MacBook Pro and Garage Band. Want to record vocals and piano, separate tracks. Is this the right mic? what other hware/sware do I need?
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You need a computer interface between the MXL 990 and the MacBook Pro. There are lots of them available, but I have the ART Dual Pre, and I like it a lot. It can take both XLR and 1/4" phone plug inputs.
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For vocals this mic is good. Not sure if this mic (or what type) is best to capture piano, but it can do that too. You would need an audio interface to go between the mic and the macbook, and a mic cable to connect to the audio interface. The audio interface needs to have one input that can provide 48V(phantom power) to the mic as well. Most audio interfaces have this though.
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If you want to record separate tracks, you'll either need two mics (in which case you'll probably want dynamic rather than condenser) to record both at the same time, or you'll need to record one track at a time (record the piano, then listen back and record the vocals over or vice versa). Don't know how well this will do for piano, but it's great for vocals. Hardware wise, you'll need some way to convert the mic's XLR output to a digital one (usb or firewire most likely), you can either get a straight converter or a mixer (the m audio mobile pre is a decent choice).
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Buy yourself a tascam dr-40. Record audio to it by use of the xlr plugs and then pull the sd card and edit with your computer. If you only use 1 mic, you probably want an xlr y-splitter to ensure you don't get a channel of hiss.
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You might have to get special drivers. What I would do is look online for the drivers for this mic, if the drivers are available for the mac you have than it is completely safe to use. If not than you would be taking a risk with the product.
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Per Marc Maron on a mic website "In the garage I use two Shure SM7s into a Samson MDR6 mixer into Garage Band on my mac. On the road I use a Zoom H4n and two Blue Encore 100 mics." However, the SM7B is a great broadcast mic. I use it for studio vocals. Hope this helps.
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Yes it is definitely Mac compatible, all the way to the latest version of OS X, 10.10, Yosemite. You can use the free program Audacity, which works fine. There are also probably a dozen other audio recording apps in the App Store that you could use. Many of them recognize USB sources like this cassette device, and some of them are free. I prefer to use Audio Hijack Pro (it's not in the App Store). It's not free, but has some advantages. See my review for details.
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Hello - I have a partial answer. Yes, it can be used with Audacity. I actually use Audacity to record my audio when creating eLearning courses and this works perfectly. I have never used garage band and I don't have a macbook, sorry.
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I have the MAC MINI. I think it is compatible with windows but always check first go to YouTube that's what I did. If it is compatible and you need a microphone you can purchase the irig microphone also bit if you need a mic with an USB than get the YETTI.
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I have a Mac and use these microphones, but they do not plug directly into my Mac. They go into a phantom power source when then plugs into my Mac. I have a Presonus power source which plugs into my Mac. I also have an Appoggee Duet but I like the Presonus much better for sound quality. The AT4040 is a super microphone and great for vocal, guitar, or other live instruments. I have used them to record live piano, guitar, flute, violin, voice, and penny whistle. For the money they are absolutely fantastic.
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No this is an output device only. For an input, you need a pre-amp device. I highly recommend the Roland Quad or Octacpture series. Not sure how many input you need. I am assuming you are using a Mac since you asked about Garageband. The Zoom TAC2 is also a nice device.
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The yeti is a USB mic and macs detect USB mics so yes it is compatible. Once the mic is detected, select your audio input source in the dropdown menu in Garage Band.
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There is an XLR version (connect to computer via audio interface), and a USB version, connect directly to the computer. Based on how you are going to use it, I highly recommend the XLR version. Pick up a Focusrite Scarlet 2i2, a good mike cable and mic stand all for around $300, (new)-- you'll be very happy with the results!
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Use the help title on top right hand side of audacity program. It has a web browser manual on it. As for the settings of microphone to use the cassette player, I don't know it for Mac, but you should set the speaker/controls to cd quality which for pc is 2 channel 16bit 44100Hz. This is for recording devices. Good Luck!
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We purchased a Mac and use Garage Band to do our recordings. You can get a refurbished Mac for just a few hundred dollars and the Garage Band software will probably already be installed on it.
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I always use audacity for the PC. It's the best and free. I've found garage band to be best on the iPad but I think it costs like 5 bucks. Hoped this helped!
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Yes, but you need download the audacity software from audacity, choose the version for mac
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Touch base with M-Audio...but the thing is you shouldn't even need a driver. Macs automatically plug-n-play especially with GarageBand
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You'll get a decent vocal sound out of it, but an SM57 will be more versatile for recording instruments, especially guitar amps. Might want to look into a condenser mic instead.