How do I connect a microphone to my desktop computer to use for online karaoke? I would like to hook up a microphone for online karaoke. I bought a 1/4 to 1/8 adapter from radio shack to hook a standard microphone to the microphone jack in the back of the computer, but I get no sound. Does this need software or a driver for a microphone? Help please.
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Re: microphone
This sounds like the guy who bought and returned my Mytek audio interface because he couldn't get any signal from his mic when he plugged it into the AES/EBU jack on the back (eBay knows nothing about audio so fell for his ruse).
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Re: microphone
This will not work - never has on a Mac. You need to drive the input at -10dB line level. This requires an audio interface.popylexy wrote:How do I connect a microphone to my desktop computer to use for online karaoke? I would like to hook up a microphone for online karaoke. I bought a 1/4 to 1/8 adapter from radio shack to hook a standard microphone to the microphone jack in the back of the computer, but I get no sound. Does this need software or a driver for a microphone? Help please.
There used to be a special microphone that Apple made but that hasn't worked in a long time.
If you want to plug a mic directly into a Macintosh, it must be a usb mic. You can get them for les than $100 from many online and music stores.
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