On 1/25/11 11:12 PM, "Jeffrey & Daile Engle" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Jan 25, 2011, at 8:08 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > >> Wow , now I am really envious. A G5 from Goodwill? In my town a G5, if anyone >> had bought one, would be used until it as dust, and considered so valuable >> that it would be on eBay for months to meet the reserve ! >> >> Check the LEM profiles to figure out the model. Or look in system profiler. >> The manual should be easy to find online. > > I was talking about the microphone. LOL! I knew that was coming ;-) Jeff, you need a preamp for this style microphone, particularly if it has a long cable - an online preamp (which really acts as much as a signal isolator), 1-1 I/O, is all you need (although a quick scan on eBay offerings did not yield such simple solutions; more elegant offerings are available, costing - I am sure- at least 20x more than what you paid for the mike). This was a common frustration with Finale's MakeMusic application (their "Music Minus One" accompanying software) where their microphones (which, by necessity, had long 8' cables on them) did not work with Macs until they started including preamps with the models (the new MakeMusic mikes are USB). PCs were fine without the preamp. Why the difference I was never told, though easy to speculate, electronically. Best way to find one is to ask a friend whose "Mac-centric" child used to use MakeMusic for practice purposes still had their mike. Best regards, Dana -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
