My sister desperately wanted a PS2 for her birthday this year. I bought her a game called SingStar. It consists of a couple of microphones which connect into the PS2. You then sing along to some popular songs, and it scores you based on how good you sound. It’s really clever.

But, what came with the microphones interested me most. It’s a converter which changes two microphone inputs into a USB port. Out of interest, I plugged it into the Mac. Hey presto! Two audio inputs - perfect for plugging an audio mic or guitar into GarageBand. It achieves the same as a Griffin iMic (without the audio output).

You can pick these up for next to nothing on eBay - Often, you can buy the converter and two mic’s for as little as £10.00. For those of you in need of a cheap USB microphone input on your Mac, this is perfect.