You sould not need the software. you hsould b e able to go to input and be able to adjust levels there.
Good luck. On Apr 30, 2010, at 10:45 AM, 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.
