Audio Input to iMac G5

All,
I want to connect a MiniDisc player to my iMac. I have about 20 MiniDiscs of spoken word audio (personal recordings of conversations from when I was younger) that I want to copy to my computer. I have a portable MiniDisc player that has an output to a standard 2.5mm audio outlet or I could use my stereo which would be a 2 cable RCA connection.
My first question is can I connect an audio input device to any of the USB ports. Secondly, does anyone have any recommendations on how best to accomplish this.
Thanks, I look forward to any helpful responses.
Message was edited by: H2OEngineer

Just use a 2.5mm minijack to 3.5mm minijack cable to your iMac, H2OEngineer. You can use Garageband, or just about any recent mac Audio software, to record the input. There are various freeware and shareware options.
For spoken voice recording there is no need at all to use a USB audio interface. The line in input on the iMac G5 is more than adequate. If you want to go one step better then iMac G5's also support digital "toslink" style optical input through the line in port. So do many minidisc players.
The downside is that you will have to do your recording in real time. Unfortunately Sony didn't see fit to allow fast digital downloads from the minidisc to Macs (as allowed by some minidisc players directly over USB to PC's). I guess Sony found iPods a bit too threatening to their previous near monopoly at the time.
Cheers
Rod
Message was edited by: Rod Hagen

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