Hi Scott, Wiretap only does sound capture from your computer sound card. That's the main way that Audio Hijack works too. Audio editing programs have a recording option. I know that Cheryl has used Audacity, which is freeware.
Apple directs people toward Garge Band for podcasting. It isn't accessible. Does the iMac have an internal microphone? The simplest way I've found to make a trial recording, back when I first got a PowerBook and there was no Garage Band, and I was fooling around learning about the Mac, was to open up iMovie, which also isn't very accessible. There's an audio mode setting which is made on the lower right side of the screen and is labeled "Add Songs and Sound Effects". I select the "Record audio using your computer's microphone" radio button and start talking. Toggle the button again to stop the recording, and use the "Play the Movie" button to listen to the Audio track. Without an indicator of the sound recording levels in the sound bars you'd have to play with the volume levels. You might have to check the system preferences for sound input beforehand to make sure it was set to microphone instead of line-in. I've heard the problem most people have is getting a good microphone for the recording. Your mileage may vary. Good luck with your project. Maybe someone can suggest a good setup to use. Cheers, Esther On Thursday, January 12, 2006, at 05:12PM, Scott Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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. >>>> >> >> > > > >
