Re: Configuring Shure Mic for Garage Band

2012-07-09 Thread Chris Blouch
I can turn it up in Garage Band but I was expecting the signal to be 'hotter' coming out of the USB box. So I can work around it, just wasn't the same as my old setup with a Mackie mixer. That was borrowed and had to go back to its owner. The pre-amps on that seemed to crank up a lot more than

Re: Configuring Shure Mic for Garage Band

2012-07-09 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, did you also try turning up the volume of the track? I'm assuming you were using Garageband? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jul 9, 2012, at 10:33 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > What are you using for the USB interface? I picked up

Re: Configuring Shure Mic for Garage Band

2012-07-09 Thread Chris Blouch
What are you using for the USB interface? I picked up an ART USB Dual Pre and found that I had to crank the gain all the way up with my Shure SM58 to get a reasonable signal level. Of course I was trying spoken word and not loud singing so maybe it's just my particular application. CB On 7/7/

Re: Configuring Shure Mic for Garage Band

2012-07-07 Thread Blinkin
I figured it out. I just opened a previous saved file instead of starting a new out. When I started a new one it worked great. Mike On Jul 7, 2012, at 1:58 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > Are you sure its not recording? I mean, have you actually tried to record > yourself

Re: Configuring Shure Mic for Garage Band

2012-07-06 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Are you sure its not recording? I mean, have you actually tried to record yourself then play it back or, are you just talking into the mic and not hearing yourself through your headphones? If this is the case, thats because monitoring is turned off by default on real tracks. You need to