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. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
