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<blockquote data-quote="Groovetube" data-source="post: 1913827" data-attributes="member: 223633"><p>Patrick, none of this will help unless you have the right connectivity.</p><p></p><p>If you use the audio jack, in order to access the mic/line in you have to use the TRRS cable correctly. It is setup to accept the apple headset with buds/mic with this type of connector. (I got one from amazon) and finding info on this is strangely scant on the net. Apple is strangely silent on how to split this jack properly, and if you look at all the TRRS to mic/headphone splitter cables, you'll notice none of them cite compatibility with apple notebooks. Unless someone else here has good info on this specifically tread carefully here. Mine doesnt work very well.</p><p></p><p>Once you have a proper connection, yes, you would then use the sound pref to select the input and set the level (because it's line Id back off the level)</p><p></p><p>There are a number of decent USB/soundcard type dongles to be found. Cheaper breakout boxes.</p><p></p><p>If you're going to do music and maybe do this quite a bit down the road, something pretty compatible (and very useful in general) like the presonus unit is very good. (if you get a 1 input model ensure you can use a cable that would -properly- sum a stereo headphone output to a mono in)</p><p></p><p>I use high end UA racks for recording, but I bought <a href="https://www.amazon.com/PreSonus-AudioBox-USB-25th-Anniversary/dp/B08D8R6VFC/ref=sr_1_3?crid=25H0JT5MUK14Y&keywords=presonus+audiobox+usb+96&qid=1657563595&sprefix=presonus%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-3" target="_blank">this audio interface</a> to use for general quick and easy audio interface needs (like zoom teaching connecting my record player in etc etc) because it was cheap super compatible super easy to use and came with really great software. (many audio pros will swear by studio one as a daw). Bonus it also has two fairly decent mic preamps should you want that. Very capable for a hundred bucks...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Groovetube, post: 1913827, member: 223633"] Patrick, none of this will help unless you have the right connectivity. If you use the audio jack, in order to access the mic/line in you have to use the TRRS cable correctly. It is setup to accept the apple headset with buds/mic with this type of connector. (I got one from amazon) and finding info on this is strangely scant on the net. Apple is strangely silent on how to split this jack properly, and if you look at all the TRRS to mic/headphone splitter cables, you'll notice none of them cite compatibility with apple notebooks. Unless someone else here has good info on this specifically tread carefully here. Mine doesnt work very well. Once you have a proper connection, yes, you would then use the sound pref to select the input and set the level (because it's line Id back off the level) There are a number of decent USB/soundcard type dongles to be found. Cheaper breakout boxes. If you're going to do music and maybe do this quite a bit down the road, something pretty compatible (and very useful in general) like the presonus unit is very good. (if you get a 1 input model ensure you can use a cable that would -properly- sum a stereo headphone output to a mono in) I use high end UA racks for recording, but I bought [URL='https://www.amazon.com/PreSonus-AudioBox-USB-25th-Anniversary/dp/B08D8R6VFC/ref=sr_1_3?crid=25H0JT5MUK14Y&keywords=presonus+audiobox+usb+96&qid=1657563595&sprefix=presonus%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-3']this audio interface[/URL] to use for general quick and easy audio interface needs (like zoom teaching connecting my record player in etc etc) because it was cheap super compatible super easy to use and came with really great software. (many audio pros will swear by studio one as a daw). Bonus it also has two fairly decent mic preamps should you want that. Very capable for a hundred bucks... [/QUOTE]
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