Thanks Nick, Any idea on what companies would have OS X compatible usb card for the pcmcia? Would there be some type of "splitter" usb plugin that wouldn't have to be powered separately? thanks for the help everyone, tim On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 03:59 AM, nick weldin wrote: > You could buy an external preamp for the mic so you can still plug it > in to the audio line in on your powerbook, although you will probably > get better quality plugging into an iMic (sound in on laptops is often > not very high quality conversion and is prone to picking up noise from > other components around it on the laptop motherboard). > > You can get tiny usb hubs that are about the size of a usb plug, or if > you have a powerbook with a pcmcia slot a usb card for that. tim.molnar Digital Tao http://www.digitaltao.ca 306.585.3666 tam at em.ca