Use microphone with mac?

AppleCider · AppleCider #1 (**permalink**)

11-02-2011, 06:11 PM

Hey guys, I just bought a microphone for my tutorial videos, and It wont work on my mac. I plug it into the headphone jack (There is no microphone jack) and then try setting my input as line in. But it wont work. I tried it on the same computer, but with windows, same thing. Is there any way I can get this to work? Its the same computer listed under my name.

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JUKE179r · JUKE179r #2 (**permalink**)

11-02-2011, 06:18 PM

Try turning up the volume for the mic input.
Some of those microphones with the 1/8" jack are hit or miss when being used on a Mac. IMHO... get a USB microphone or a USB headphone/microphone combo for better clarity and less hassle with OSX.

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Member Since: Aug 21, 2011 Location: The evil side of your mind. Posts: 133 Mac Specs: iMac Early 2008, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 3 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB	11-02-2011, 06:11 PM Hey guys, I just bought a microphone for my tutorial videos, and It wont work on my mac. I plug it into the headphone jack (There is no microphone jack) and then try setting my input as line in. But it wont work. I tried it on the same computer, but with windows, same thing. Is there any way I can get this to work? Its the same computer listed under my name. <--- OVER HERE! ... If one falls flat on their face, at least they were moving in the right direction... *Forward*...
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Member Since: Nov 01, 2009 Location: DohaLondonVegas Posts: 862 Mac Specs: '07 MBP 256GB SSD/6GB RAM/SL <--DAW!!!	11-02-2011, 06:18 PM Try turning up the volume for the mic input. Some of those microphones with the 1/8" jack are hit or miss when being used on a Mac. IMHO... get a USB microphone or a USB headphone/microphone combo for better clarity and less hassle with OSX. '07 MBP 3,1 w/ Vertex 4 SSD \| Logic Pro 9 \| Ableton Live 8 \| Traktor Pro 2 \| AKAI MPC2000XL \| Roland MV-8000, TR-808 & TR-909 \| Ensoniq ASR-10 \| x0xb0x #911 \| Denon DN-MC6000 \| (3) Technics SL-1200MK1 \| 3000+ vinyl records
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