[nathan]

I am trying to rip vinyl to mp3. My record deck comes with the red and white audio out leads. I bought a adapter so that these two leads would go into a stereo 3.5" jack so that my turntable would plug straight into my laptops line in port. I try it and am getting the crappest recording. with my volume turned up to full you can just about hear it. Then I check out the FAQ for the software I am using and it says this. Is it true?

Do not connect a turntable directly to your computer. The signal from a turntable is distorted; it must be corrected by passing it through a phono pre-amp or a receiver with a “phono” input.