Can I record with an external mic via my DV camera?

I have a recording setup with a prosumer DV camera with an external mic. I have been using the voiceover tool in FCP to record VO, but now I have Soundtrack Pro and want to use that for recording VO. Can I do this? If so how? Also can someone tell me - does Garageband still have a place fro creating custom scores now that I have ST Pro? Thansk

Your Mac does not have a microphone input, only a line-level input (in fact, no Mac has included a microphone input in quite a while). So you'll need 1) a self-powered microphone that outputs line level, 2) a USB microphone, or 3) an external audio device that supports microphone inputs, either a mixer that will give you line-level output or a USB audio input device. One possibility for a USB device that works for many people and that is relatively inexpensive (ca $40.00 US) the Griffin iMic. It works with any standard personal computer microphone.
Hope this helps.

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... How can change that iMovie would use the external mic instead of built-in?
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