I I believe the converter is called a pre-amplifier. External microphones work OK, but the signal is too small for the line-in to recognize it.
Best wishes, Jonathan On Oct 28, 2011, at 12:57 PM, Brent Harding wrote: > Wow, they've been doing this for a few years now. I wonder what the converter > thingy is? > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehg...@gmail.com> > To: "MacVisionaries list" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 11:27 AM > Subject: a note on microphones for macs > > >> Hi all, >> I just made a discovery that I really wish someone had shared with me >> earlier. Apparently, Macs use a different microphone input than most other >> PC sound cards. This means that the standard, non line-quality microphone >> you may have, as I do, will not work with a Mac's microphone jack. You >> either need a converter, a microphone that is certified to work with Macs, >> or a USB microphone. This also explains why Windows sees only a line-in >> jack for audio input in addition to digital audio. >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from BrailleNote >> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
