I saw a headphone icon so I thought it was just an OUT port. Seems to me that it DOES have a combined headphone/mic jack. (your provided URL doesn't take one to a specific product page) Or, a USB mic (MAKE SURE you get one with a built-in headphone jack). There are also USB audio interfaces - more money. There are other analog-to-USB adapters as well. They may be able to answer your question specifically.Įither of the 2 adapters you posted above is probably worth a try. Their tech support is decent (not perfect, but relatively informed).

I downloaded the manual for the dock but it is unfortunately not specific on the TRS configuration. That is probably the plug configuration it is set up for. My educated guess is based on the icon printed above the port on my OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock: The icon is of a headset with a boom mic, the type widely available and very common with gamers and frequent videoconferencers. (My mic is XLR so it has to go through a USB interface, which I highly recommend using anyway because it allows multiple audio inputs with level controls and was only about $60). I have that dock but have not not tried that port. Nick, I believe you can connect an external microphone to the audio port on the right side. Is there any alternative solution that stays in a moderate budget? If anyone tried them or another one what about the quality of the digital signal? The first one, like most, doesn't tell what type of jack is necessary: TRS or TRRS? TRS seems the educated guess but who knows? I guess it goes without saying but I would like to make sure it does. They say it has a 'Built-in Digital to Analog Converter (DAC)' for the headphones but they don't mention any 'Built-in Analog to Digital Converter (ADC)' for the mic. I need to add some comments in post prod to my videos so I wonder if anyone of you has an experience with an audio interface such as Cable Matters USB C Audio Adapter Sound Card or USB C Microphone Adapter, VOJOTO. OTOH I own a TAKSTAR SGC-598 microphone (analog) that works well on my Sony RX 10 III.

Therefore I have no IN port for a microphone. My configuration includes a MacBook Air M1 and an OWC TB3 dock.

Microphone on macbook air not working