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<blockquote data-quote="Thedspeth" data-source="post: 591854" data-attributes="member: 44350"><p>well... It's not that simple... All Macs (from my knowledge) only have a 1/8th inch jack for a microphone (headphone jack size). So you can buy converters to convert a guitar cable down to that 1/8th inch jack. This is NOT meant for musical recording of any decent quality... To do good or great recording you need a Digital Audio Interface. They come in many shapes and sizes depending on what type of computer you get.</p><p></p><p>One that I've recommended many times is the Mackie Onyx Satellite. This is a firewire device that your mac will automatically recognize. You should be able to find it for 160 or 170 if you look. This product has been discontinued but there should be plenty out there still.</p><p></p><p>There are internal "sound cards" but I've not seen anybody use them who is serious about recording music. </p><p></p><p>There are also products from Digidesign and M-Audio that do a great job. hope this helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thedspeth, post: 591854, member: 44350"] well... It's not that simple... All Macs (from my knowledge) only have a 1/8th inch jack for a microphone (headphone jack size). So you can buy converters to convert a guitar cable down to that 1/8th inch jack. This is NOT meant for musical recording of any decent quality... To do good or great recording you need a Digital Audio Interface. They come in many shapes and sizes depending on what type of computer you get. One that I've recommended many times is the Mackie Onyx Satellite. This is a firewire device that your mac will automatically recognize. You should be able to find it for 160 or 170 if you look. This product has been discontinued but there should be plenty out there still. There are internal "sound cards" but I've not seen anybody use them who is serious about recording music. There are also products from Digidesign and M-Audio that do a great job. hope this helps! [/QUOTE]
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