Thanks for the description. I've posted some other questions on all
this audio stuff and hope someone will have some ideas.
I think this project will be fun and informative and its long over
due on my part.
tnx
Scott
On Jan 12, 2006, at 9:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Scott,
The iMic is used with the mini because the mini has no audio
line-in port. The iBook laptop also needs an iMic to get recorded
signals into the computer. However, even machines that have a
separate audio line-in port, like the PowerBook, might benefit
from using a USB connection to input the signal. Using the USB
port may give better isolation from noise pickup.
This type of device does well with simple recording, but if you
want to do more complicated things like adding a voiceover
dubbing track to something you're recording, you'd have to also deal
with the "lag" in matching your track due to latency in the
system. You might need a more expensive input device.
Still, its surprising how well you can do, even recording from
something like a cheap Sony walkman cassette player into your
Mac with and iMic and sound capture program.
Another bonus is that you don't need to download any drivers.
And the hardware setup for Sound input source will automatically
switch over to USB input from the iMic when one of these devices
is attached -- you don't have to go into the System Configuration
menus and make all the changes for selected input device.
You can also send output from your machine (edited, dubbed,
generated by garage band, taken from the infamous iTunes
library, etc.) to an external audio source using the iMic's USB
interface.
Hope this helps. Gordon can probably give you a better
explanation.
Cheers,
Esther
On Thursday, January 12, 2006, at 03:41PM, Scott Howell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You know I was curious about the IMic. The description I read on
Apples site didn't really give me a sense of its ability other than
it was like the patchbay from hell.
I got the impression it was merely for connecting recordplayers, tape
decks, and the like to the Mac, but is that all it does? I thought it
might give you additional controls so any info you care to share
would be appreciated.
Scott
