Microphone in Mac Pro??? I can't figure out how to make it work!

[Sean Dempsey]

I feel really dumb.

I have been trying to use a PC mic with my Mac Pro so I can talk over iChat. I have a Webcam already, so I went to Staples and bought a PC mic. Just a mic with the standard plug. I plug it into the line-in jack in the Mac Pro (speakers are in the other jack).. nothing happens.

So I assume the mac is busted. Get a different one. Same thing. Nothing. My Mac Pro will not pick up any sound.

So I open the sound properties, and I see what I have attached. What the hell could I be missing here? Mic is plugged in to the line in, there's no on/off switch, and that's it right?

 

[Sean Dempsey]

nevermind, just delete this thread.

It appears I need a preamp or USB mic.

 

[dkoralek]

nevermind, just delete this thread.

It appears I need a preamp or USB mic.

Yep. The jack that you hooked the mic up to is a line in, not mic.

cheers.