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<blockquote data-quote="Thedspeth" data-source="post: 592118" data-attributes="member: 44350"><p>I hate to sound like a broken record, so I'll give this one more shot...</p><p></p><p>What level of recording are you trying to do? Just for yourself? To play for friends? To try and get some gigs? To demo songs you've written?</p><p></p><p>You can buy a "computer microphone" and plug it into your microphone jack and it will definitely WORK, but it will not produce good recordings. Those are meant for video and audio chatting.</p><p></p><p>If you were to buy a "real" musicians microphone (there are thousands of choices) you would have to run it through some sort of amplifier, then into the computer. If you were going to do that you might as well spend the money to buy a nice Digital Audio Interface like the Mackie I mentioned earlier.</p><p></p><p>You could try to go for the best of both worlds and get a USB microphone but I've never used one... I don't know how they sound. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AP1RE8/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">Here is an example.</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/525051-REG/Blue_SNOWFLAKE_Snowflake_Compact_USB_Microphone.html" target="_blank">here is another</a> that looks better and cheaper... And says it's compatible with mac.</p><p></p><p>Again.. I hope I've helped. I'm just always hesitant to give you an answer about the cheapest thing possible because you'll probably want to upgrade when you start to get hooked by recording!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thedspeth, post: 592118, member: 44350"] I hate to sound like a broken record, so I'll give this one more shot... What level of recording are you trying to do? Just for yourself? To play for friends? To try and get some gigs? To demo songs you've written? You can buy a "computer microphone" and plug it into your microphone jack and it will definitely WORK, but it will not produce good recordings. Those are meant for video and audio chatting. If you were to buy a "real" musicians microphone (there are thousands of choices) you would have to run it through some sort of amplifier, then into the computer. If you were going to do that you might as well spend the money to buy a nice Digital Audio Interface like the Mackie I mentioned earlier. You could try to go for the best of both worlds and get a USB microphone but I've never used one... I don't know how they sound. [URL="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AP1RE8/?tag=macforums0e4-20"]Here is an example.[/URL] [URL="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/525051-REG/Blue_SNOWFLAKE_Snowflake_Compact_USB_Microphone.html"]here is another[/URL] that looks better and cheaper... And says it's compatible with mac. Again.. I hope I've helped. I'm just always hesitant to give you an answer about the cheapest thing possible because you'll probably want to upgrade when you start to get hooked by recording! [/QUOTE]
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