I understand, but, that's only because you're using propriatary earbuds that
allow for that. Any more high-end recording gear isn't gonna have this
trick, trust me.
Chris.
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From: "Ronald McEwan" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: Facing the Reality about my Mac
Wehn I plug in a pair of headphones with a Mic, the stock IPhone earbuds, I
can both talk and hear speech via skype. So in that case the jack is
working both as input and output.
In the Journey,
Ron
On Jul 25, 2011, at 1:44 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Here is my question about ProTools.
Really, is it worth my investment? Here's the thing... I have a mid 2010
white 13 inch Macbook. It's not a Pro, it's just stocked original white.
My thing is, as you all probably know, these systems only have one
external audio port. That one port serves as a line in, or! as a line
out, depending on your settings in system preferences. This means Somehow
I need to have a pair of headphones plugged in so I can monitor audio,
especially when doing vocals. OK, no problem, boom, headphones're plugged
in. Well, now I wanna plug in my mixer so I can get audio out of the
mixer into the macbook. Well, crap! I can't! I already have something
plugged into my only port. My headphones. OK, well, run the audio from
the macbook out and into the board then monitor it with your headphones on
the board, not on the macbook... well, that's all great in all, but how am
I gonna send signal out the audio port on the macbook and send signal
into! the port. You can't have it both ways. The port is either/or, not
both. I honestly wonder, being I was going to go into audio production
and am going back to school to go into that field, I'm very convinced
maybe I made a mistake asking my church for the macbook. Maybe what I
needed was either an IMac, or better yet, an MBP, not just an MB. This
way I'd have two audio jacks. I know it's really hard without you all
looking at my mixer to know if maybe we could set this up differently,
plus this is getting a bit OT from Voiceover, so I don't wanna flood the
list with this thread, nor highjack it, so I'm asking all further
responses please come off list to me. My e-mail address is as follows:
[email protected]
alternatively, if that doesn't work, then try me at:
[email protected]
If you think it would be easier to chat me on Skype, that's fine, my
contact is:
twinklesfriend2007
I do use Facetime.
You need to add:
[email protected]
I also do use google Talk with my above gmail address, though I'm hardly
on there.
I'm also available if anyone would like to discuss my future possibilities
via phone, although I'd rather not give my number out publicly on list,
but if you write me off list, I'll give it to ya.
I just need to know where to proceed. I feel so bad that my priest, Fr.
Steve, donated this thing to me, yet, I feel I'm just using the macbook
kind of as a toy. It's time that I take things to the next level. I've
played with voiceover a lot since April, I've obviously become very!
proficient with the Mac, for what it's worth. I almost feel ready to make
it my primary system. I just now need to know the next step.
Obviously I've done a fair amount with Garage Band, but I've really not
played much with Pro Tools. At least not enough to form an opinion.
I'm also caught between that, Logic, or QBase.
My best of me is saying ProTools, but I just wanna be sure, as if I invest
several hundred dollars in this, I want to be certained that it really is
worth my time to save up for it.
I open myself to talk to anyone on this list or off that you may could
refer me to, but, I almost wonder if it may be better to talk to someone
who not only's used Protools, but has used it extensively, not in the old
days of Outspoken, but in the now days of Voiceover. This way I truely
can get my questions answered. I went with Ben bloomgren who's also on
this list, to my local music store, and Ben will tell you the same thing
here as he was standing right there with me... he and I went in the
recording department, and talked to a guy who's name neither Ben nor I
will reveal, for his protection, but, I had him turn on voiceover on the
Mac they had in the room, and I tried looking at ProTools 9. This guy, I
know he was doing this, as I am not a total. I have some usable vision,
though not much... Every time that I would try moving around in ProTools
to see how it behaved, he refused to let me and reached up to the control
surface and turned down the master volume. I normally have balls, but
this time, I said nothing. I was too hurt that he would treat Ben and I
that way to do much of anything. I was totally in shock. This is why I'd
rather speak to someone who actually knows what they're half way doing,
that I truely could trust who would not try to purposefully lead me away
from my dreams.
My thing too is I cannot afford a Mac, not even the difference to take
this one back and get a Pro.
the only reason I have a Macbook is because Fr. Steve was so generous out
of the goodness of his heart to fundraise through the church to get me one
for school. It's about time I start really putting it to use and reaching
for my long-term goal.
Can any of you all help me with making the best choice? I also have a 10
channel Yamaha Mixer that ran me about 100 bucks, and a studioware Fantom
powered condincer Samsung microphone with both 20DB gain as well as a low
frequency pass filter, plus then my Yamaha keyboard. So, I just dont'
know... do I have enough hardware to even think about getting protools?
Then I just have a 40 dollar el cheapo pare of Plantronics headphones.
Yeah, it's a full headset with microphone, but I don't use the mike as
it's not good enough for studio quality.
What do you all suggest?
Chris.
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