Microphone too loud?

Whenever i sing at a loud Volume it always seems like the microphone is too weak and cant handle that much sound so it causes a bunch noise in the playback like im singing RIGHT into the mic, like im using an amateur recording device or something. Im using the mic thats built into the Macbook pro. Do i need to buy a real microphone or is there a way to fix this thru logic pro?

Hi there,
Sorry to read you are having trouble with this. The set up you are using sounds ace but maybe not as pro as it could be. You may wish to try a more professional set up. I have read that something like this is about as good as it can get for monaural sound reproduction. Especially if you use those cool looking TDK tapes that look just like "reel to reel" tapes they have in those cool studio places.
It has an external microphone which I think will help.
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