Help!

[JoshHorn]

I need some suggestions,

My mixer just died and I have no way of buying a new one right now. (I am a student) I have a SennHeiser Evolution microphone, which is XLR. Is there any way of plugging in my mic directly in to my Mac?

 

[crazydoc]

I can't think of a free way offhand. You could buy a cheap preamp or mixer. This is the cheapest I know of.
http://www.8thstreet.com/product.asp?ProductCode=6882&Category=Audio_Processors
Maybe you could find something cheaper and better on Ebay, or at your local music store.
You need to go through a preamp one way or another. I know nothing about Macs, but I imagine their mic inputs are as worthless as the PC's.

 

[Scinx]

This was my budget system back in the day. Mic, into an impendance matcher ($15) to convert it to 1/4" which was then plugged into a beat RadioShack mixer powered by a 9volt that I found on eBay ($10) and then into my computer soundcard.

 

[JoshHorn]

Status

Here's what Ive done.

I went to Radioshack and bought a XLR to phono adaptor, *low impedance mic to high impedance input (Mac)* I tried it out and Coaster picks up the mic fine, straight into the laptop. Problem solved since I dont need more than one track only recording acoustic and vocals. Never needed a 8 channel mixer, which BTW is dead.