Okay, I have a iMac OS X 10.4.11, and I'm trying to plug in a regular microphone (Only way I can describe it is like a real life rockband mic) and I'm trying to record on Garageband. I bought 2 cords, XLR, which one plugs into the little jack next to where my headphones are, and one that hooks up to the Mic cord. I changed my sound settings to line in on system preferences but still no luck. What do I have to do to get this thing to work?
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Connecting Microphone
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Get a mic preamp with mic-level inputs and line-level outputs.
XLR is designed for balanced mic-level signals. An XLR to single-ended converter only changes balanced to unbalanced, it doesn't amplify the mic-level to line-level. There are XLR preamps with single-ended line-level outputs.
Or get a USB device with mic-level inputs.
All builtin audio input connectors on Macs are line-level, not mic-level.
XLR is designed for balanced mic-level signals. An XLR to single-ended converter only changes balanced to unbalanced, it doesn't amplify the mic-level to line-level. There are XLR preamps with single-ended line-level outputs.
Or get a USB device with mic-level inputs.
All builtin audio input connectors on Macs are line-level, not mic-level.