Interface or No?

QDaMan · QDaMan #1 (**permalink**)

09-13-2009, 07:26 PM

I've got a bit of a debate on my hands here. I want to either go with a mic preamp and therefore use the built-in apple audio input OR an audio interface.

I've used the first setup (Apple input with preamp) before and it worked pretty well, but will there be a significant quality bump from using the interface?

Any thoughts will be appreciated, thanks!

digitalfish · digitalfish #2 (**permalink**)

09-14-2009, 03:05 AM

In short yes. There will be a much higher audio quality when using an audio interface.

Indifferent · Indifferent #3 (**permalink**)

09-15-2009, 11:04 AM

You can also consider a USB microphone like this one for example.

QDaMan #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 23, 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 167 Mac Specs: Mac Mini - 2.26 Ghz C2D - 2 GB RAM - 160 GB HDD	09-13-2009, 07:26 PM I've got a bit of a debate on my hands here. I want to either go with a mic preamp and therefore use the built-in apple audio input OR an audio interface. I've used the first setup (Apple input with preamp) before and it worked pretty well, but will there be a significant quality bump from using the interface? Any thoughts will be appreciated, thanks! The Mind of Q ^ Click the MUSIC tab if you like Hip-Hop!
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Member Since: Jul 21, 2006 Location: Outerspace Posts: 57 Mac Specs: 15" Macbook Pro/2.66 Ghz/4GB RAM/320GB HD/NVIDIA GeForce 9400 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	09-14-2009, 03:05 AM In short yes. There will be a much higher audio quality when using an audio interface.
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