[Ham-Mac] Mac Audio IN

[Elwood C. Downey]

Good point Clint, some (many?) mics may not be strong enough for Line IN. Come to think of it, my electret
condensor mike has an amp built into the base. It works fine into Line IN but it certainly wouldn't without
that preamp. Plus I'm spoiled by the mic built into my Macbook. Anyway, yes, probably in general the best
approach is to the route the rig audio out directly to line IN (or maybe with a Y for continued use with
headphones etc).

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> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:17:50 -0700
> From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford at mac.com>
> Subject: [Ham-Mac] Mac Audio IN
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>>> ... find a cheapy microphone and plug it into your Line in ...
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> My primary Mac is my 17" MacBook Pro. Its Line IN requires a preamp for my Heil PR40 (and other mics) - just
> plugging in a microphone won't provide enough signal.
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> I'm using a ProSonus TubePRE with a TungS 12AX7 tube.
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> Not sure if this helps ... -Clint Bradford, K6LCS