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Best USB microphone?
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I'm looking at buying a USB microphone to use with speakable items on OS X. Does anyone have any suggestions/info? From what I'd read in the past, it seems like the iMic is the most popular.
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Sorry I don't have the answer to that, but I'd like to know what's the cheapest USB mic or actually an analog audio input USB adapter. I'm looking for one for my iBook. I don't want to have to pay $30 for something that should be free. I've seem one in CompUSA for $25 I think but it was kind of big and bulky. I'd rather have something smaller. I don't need it to have an output jack since all Macs have that built in but many of these adapters seem to include it anyway and I wonder if that accounts for their size and price.
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Originally posted by pdot:
<STRONG>I'm looking at buying a USB microphone to use with speakable items on OS X. Does anyone have any suggestions/info? From what I'd read in the past, it seems like the iMic is the most popular.</STRONG>
The iMic isn't a microphone. It's just a USB converter. You'd still need a good analog microphone to plug into it.
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oh. I didn't realize that. Then can any analog microphone work with the iMic, or do I have to get one of those Macintosh compatible ones? Also, how well does it work as a converter?
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Current: XPC SB81P, 3GHz P4, 1GB RAM; Compaq Presario V2410US, Turion 64 ML-30, 512MB RAM
Previous: Sawtooth G4/400 448MB RAM
ATI Radeon 8500 64MB - flashed variant
OS X 10.3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399 37510
Future: 13" Widescreen Powerbook, Core Duo Intel
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Originally posted by waffffffle:
<STRONG>I don't need it to have an output jack since all Macs have that built in</STRONG>
my cube disagrees (stupid USB sound).
Originally posted by pdot:
<STRONG>can any analog microphone work with the iMic, or do I have to get one of those Macintosh compatible ones?</STRONG>
any analog microphone with an 1/8" jack will work. i don't have one myself, so i don't know how well the converter works, but i assume it runs in stereo at cd-quality sound.
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Why is there always money for war, but none for education?
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the imic appears to work good. It also will take a stereo line input ( not at same time as mic)
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John
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