[kpne1home]

I have a 733 Quicksilver Powermac and I don't see an audio port in. There is one for speakers, one for headphones, but none for a mic. That seems weird considering most other macs have them. Will one double as the other or is there something I can buy to get an audio in port? I was thinking of a PCI card to put in one of the slots.

[kpne1home]

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[Mr. Blur]

have a look at the stuff from M-Audio - they make a wide range of pci cards (price and features) and provide pretty good support too.

[kpne1home]

Someone recomended me the imic, it looks good for 40 bucks.

[Mr. Blur]

the imic will do fine for basic stuff and is a decent cheap solution. if you want something a bit more "pro" then look at the m-audio stuff - you can get cards with analog and digital in/out and midi in/out as well.....i guess it depends on exactly what you plan on doing with the gear.

[Tim2 at Omni]

I'll second (third?) the iMic. Works with GarageBand just fine.

Of course, there's going to be a little bit more noise than if you used some nice hardware from Digidesign or someone similar, but it hasn't really been that bothersome for me.