Using a microphone on an old cassette deck?

RCA Inputs are line level inputs. That means that the signal level expected is higher than those produced by a passive microphone. What you need is a pre-amp that is connected to your microphone and the output of the pre-amp into the RCA line in.

You may be able to find microphone with a built-in pre-amp that will boost the signal to line level.

Additional Notes:

Check your hifi set or VCD/DVD player, some of them may have mic in (Karaoke type). If there is, you can put the mic to your hifi (or VCD/DVD) system and use the line out of the hifi (or VCD/DVD) system into your cassette deck's line in. That should work too.

no, usually the signal that runs into a RCA jack are amplified sound. The signal that comes from a regular dynamic mic for one, isn't in stereo, for 2, is unamplified. On some recorders, plugging in a mic would fry the mic itself. I don't think that would be the case for you, but all in all, the answer is that you most likely won't be able to just plug a mic into an RCA jack.

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