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JohnnyBoy
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| maurice wrote: | | Do I have to set something first in the Sound section of System Preferences? |
When you go to the Sound section of System Prefs, are there alternatives to "Internal Speaker" and "Line In" shown when you click on the "Output" and "Input" tabs?
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maurice
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:37 am Post subject: |
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| Of course, JohnnyBoy! How stupid of me. I forgot to look in the Sound section of System Preferences AFTER plugging in the dongle. Once plugged in, it is listed and I can select it. Seems to work well. Many thanks for the quick reply. |
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JohnnyBoy
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:21 am Post subject: |
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Glad you sorted it out. 
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Downloaded and installed Audacity (Intel release) but can't get it to record from a mic. Using a MacAlly iVoice mic that works perfectly on the Mini in other apps. I read the Audacity help files but maybe I'm still missing something.
Any ideas anyone?
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JohnnyBoy
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| Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:09 am Post subject: |
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| jazzman wrote: | Downloaded and installed Audacity (Intel release) but can't get it to record from a mic. Using a MacAlly iVoice mic that works perfectly on the Mini in other apps. I read the Audacity help files but maybe I'm still missing something.
Any ideas anyone? |
Jazzman, start Audacity with the mic already plugged into your Mac. Then click on "Preferences" under the "Audacity" menu. The first button on the top-left of the Preferences dialogue box will be "Audio I/O". Click that and then change the settings of the "Input" and "Output" drop-down menus.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:04 am Post subject: |
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| JohnnyBoy wrote: |
Jazzman, start Audacity with the mic already plugged into your Mac. Then click on "Preferences" under the "Audacity" menu. The first button on the top-left of the Preferences dialogue box will be "Audio I/O". Click that and then change the settings of the "Input" and "Output" drop-down menus. |
Thank you Johnny!
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JohnnyBoy
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| jazzman wrote: |
Thank you Johnny! |
You're very welcome, fella. I'm just glad you can now get going!
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| maurice wrote: | | The fact that Mac Minis have only a line level audio in port is very frustrating |
Yes but you could use an ordinary microphone amplifier to bring the signal up to "line" level. I expect you could buy such a device from "Maplin" or "Radio Shack".
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=29908 |
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