Hi All
Am confused.
Okay here is what I would like to do, I want to record a voice over using fcp. I have a 1gig e-mac with audio line in.
Well I know I can use a mic connected to mini dv camcorder and import it into fcp that way, but just because I like to complicate my life I decided it would be easier to record a voiceover straight into fcp. I figured out how to do this using the internal mic on the e-mac, it works but of course lousy sound, so I thought I would try hooking up a mic to the audio line in port.
Well I used two mics, one not powered, and one powered and neither worked. Now I was wondering the apple shop guy told me I need a pre-amp and to buy a Griffin powerwave, which I belive works as a pre-amp, however I would have thought a powered mic had a pre-amp? There is a possibility that I didn’t have the settings right for the mic in system preferences (I set my fcp preference to external line in when in fcp, but someone has since told me that I should have done this in the system preferences and not directly in fcp. I don’t have the mics to test this again as borrowed them.)
So I need to know do I need to buy the Griffin powerwave or just a good powered mic (also any ideas on what mic to buy for approx $100?).
If I do all this and assuming it all works will the quality of the voice over be good, or is it better to just use a good mic connected to the mini dv camcorder.
I understand editing (well kind of!), but not great with sound issues, so please any replies assume that I am very dumb and speak jargon less please (still don't fully understand what an amp means so that will give you an idea re my knowledge of sound).
Also some friends are telling me that the audio line in on my e-mac is for mics, some saying is only for hooking up a stereo and not for mics, got conflicting advice for apple people.
Just to complicate things futher am thinking of buying an ipod, would this work as a pre-amp and how would the sound be if I buy one of those Belkin or Griffin attachments that allow you to record into the ipod.
Okay thanks for your help.
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