Realtek Line In Option Not Showing

Cubase
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I am using Elements version 10.5.12 build 123, built Feb 12 2020. I also have Realtek Audio installed.

What I am basically trying to do is to plug my drum machine directly into my laptop, press play on the drum machine and record it on Cubase.

The problem I am having is that there appears to be no option to select ‘line in’. From Studio > Studio setup… > VST Audio System, there is only one ASIO driver I can select (Generic Low Latency ASIO Driver). Selecting Generic Low Latency ASIO Driver I can only see ‘Microphone Array (Realtex (R) 1/2’ as input ports.

When Cubase is not running (not sure if that provides a clue) I can hear the drum machine through the laptop speakers perfectly fine.

Any guidance would be most gratefully received.

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makes sense, it works the way you describe it. You must an ASIO driver in Cubase and set the inputs correctly.

I would not recommend using a build-in laptop soundcard to record audio (both for quality and latency reasons) but if you want to anyways I think the easy to do it in a program like Audicity and then dump it into Cubase afterward.

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Try ASIO4all

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That seems to be a workable solution. Many thanks for the kind guidance. I will think about the sound card also.