[MacDV] Re: Audio in port - mic input incompatibility??

[sb]

It¹s Line level.

You can get a USB device to plug your mic level mike, or just use your
camcorder, if the mic on that is good enough.

Griffin and MacAlly sell the USB device.

 regards,

 sb


On 8/15/05 6:59 PM, "Lanny Cotler" <lcotler at willitsonline.com> wrote:

> Hello, Colleagues,
> 
> My G4 desktop and my neighbor's G5 desktop does NOT have a built-in mic. Okay.
> So I need an external mic in. On the back of both machines is an Audio In
> Port. But what impedance does it like??!
> 
> I bought a $20 Radio Shack multi-media headset. It works fine a (hush) PC, but
> doesn't work on either of our Macs? Whazzup with that?
> 
> As Freud asked of women, I ask of Apple: "What do you want?"
> 
> Do any of you use a headset? I want to use it with iChat, Skype, and to record
> a few sound bytes for various projects. Hi-fi in these cases not needed.
> 
> Do I have to buy an adapter? Something like a phono pre-amp? Wha-?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Lanny
> 

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