I don't recall reading the beginning of this thread but in general Mac's 
don't have pre-amplifiers built in so a plain old mic will need to go 
through an external preamp before connecting to the Mac's line in. This 
could either be a dedicated box or the output from a mixer. USB mics, 
while limiting your choices also simplify things as they don't need the 
pre-amp. Line level inputs like CD-players or tape decks can just be 
plugged into the mac directly.

CB

Woody Anna Dresner wrote:
> Hi Terrence,
>
> Do you have a microphone input as well as line in? If so, plug the  
> mike into that and select that input rather than Line In. I don't  
> think LIne In will work with a microphone. Or maybe there's a preamp  
> that can be used. I have a Mac Mini, which doesn't have a microphone  
> jack, so I had to buy a USB microphone.
>
> I bought two recording packages, Audio Hijack Pro for recording  
> multiple sound sources at once (system audio, microphone, and line in)  
> and Amadeus Pro for editing my recordings. These are both good programs.
>
> HTH,
> Anna
>
>
> >
>   

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