Recording Synthesizer directly.

[odd]

Hi,
I've got the Nord Lead 2x and would like to record some of my sounds with my laptop.
My laptop has only got an onboard soundcard, but i figured: since I'm able to record my voice via. a logitech microphone plugged directly into my "microfone minijack" on the computer, I must be able to record the Synthesizer the same way.
So i tried to connect my synthesizer via. a jack to minijack cable. I put it in the "headphones" output of the synthesizer and directly into the computer.
I can see the input on the computer, but the sound is way too loud. it creates noise.
do i need special software to record this way or is it simply impossible?
I dont need extreme high quality recordings, I just need to layer my playing and listen to it all together. And i need to record it to remember my playing for later use.
Thanks.

 

[krushing]

It's probably because it's a mic input - they tend to have pretty extreme boosts built in and that combined with the cheapo soundchip = noises galore. If there is a regular line in or you can select the mode of operation for the input (so it acts as a line in), try that instead. Should be workable in any case. And use the line outputs of the NL2X instead of the headphone output.