On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu > wrote:
> > On Jan 25, 2011, at 4:40 PM, John Carmonne wrote: > > > > > On Jan 25, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Jeffrey & Daile Engle < > macgu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> yes, the imac has a built-in mic and no, it doesn't register in sys > pref's. no signal gets through. Jeff > >> ____________________________________________ > >> > >> > >> If the mic works when plugged in to another device, proving it works try > plugging in another sound source to see if there is detectable input.. > >> > >> Again, knowing if it is a line level input would be very informative. > >> > >> > >> > > It works in a Windows machine. > > PC's are mic-level, not 'line-level'. Standard cheapo tape recorder and PC > mics don't work on Macs without a preamp of some sort. > _______________________________________________________ > Second response in the thread was from myself. On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 6:18 PM I wrote, On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Jeffrey & Daile Engle <macgu...@gmail.com>wrote: > I bought a logitec cheap-ola microphone today with 1/8th mini to plug into > my G5 imac... it won't work? shouldn't it? > > Is there a work around or a third party driver that'll make it work? > (I should say that it works fine on a winblows box) > ____________________________________________ > Is it a line level input ? You may need a preamp. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
