record sound on a Mac

[Sivakatirswami]

> Note: If you wish to record from an external microphone, you need a
> line-level preamp between it and the jack on the computer. They make small
> ones for just that purpose. I'll locate one if you wish, but another way to
> go is to use your stereo system, if it has a genuine microphone input jack.
> Get a stereo cable adapter at Radio Shack (or wherever) so you have RCA
> jacks on the stereo system end, and a stereo miniplug on the computer end.

 A bit off topic, but if you have a bit of change, a dynamite tool for
pre-amp between a quality microphone and your USB port is

USBPre by Sound Devices (search on the web... I don't have the URL at the
moment)

You *can* get cheaper stuff... but if you are serious about doing high
quality input in professional situations this is highly recommended. It
changed our whole life here... we were able to input sound, at the same time
pipe it to a PA system, listen to the input on a headphone, control input
volumes, pipe the input to an external recorder if you need that also and
more...all from a single device, it's only 4 inches wide and is powered by
the USB port...and fits in the palm of your hand/your computer bag... We
actually sold our high-dat recorder, two amps (one to pre-amp the PA and one
to pre-am the DAT recorder) and replaced them all with this gadget...and
coiled up all the extension cords and gave them to the carpentry shop, no
more spaghetti, set up for session in 3 minutes. Used by the big boys (CNN
and NBC) by their correspondents in the field and  has a lot of support by
SoundDevice engineers.
  
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