got one of these

Output from headphone jack into the input on your soundcard. Set Ableton to record and start playing.

My laptop is just a standard one... will I need an external soundcard or midi/audio interface then?

No, you could run it in via the mic input

Personally, I wouldn't trust a laptops built in mic input to record a nice bit of analogue kit. Id use a quality external soundcard, like the apogee series or a motu.

[wub]

Great machine, I've got one of these

Output from headphone jack into the input on your soundcard. Set Ableton to record and start playing.

My laptop is just a standard one... will I need an external soundcard or midi/audio interface then?

No, you could run it in via the mic input

Personally, I wouldn't trust a laptops built in mic input to record a nice bit of analogue kit. Id use a quality external soundcard, like the apogee series or a motu.

I love the Monotron, but the sound quality isn't what I'd call nice

[Today]

clearly the only answer is run it through a fat amp/cabinet with a 57 on the grill and two neumanns on the room imho tbf

[Theo Void]

I have the Monotron Duo and I love it!!

I use an adapter w/ a 1/4 inch ring and tip on one end and a female 1/4 inch on the other. I use it for my Mikro Korg too! I just record audio from both into Live and then edit!
The Duo is sweet because it's got 2 o/c (obviously) and x-mod. That MS-20 filter is sweet as hell too! I have yet to run anything thru it though. I'm still using my old Fast Track Pro. Hopefully getting a new interface soon. Honestly, I'm just sick of looking at it.

Anyway, I love Korg stuff ! I just love their sound. My MikroKorg is one of my fav pieces of kit and I have quite a bit of shit! Really looking forward to the Volca series.

http://www.korg.com/volcaseries

[zeta]

Okay, I'm pretty sure this is meant to be working.

Got the cable, plugged from the synth's headphone jack into my laptop's mic input, armed Ableton's audio track, set 'ext in' and configured it to '1/2', hit 'record' and nothing there except a lot of static (and not the good kind).

Tried it with ASIO4ALL as well as the native Direct X drivers and still not working.