The audio program you mention, perhaps this would be helpful and
perhaps I would not need the IMic as I have an IMac which has a
digital input, not sure. I haven't really gotten into what I can
connect into the IMac's input jack yet, but what I wanted to do is
put together a podcast about the Mac and VO. I really don't have a
good recording setup here so was trying to figure out how I could
capture the audio of VO and my voice to be recorded as an mp3 file.
Any suggestions very much welcome, this is one of the things that is
holding me up from getting this project accomplished. Also if anyone
has any thoughts on how I could connect a phone into this mix as
well, that would be very helpful.
tia
Scott
On Jan 12, 2006, at 9:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
To respond to Gordon's comment about the difficulty in tactilely
distinguishing input and output sockets on the iMic -- his one
small criticism about a practical usage among his recommendations
based on perfomance -- here is the description excerpted from
my September 18 post. I'd use the ridges of the speaker icon
(on both sides of the iMic disc, above and below the port) to
identify the speaker output, then mark the case like Dan does.
"The Griffin iMic is offered as one of the Mac Mini accessories.
It provides an alternative to the missing audio line-in by using
the USB
port, but does not include a microphone. You might use this to record
cassettes, LPs, or radio broadcasts to your computer in digital format
using a sound capture program, like Wiretap or Audio Hijack.
The iMic is a hockey-puck shaped disk with an 18-inch long cord that
ends in a USB connector. There are two mini-jack ports located at
5 o'clock
and 7 o'clock, when the USB cord is at 12 o'clock. They're labeled
with
icons on either side of the disk: a raised ellipse of a microphone for
input from low-power devices such as microphones and a shell-shaped
speaker with ridged sound waves for input from high-power line-level
devices such as stereo equipment. A toggle-switch between the two
ports
allows selecting the port you want to use for input/output.
To connect stereo equipment, which use RCA cables, to the mini port,
you can get a Radio Shack Y-Adapter Audio Cable in either 3-foot or
6-foot length. Part numbers are 42-2550 and 42-2551 and prices are
$5.99 and $6.99."
Hope this helps.
Esther
On Thursday, January 12, 2006, at 08:34AM, Dan Keys
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I scratched a mark in the case near the switch.
Also, on my unit, the two jacks, are slightly different. You might
find that the opening of the case around the earphone jack is
slightly smaller than the opening around the microphone/line-in jack.
When the switch is toward the earphone jack, that is microphone
input.
HTH
On Jan 12, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Gordon Smith wrote:
Just ad an IMic from Griffin Technologies, (if memory serves). I
have one of these little boxes on my Mac Mini, and I tell you - in
terms of latency and quality, they out-perform some of the so-
called top notch PCI cards on the PC platform. I have just one
small criticism. From a tactile perspective, there is no way to
distinguish between the input and output sockets. The box is
circular, the mic/line switch is mounted dead center. Other than
that, excellent.
At 07:28 12/01/2006 -0800, Dan Keys said:
Hi,
I am extremely pleased with my iMic interface on the Mac mini.
However, having the audio inputs as a part of the system is also a
plus, I would think.
