Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!MIX!Blackbird From: billy@MIX.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: MacPro: no audio input ? Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:03:00 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <52676c7d$0$46296$c3e8da3$3a1a2348@news.astraweb.com> <52696dfd$0$9670$c3e8da3$e408f015@news.astraweb.com> <5269aae8$0$7247$c3e8da3$76a7c58f@news.astraweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1382731380 8089 166.84.1.5 (25 Oct 2013 20:03:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:03:00 +0000 (UTC) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:50694 Alan Browne writes, quoting JF Mezei: > > I am very curious on why Apple chose to not include audio input on this > > high end machine that has the physical real-estate to have that extra plug. Why anyone would ask/speculate/whinge about stuff they would _never_ need let alone actually use is a complete mystery to me. > Pros in the audio business will be using more advanced multi-channel > samplers with balanced analog inputs. It would be foolish to have the > audio as part of the Mac. We like to keep the audio, especially the analog stuff, somewhat away from computers and other noise sources. Not to mention the value of the Mac Pro is in editing - I can easily (and do) record a bunch of channels on my now ten year old iBook (which also has no audio input, but it does have a microphone). Other than Protools, which has become such a bloated pig that yea, running it on a Mac Pro even to just record stuff is probably now a necessary thing..... Billy Y.. -- sub #'9+1 ,r0 ; convert ascii byte add #9.+1 ,r0 ; to an integer bcc 20$ ; not a number