Yes I can choose the mic in the System prefferences, but I can not adjost the recording level, so it records to low.
It can be done with some software, that I can download from: http://www.mxlmics.com/products/900_series/990_USB/990_USB.html But as far as I can find out the software is not accessible at all. Best regards Annie. 2010/4/30, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com>: > Never played with one of these but the manual for it online doesn't say > anything about installing any software, yet the do have a download for > the Mac for that mic. Weird. So what happens if you just plug it in? > Does it show up as a choice in the sound control panel for audio input? > > CB > > Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: >> Hi Chris. >> >> thank you very much. >> >> In fact I have a really good USB mic, but the software for the mac is >> not accessible at all, and therefore I can not adjust the recording >> level. It is the 900usb stereo mic from xml. >> >> Best regards Annie. >> >> 2010/4/30, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com>: >> >>> This has been covered before but generally there are three audio signal >>> levels: speaker, line and mic. Obviously speakers are high powered while >>> line level is the output you typically get from a CD player (not >>> headphone) or DVD player. Mic levels are very very tiny. There is a >>> diaphragm which vibrates with the sound in the air and moves a tiny coil >>> of wire near a magnet, generating a very small electrical signal. All >>> this means is that your Mac has a line-in jack expecting line-level >>> signals while mics produce something much much smaller. So to use most >>> mics with a mac you need something called a pre-amp. Pre-amps take the >>> tiny mic signal and, without adding a lot of noise, boost it up a couple >>> multiples. >>> >>> So if all you want is a mic to skype with you could just go with some >>> USB all-in-one. If you want better quality then you'll want to get a >>> real mic and a preamp. Something cheap like this: >>> >>> http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TubeMP/ >>> >>> and a basic Shure SM58 would be a good start. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all. >>>> >>>> I have been trying with more microphones, if I could use an external >>>> microphone. I found one that I could connect to the line in, but the >>>> recordings is very low. I have a mac book pro with one mic/headphone >>>> and then I have the line in. Is there any way I could use the >>>> headphone/mic for an external mic. >>>> >>>> Best regards Annie. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
