Re: seeking Suggestions for recording sound from TV to my iMac

2015-02-10 Thread Michael Marshall
hmmm, thanks you have given me something to work with. my TV does not have line-out i don't think but it does have a headphone jack for 3.5MM to of them but one doesn't do anything. thanks Michael > On 11 Feb 2015, at 2:59 am, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > If your TV has a li

Re: seeking Suggestions for recording sound from TV to my iMac

2015-02-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
If your TV has a line-out. If it's really a headphone jack then the signal coming out is probably a bit strong. The result will be that to have it low enough to record it will have to be very quiet and you'll have a lot of noise. If you turn it up loud enough to cover the noise it will distort.

Re: seeking Suggestions for recording sound from TV to my iMac

2015-02-09 Thread Michael Marshall
do you think line-in would be the best option for mac recording? thanks Michael > On 10 Feb 2015, at 9:01 am, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > The earlier Macbooks had headphone out and line-in. line-in is probably the > most common as mic-level preamps are delicate noise-prone t

Re: seeking Suggestions for recording sound from TV to my iMac

2015-02-09 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
The earlier Macbooks had headphone out and line-in. line-in is probably the most common as mic-level preamps are delicate noise-prone things, probably not something Apple would want to spend money on for the handful of folks who would actually use it. For those who do care you can get all kinds

Re: seeking Suggestions for recording sound from TV to my iMac

2015-02-09 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, thanks for the stuff on electrical interference. USB devices are particularly prone to interference i have found. This is the one major mistake that Apple have made. All maxed should have three Jack's microphone, headphones and line-in i believe. Michael > On 10 Feb 2015, at 8:10 am, 'Chris B

Re: seeking Suggestions for recording sound from TV to my iMac

2015-02-09 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, if i connected something in to the headphone jack of the mac i would get no sound. the new macs only have one jack. thanks Michael > On 10 Feb 2015, at 7:49 am, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > On a Mac, the headphone jack doubles as a line-in jack. You should be able > to go direct using

Re: seeking Suggestions for recording sound from TV to my iMac

2015-02-09 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Related to this, there are four audio electrical levels. Mic levels are tiny signals that come out of a mic and usually need to go through a pre-amp before they can become usable 'line level' signals. Line level is typically for signal routing such as patching the audio output from a DVD player

Re: seeking Suggestions for recording sound from TV to my iMac

2015-02-09 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, On a Mac, the headphone jack doubles as a line-in jack. You should be able to go direct using 3.5 to 3.5 from the out on your TV to the jack on the Mac. Using an app like Audio Hi-Jack Pro would do the recording for you nicely. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 9, 201

seeking Suggestions for recording sound from TV to my iMac

2015-02-09 Thread Michael Marshall
hey all, i have a TV with a 3.5MM headphone jack witch i used to connect to the mike port on my windows computer and record the sound. on the mac i have run into some significant difficulties with this. Obviously the Mac has no dedicated microphone jack witch can be overcome with the iMike USB in