I want to capture a signal on my computer. I have a sound card & I have the 2 channel audio cable. How do I connect the two wires into my circuit ? I have the jack plugged into sound card, and then two wires. How are those connected in the circuit I am asking ?
Two wires doesn't make sense. There should be three conductors in the cable that is terminated in the 1/8" stereo plug that goes to LINE IN: one connected to the Tip, one to Ring and the third should connect to the Sleeve of the plug.
Normally, you connect one channel of a stereo signal (line level, about 0.1 to 1Vp-p) to Tip, the other channel to Ring, and use the Sleeve as the common ground connection.