 What Microphone For Imac G5? |
 Fri 5 Aug 2005, 16:28
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Hi....new here... but I like the site.
One quetsion though I could not easily find. I want to buy a Shure SM57...but can i hook it up directly into my Imac? Its an Imac G5 20"..... Can i do it through the line-in? Or do I need something else...or should I go for a completely other mike? It's mainly for recording voice/acoustic guitar for demo's. -------------------- IMac G5 20" 1GB OSX 10.3.9, Imac G3 400Mhz 512MB OSX 10.2.8
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Sat 6 Aug 2005, 06:11
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You will need something else, you should go for a little mixer. You need to amplify the signal from the mic a little to get it up to a level that the line in can handle, a mixer will do this for you as long as it has a mic amp on it ( nearly all do ). A dedicated mic amp will do, if you want to get something that may give you a 'sound' like a good valve 'mic pre', or maybe a 'voice channel' which will have mic amp, eq, compression / limiting, filtering to sweeten the sound up and 'condition' it.
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Psychoprick What Microphone For Imac G5? Fri 5 Aug 2005, 16:28
deaconblue I'd recommend something like the M-Audio Fast ... Sat 6 Aug 2005, 07:25 Psychoprick Hey thanx....thought something like this was neede... Sat 6 Aug 2005, 08:51 Jsegura If you want something more complete, you have the ... Sat 6 Aug 2005, 12:13 kenmccormack Hi there,
Yes, you need a mixer or a preamp. Lin... Sat 6 Aug 2005, 12:35 Psychoprick Thanx a lot for the great reply's....I llok th... Sat 6 Aug 2005, 13:01 monkeyworks You will most likely need to use a pre-amp to plug... Sat 6 Aug 2005, 14:06 fastlanephil The Shure 57 is more for live playing where feed b... Sun 7 Aug 2005, 04:48
Psychoprick ah thanx for the help....
I'll settle for:
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