[Ham-Mac] Mac Audio IN

[Dennis Griffin]

The fidelity and sensitivity of the Blue USB Snowball mic seems good with my 13" MBA.

73 de Dennis KD7CAC
Scottsdale, AZ


On Jun 17, 2011, at 10:53 AM, Elwood C. Downey wrote:

> 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).
> 
> 73
> 
> 
> 
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:17:50 -0700
>> From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford at mac.com>
>> Subject: [Ham-Mac] Mac Audio IN
>> To: ham-mac at mailman.qth.net
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>>>> ... find a cheapy microphone and plug it into your Line in ...
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> I'm using a ProSonus TubePRE with a TungS 12AX7 tube.
>> 
>> Not sure if this helps ... -Clint Bradford, K6LCS
> 
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