You certainly have the option to buy this "iMic" - which is a little better than one might believe... BUT if you are aiming for professional stuff, this is a toy for you - it always depends what you need and how much money you are ready to spend. 

Basically we are talking about two things - the microphone and the converter (usb or firewire) - imic is a good one for its money, but not studio quality.


http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/AudioBuddy-main.html
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Transit-main.html

be sure to check out that what you buy is from a company that has mac support, and if possible, you can find reviews about it on the net before buying it..

also be sure to check out apples accessories page:

http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/accessories.html


//mike


On Oct 26, 2005, at 10:27 AM, Mark Pulley wrote:

A question for those listees who have done Yello remixes - I have been thinking
about trying something, but I was wondering how to enter sound into my computer
(e.g. vocals or acoustic instruments) (I have an iBook running MacOS 10.3 - it
has a built-in microphone but I want a better quality sound than I can get with
this). How good are USB microphones for entering sound (assuming I don't buy a
cheapie), or is it better to use a proper microphone (then I'd have the problem
of connecting the microphone to the computer - there isn't a microphone input
port). For those of you who have done this before, do you have any useful tips?

Mark P.
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