The MacBook Pro appears to have two audio connectors, as you say, that double as analogue and digital inputs and outputs.
>From experience, the analogue inputs are line level, and so you will need something to boost the audio level from a microphone. As the computer works totally with digital signals, all analogue has to be converted to digital, either in the computer or via an external converter. If you are using a simple dictation microphone, I doubt if you will need anything more than a simple USB microphone adaptor, such as the Griffin iMic. Andrew (Shoreham) On 1 November 2010 01:06, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been trying to educate myself about mic inputs for my Mac Pro to > little avail. It has: > > Optical digital audio input and output TOSLINK ports > > Analog stereo line-level input and output minijack [but don't 'inferior' > macs have digital line in this way?) > > or there is USB (I have a half-decent USB mic) > > > > Are there any mics that use the TOSLINK ports? or are they strictly for > real audio buffs running soundcards and mixers and such? > > I ask because i'm using Dragon Dictate-supplied mic which plugs into a USB > adaptor and wondered if I could have something better than audio-converted > to digital. > > cheers > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB.
