Hi. I am using amadeus pro to record.
Best regards Annie. 2010/4/30, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]>: > Hmm I'm not sure about that so I can't give my input. I love my shure sm58. > it has done me no wrong. lol. > On Apr 30, 2010, at 1:52 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > >> Right,but condenser mics usually need phantom power which, for a simple >> setup, would be a bit much. SM58s are nearly indestructible and also don't >> have as much proximity effect as the speaker's distance from the mic >> varies. Was just trying to avoid going to far into the weeds, but I seem >> to be up to my knees already <smile> Speaking of condensors and phantom >> power, I think many cheap 'windows' mics get 5v power from the sound card >> which is why they won't work on the mac. At least I thought I had read >> that somewhere. Sort of a non-standard phantom power. >> >> CB >> >> Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> >>> actualy not all mics are dynamic. some are condencer like my martial mic. >>> that has no magnitac choils at all. >>> >>> Take care. >>> On Apr 30, 2010, at 7:41 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: >>> >>> >>>> This has been covered before but generally there are three audio signal >>>> levels: speaker, line and mic. Obviously speakers are high powered while >>>> line level is the output you typically get from a CD player (not >>>> headphone) or DVD player. Mic levels are very very tiny. There is a >>>> diaphragm which vibrates with the sound in the air and moves a tiny coil >>>> of wire near a magnet, generating a very small electrical signal. All >>>> this means is that your Mac has a line-in jack expecting line-level >>>> signals while mics produce something much much smaller. So to use most >>>> mics with a mac you need something called a pre-amp. Pre-amps take the >>>> tiny mic signal and, without adding a lot of noise, boost it up a couple >>>> multiples. >>>> >>>> So if all you want is a mic to skype with you could just go with some >>>> USB all-in-one. If you want better quality then you'll want to get a >>>> real mic and a preamp. Something cheap like this: >>>> >>>> http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TubeMP/ >>>> >>>> and a basic Shure SM58 would be a good start. >>>> >>>> CB >>>> >>>> Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all. >>>>> >>>>> I have been trying with more microphones, if I could use an external >>>>> microphone. I found one that I could connect to the line in, but the >>>>> recordings is very low. I have a mac book pro with one mic/headphone >>>>> and then I have the line in. Is there any way I could use the >>>>> headphone/mic for an external mic. >>>>> >>>>> Best regards Annie. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
