Now of course you can go even higher end than that. The microphone I use by the way is the Audio-Technica ATR-35S right here and it costs about $30 also and you can plug it right into this Griffin device and they work great as a pair. And it will also work as a microphone if you’re doing web chats. And this will work for just about any program you use including things like Garage Band, Audacity any recording medium that you want to use. You can plug in a microphone into this device and it could be a standard analog microphone like this Lavalier microphone that I use for the show. It’s from Griffin Technology and it’s basically usually around 30 or 40 bucks. This is similar to what I use I just use an older version. Now one example is the iMic USB audio interface. So how do you get around this? How do you use a microphone like this one, a standard analog Lavalier microphone with your Mac? Well you need an audio USB interface. So the bottom line is you can’t use a microphone with a line in input on your Mac. So if you don’t have a microphone in input and you try to plug your microphone into the line in jack on a Mac, usually you’re going to get extremely low volumes and very poor quality because there’s not enough power coming from the microphone to give a good audio signal. It will then convert this audio into a digital format which then can be used by programs in the computer. A microphone in input will actually provide power to a microphone and a microphone without any sort of power, without a battery or without an independent power source can be plugged into one. Now what’s the difference? Well a line in input expects a standard audio signal that usually comes from a powered source. ![]() ![]() But on Macs, you only get a line in input. Now on PCs you very often get both a line in input and a microphone in input. So, one of the differences between the Macs and the PCs is the audio inputs. On today’s episode, let’s take a look at how to use a standard analog microphone with your Mac. ![]() Video Transcript: Gary Rosenzweig: Hi this is Gary with MacMost Now.
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