Buying A Mic

Hey i have a macbook and I have been playing around using the built in mic so far, but the quality just isnt what i want, I'm rapping and am looking to pick up a cheap microphone no more then 50$ if thats possible, and was wondering what is the best kind and where they go? are they all USB mics?
Thanks

http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/MicrophonesUSB.html

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have you been looking into the t.bone mics?
If not - well - they are Neumann rebuilds... I own 5 Neumann Condenser mics . U87,TLM170,M149,M147. After comparing the t.bones to what I own and making the the a>b test looking like a random guessing contest I have stopped buying the brand and only pay for the mic. t.bones are amazing.... I can recommend the SCT2000 though it aint no tube mic.. T.bone also makes tube mics - check this link:
http://www.thomann.de/gb/search_dir.html?sw=t.bone&x=0&y=0
THis will save you a bunch of money and I PROMISE you - that you are going to like them - If not - I will personally buy the mic from you to the org. price....;-))))
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Hi Guys waves
I never needed a mic before. Now I do. One that plugs into the computer where the headphones go. I'm clueless. I tried recording the sounds via the built in mic ("singing"...that's an overstatement, to be sure), but it's picking up the sounds in the laptap. So, I'm shopping for a microphone. Cheap, but not so cheap it makes weirder sounds than my singing does. Any suggestions?

Never mind. I just saved myself a heap of money buying a mic I didn't really need. I cleaned up the all the distracting noises with Audacity. Free! Yay! It sounds great.
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I am a newibe of audio production, hope you can answer my question in the most simple way, thx.......
Here is my situation :
I'm own a powerbook G4 computer and i would like to record the sound produced my my alto sax. and the import the background music from a mp3 or a CD track.
Recently, i've tried using a very cheap and low quality microphone provided by the Creative soundcard bundle package. I've found the sound record is not good enough. I've asked my friend what's the problem will be and the answer are :
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I had recently JUST bought a headset.
I was excited to use it... I was positive that it was Mac compatible cause it said that it was ipod compatible.. my mistake I guess. Plus I needed to buy a mic under $30 cause that's all I had... and the cheapest one they had was the one I have on now.
Sooo I get it all ready.
There are 2 plug ins. One for the audio head phones... then one for the mic.
Oddly there is NO hole for a mic.. since mac already has a built in mic.. but i hate using that.
Sooo I just plug it into the next available hole.. which looks like this "|>o<|"
The mic doesn't work....
So I go to System Prefrences on my computer and it says:
+Changing your computer's sound input device+
+You can input sound into your computer using your computer's internal microphone or an external microphone. For example, you may want to use an external microphone to record your voice, or use the internal microphone to give spoken commands to your computer.+
+Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Sound.+
+Click Input, and then select the device you want to use for sound coming into your computer.+
So I do that..
Here were the choices:
Internal Microphone- Built In
Line In- Audio line-in port
so I click "Line In"
and my mic still doesn't work.
does this mean I have to get a new headset?
The thing is I called the place and it said that this headset IS mac compatible. Soo I dunno what's going on.
My guess that this isn't mac compatible even though the guy said it was...
Also,
Any good headsets I can get for the mac UNDER $30?

Hanners, Welcome to the discussion area!
This discussion area is for the G3 iMacs which look like this:
It sounds like you do not have a G3 iMac. It sounds like you have a G4 iMac which looks like this:
The iMac you have does NOT have an audio input port. The plug you have attached the microphone to is the output port for the Apple Pro speakers. By doing that you may have damaged your microphone AND the output port for the Apple Pro speakers.
The only way to use a microphone with your iMac is to either get a USB microphone OR use an iMic along with a standard microphone.
Message was edited by: Duane

Recording audio can't get rid of fuz in background please help

so i have had my macpro for about 3 months i have been making hiphop songs flat out. my vocals have always been crystal clear im just using the inbuilt mic but yesterday i got a usb plug for my guitar i stuffed around playing guitar on gb for a few hours than i went back to finish one of my rap songs now wen i went to rcord my vocals there is like a fuz in the background it sounds so bad i cant even use it i have tried changing recording levels but it just wont go back to the quality it was before. i am really stuck and need an answer has anyone else had this problem i cant do anything until its sorted. thanks guys

jaronfromscarborough wrote:
its still doesnt make sence y its picking up more background noise s as well as the fuz. and y wasnt the fan working earlyer it just seems like it happened after running my guitar through garageband.
the fan is designed to ramp up and down based on how hot the computer is running. so if you just used the computer for work that ramped up the CPU, it would be running hotter and the fan would kick in. once the computer cools off, it throttles down.
jaronfromscarborough wrote:
im just a bit worried i dont want to go out and spend the money on new equipment for it not to work. is this problem common? thanks for your help so far mattimattmatt
understood! it's understandably frustrating that you buy a computer only to learn you have to buy MORE STUFF! just to do what you bought the computer for. the thing is, the built in microphone isn't really designed for music. it's like a phone microphone - useful for its tasks, but not something you'd expect to get a good recording through.
while it's frustrating to encounter the need to buy more stuff, on the other hand, when you realize you have a studio in your computer more sophisticated in some ways than what the Beatles were using, and all you have to buy is a microphone and maybe an interface... overall, it's still not a bad deal!
if all you need is a better microphone, you could buy a USB mic which isn't much and plugs directly into the USB port of the computer:
http://www.sweetwater.com/c981--USB_Microphones
here are some audio interfaces (you'd need to buy a mic separately, but you'd plug the mic and the guitar into the interface to get the sound into the computer, with the result that both would record in higher quality):
http://www.sweetwater.com/c695--USB_Audio_Interfaces/popular
(note that if you bought an interface, you would NOT buy a USB mic, since the interface would have the USB (or firewire) connection to the computer. you'd buy a standard mic, plug it into the interface, and plug the interface into the computer).
here's a new-ish combo USB mic, guitar interface that's pretty good:
http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/one.php
Also, please understand, while what I'm saying about the fan kicking in when you run the computer, and the value of using an external microphone and/or interface is true, since I'm not actually where you are, checking out your computer setup, there's no way for me to tell 100% what's going on. if you are happy with what you were doing, and suddenly started getting distortion, there's always the remote possibility that it's something else. what i'm suggesting is only the likely culprit from having encountered this before!
Finally, to understand how computer-based recording works, while the computer is the heart of your studio, and a contemporary computer has a lot of components stuffed into it out of the gate, for professional results, it's really just the start! A pro computer-based studio can use interfaces, microphones, and other outboard gear that can quickly run into the thousands of dollars, and then add some more zeroes!
good luck!

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