First you need to find out if your Vaio has the capability of using the Mic jack as a Line Input. Very few laptops can actually do that. There are some few lapops that actually feature a separate Line Input as well as Mic, it is a shame that the majority of laptop designers don't seem to think that a Line Input is a feature worth having.

So search your laptop's documentation, do some websearching using the brand and model number plus "Line Input" and see what's going on. If it is a dual jack that can do either Mic or Line input then the typical method involves toggling from one to the other in Software, at least on the scant few I've seen. I've even seen one example from another mfr other than Sony that claimed to do it but alas we never got it to work.

Finally, the ultimate cure would be to throw a bit more money at it and pick up a USB sound device that has the requisite Line Input, etc. as well as beter specs for Music Making endeavors. The M-Audio USB stuff comes to mind.

You mentioned that you can see the Ketron output on the Biab VU meters. That would seem to indicate that the audio is at least getting into the computer. Are those the Input VU meters on the LH side? If so, and there is nothing on the RH side VU meters, which are the Playback meters, then this is a monitoring issue. Check the Record Properties for that soundcard to see if there is a checkbox or fader for the Line Input Playback that may be turned down of off or possibly not activated. Sometimes you have to choose menu items in the Mixer View in order to add more available faders so you can see and use them.


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