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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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