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Explain The "line In" On New G4's Please
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2003
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DO i HAVE TO PUT A NEW KIND OF MIC ON THE NEW LINE IN PORT ON MDD G4'S??? I TRY TO USE THE OLD G3 ONE, BUT IT SEEMS THAT IT DOESN'T WORK, WHY IS HAPPENING THIS? I'M KIND OF LOST HERE.
THANXS 
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Senior User
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Istanbul
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The line in on current PowerMac, eMacs, and Powerbooks are intended to be used with a powered sound device (ie: stereo) and NOT a standard microphone.
It's a marketing ploy. Get you to buy the product on the assumption that you can use an external mic with it and then shrug their shoulders when you find out that it's only a line-in and not a mic port.
Speed
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Trafalmadore
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I too thought I could just plug in my mic that I have used with all my other Macs. But� yes you do need an amplified mic for it to work. I had to actually read the manual to find this out.
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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so,what kind of mic is that, where i canget it? i need a mic right away, and i dont know where to find one....
thanxs
p.d.
unbelieveble!
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Europe
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If you don't want to buy a new mic, buy a Griffin iMic.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2000
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I have an iMic. While it definitely works, its limited by the amount of power that it can supply to a microphone due to how much power it can get from USB. Because of that it can't power all microphones. Computer mics should be OK (but not plaintalk) but other mics (like my SM58) won't work.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Nov 1999
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The headphone ports built into Macs have actually been line-in ports for a long time. For many years now, the speech-recognition software out there for Macs -both Apple's and third-party solutions- have required line-level microphones, such as Apple's own PlainTalk mike. They've been doing this ever since the Quadra AV line, which predates the PowerPC architecture itself.
A microphone with a standard miniplug should work for basic sound recording. However, you won't be able to use voice recognition with such a microphone.
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You are in Soviet Russia. It is dark. Grue is likely to be eaten by YOU!
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