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best recording input?

So I purchased a Macbook Pro yesterday to replace my previous pc recording setup...
and I do not yet have a firewire preamp...

So my question is: Will I have better recording quality running my instruments and mics into my preamp/mixer, and then to:
1) the 1/8 inch mic input on my laptop
or
2) my Griffin iMic 24/96 usb soundcard

and if the answer is #2, should i set the iMic to "mic" or "line"?

????????

All comments appreciated!

best recording input?

Reply #1 –
You would set it to "line" input.  Be sure your soundcard's input can handle the soundboard's output.  Very few soundcards accept +4dBu, most use consumer level -10dBV.

As for where to plug it in... try them both and listen? 
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best recording input?

Reply #2 –
Quote from: grmcrcker on
So I purchased a Macbook Pro yesterday to replace my previous pc recording setup...
and I do not yet have a firewire preamp...

So my question is: Will I have better recording quality running my instruments and mics into my preamp/mixer, and then to:
1) the 1/8 inch mic input on my laptop
or
2) my Griffin iMic 24/96 usb soundcard


AFAIK (and I just checked the Griffen web site) there is no such thing as a Griffin iMic 24/96.

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and if the answer is #2, should i set the iMic to "mic" or "line"?

All comments appreciated!


I'd use the line input of an iMic for the output of a regular audio mixer.

However, I'd be very wary, as historically the record side of iMics have been pretty terrible. The new imic appears to be a complete re-design from the one I tested some years back, so I don't know exactly what it is under the covers.