RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

The assumption nowadays is pretty much 100% that you're going to be 
using an external interface, either USB2 or Firewire, to do your A->D & 
vice-versa. The audio chipsets in laptops, never all that powerful, 
haven't gotten any better as overall prices have fallen.

If you're going to buy a new machine, just budget in an extra $100 - 
$150 to get one of the M-Audio boxes or something similar.

Ross

koegler AT email.unc.edu wrote:
> (I haven't done much audio recording on a macbook, but plan to)
>
> The newly released 13" aluminum macbook pro has ditched the dedicated 
> audio line in and now has a combined in/out headphone-audio in jack.  
> I'm not clear on how this would affect recording, like if I plugged in 
> a little outboard mixer and ran it into the computer, would I not be 
> able to monitor the audio in the computer? My little mixer does not 
> have a USB out.
>
> Here's the specs:
> http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro?mco=MTIyMDI
>
> On the Electrical Audio page, someone said the following:
>
> "That new audio jack lost the digital I/O and is just like the iphone 
> headset jacks apparently. That means stereo out and mono in on one 
> plug."
>
> But does this mean one can only record in mono to the machine via this port?
>
> fyi--I'm a mac user and don't want to change to a PC.
>
> Thanks.
>
> RK
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