[RealMac]

I recently bought a Radio Shack Dynamic Microphone, Model #33-3108 and a Griffin iMic.
When I try to record with the mic, I am only getting a mono signal. I've looked at various sources which seem to recommend I:
-Get a Mic Pre-Amp / Mixer
-Line Level Transformer

I'm not even sure if this is a stereo microphone, but it doesn't appear to be (monophonic plug). My goal is to keep costs low and still get decent quality *stereo* output. I've thought about ordering iLife 04 (the only app I'd really use out of it is Garage Band), being a novice and all. I also have a MIDI keyboard, midiman converter box and cables to hook up to my PowerBook G4 Al. Any advice you have to offer is appreciated.

At a quick glance, I saw the Sony ECM MS957 Microphone and the Sony ECM MS907, but these are more synonymous with camcorders vs standalone audio. Meaning, I'm guessing the quality would not be as good.
It looks like I may have to shell out the cash for another microphone. hmmm..

Any advice you have is much appreciated.

[k_munic]

have a look at the plug of your mic: is it divided by a small black part into two or three metallic parts?

2 means: mono mic - and a mono mic offers you... right, just mono; no technical way to make a mono signal stereo, eccept you can add some stereo reverb etc. with an audio tool as audicy or garage band.

3 means: stereo signal - you're sure, you connected it correctly? push it DEEP into the iMic; there's a little switch at the side of the iMic - it should show you a mic symbol and a line signal; push it to... ok, that's a NoBrainer ;-)

the rts of your equipment: analog audio (as your mic) and midi are totally different things! midi means just some datas ("... press #C4 for 25milliseconds...") - no "real sound, just the information to some sound processor, what to do.
you cannot listen to midi without somekind of soundprocessor, as a syntheziser, a computer, whatever.
analog sound means: real sound, as coming from a mic, out of a piano, your voice.

there is no way (ok, a very expansive way) to make audio to midi! have a look in Garage band, it shows you grafically the difference between audio and midi files