How to record audio onto a computer

If you're new to recording audio with your computer, it's not exactly obvious how to get started. For the first step, take a look at your computer and see what kind of audio ports it includes. On the back of this desktop PC, the soundcard includes a stereo line input (blue), microphone input (pink), and a stereo line output (green). You also have USB ports, which you can use to hook up a USB microphone or an external sound card.