Macbook Pro Retina Audio

And about the main post... You can use the mic incorporated in the headsets, so you can get a 4 part minijack male to 2 minijacks female splitter and conect anything to the mic in. You will get only a mono input, but it can work and this can save you in a urgent situation.

I didn't notice the skype thing as hadent others:

"markwmsn Houston Heights, Texas

"Yeah, you said "not Skype but audio in," so I addressed the audio in part of the issue and not Skype.

Sorry not to have been more help."

I didn't see that skype part, but rather thought he wants to make music / audio recordings with the minijack, which honestly no one that "has a clue" would recommend. For Skype its obvioulsy fine.

And if you think its not important to record at 24 bit (depht) rather then 16 or 8(!!) as opposed to 44.1 to 96 then your the one that has no clue. So no it wouldnt make sence to record at 8 or 16 bit 96khz and much more at 24/41.1 😉

96 khz is high end and lots of filespace and makes more sence maybe for acoustic instruments / Orchester, Sampling etc.. etc. but most Producers I know don't record that high.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_bit_depth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_rate

I never said nothing about 8 bits... And trust me, I don't need to read the Wikipedia articles. I don't want to start a stupid discussion about things that don't matters. I would like to tell you that I'm working right now like 2nd sound engineer in a very prestigious recording studios here in London and I also work in live touring with first class artists like Kelis, Massive Attack, Dino's Chapman, Fink... So maybe I know what I'm talking about... A little.

Btw, if you go to the audio MIDI setup in osx, you will realize that all the new models of macs works at 24 bits and 44.1khz... So it's pretty stupid this discussion.

My apologies if I offended you, it wasn't my intention. But you shouldn't help people if you are not a professional or if you base your tips in Wikipedia articles... Just that.

I stand corrected the newer models do record at up to 24 bit with tha Analog jack. (earlier models just 16)

But my point is valid, that it would always be recommended to work wtih en external audiointerface and not use the internal jack for at least somewhat more serious audio recordings. I guess you didn't record the sum of massive attack on that input. 😉

And if only superduper succesfull audioengeneers would be answering crap in forums... it would be an empty forum landscape... so I guess you where getting coffe or someting and had some time to spare. No offence.

"No offense" - LOL. Even tremendously busy people go on the internet for diversion sometimes. If you're only here because you have nothing else to do, please realize that this only reflects upon yourself and doesn't necessarily hold true for the rest of us. ;)

(But yes, I too question the credibility of someone who claims that 2x sample rates have a bigger sonic impact than going from 16 to 24-bit recording. Every engineer I know who's done comparative listening tests — including myself — has come to the opposite conclusion.)

Anyway, I'm pretty sure that Apple hasn't made an intel-based Mac that didn't have 24-bit input. My backup machine, a 2006 MacBook certainly does. If that qualifies as "recent"...

so your seriously saying you would recommend recording through the input jack analoguely opposed to getting an external audiointerface (ok let aside the multiple inputs but mostly one doesn't record multiple imputs anyway when producing a track, not talking about complete mic'ing stuff etc. more the electronica producer etc. not live band / orchestra etc.. you get me.

So educate me, 16 bit @ 44.1 or 24 bit at the same rate there's no sonic difference?

I mean recording at 8 bit (love those 8bit tracks out there btw) opposed to recoding at 24 bit or 16 bit would make a bigger audioble difference obviously then if you'd record something at 44.1 or 96.2 thats what I meant...

So my point was instead of recording 16bit in on (ok not anymore) 16bit input jack rather go 24 on an external interface. Anyone would recommend an external interface opposed to the internal jack (hum, noice etc).

Thats all.

No, in fact, I said the complete opposite of what you're claiming I wrote.

Please read my post again (I'll do so as well, just to make sure I wrote what I thought I wrote).

We are absolutely in agreement.

hm agreed! 🙂

No excuses for Apple! No sound in, is just stupid. No Optical in, *****! Any "Genius" would know that! Why would I want to hang another adapter off my poortable laptop? Everything that Apple makes is hobbled in some goofy way that doesn't work with the rest of the world. Sound in is such a normal feature that I didn't know to look to see if it was missing. I can't believe it! I'm totally disapointed. I'm sure the next one will have it and then I'll have a $3,000 brick.

just tested on early 2013 macbook pro 15 retina and Yosemite 10.10.3

my target was get to full function v-mooda m-100 with speakeasy cable - directly plugged in - microphone not working, sound out working.

1. full functionality with Apple EarPods with Remote and Mic (sound control panel shows external mic)

2. Irig 2 + speakeasy cable - mic not working, sound out working, guitar sound in working (sound control panel shows external mic)

3. Shareplay extended audio cable 4-pin plug in mac, 3-pin in headphones, speakeasy cable 4-pin plug in shareplay cable input. Lots of cables, but this works (sound control panel shows external mic)

Hi,

correct is v-moda not a v-mooda.

Bad news ---> today can't get to work point 3. Microphone not working 😟.