Can you hook a Karioke machine into a PC to record audio?

[harley2ride]

I've read forums, and see where people recommend that you use a powered mic to record audio for adding to home movies, voice overs, etc..
Does anyone know if it's possible and if it works to hook a Karioke machine into your line in, and then record audio on your pc using the powered karioke mic.

[Cornucopia]

If the Karaoke machine has RCA line outs, why not?

Scott

[Soopafresh]

Just connect a microphone to your mic in jack on your sound card. Use a decent microphone. The ones that come with Karaoke machines tend to be low quality. Even this one will be acceptable: http://www.kmart.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=114755&Ne=0&Ntt=microphone&Ntk=All&...&pCategoryId=0

It'll make a difference. If you're planning on doing a lot of voice over stuff, then a Shure Sm57 for $70 on sale is an excellent microphone for your needs.

[harley2ride]

I know about the Shure mic's, but they require a preamp also. The Karioke machine that my wife has isn't one of the el-cheapo ones, it's a mid range. Would be interesting to see what quality I get by trying it. The regular PC boom mike has too much popping, and not enough juice.
I'm looking for a temporary low budget solution, and then upgrade when I get the bucks to a preamp and a Shure mic...

[smearbrick1]

A Shure SM-58 into your Karaoke machine would probably good enough for now. If you are going to be recording vocals, place the mic on a stand and don't touch it. If you can, buy a windscreen for it. Also, put about 6inches to a foot of distance between you and the mic when recording. This will eliminate extraneous noises caused by breath sounds or noise created by simply handling the mic.

[Soopafresh]

No preamp needed if you're going into the mic input of your soundcard. It is 20db louder than your line in. But hey, try the Karaoke way and let us know how it turns out.

[smearbrick1]

Also, if you can find multitrack software to use, you could record your music on one track then come back and record your vocals on a second track. This way you could add effects/eq to you vocals with affecting the music track. I think there is some freeware or cheap as hell multitracking software out there somewhere.

[Soopafresh]

Like THIS free multitracking app.

http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/index.php?section=details