There are dozens of USB microphones on the market. They all work, some better than others. Many Apple systems also have a simple analog line-in port ... I'm not certain about your iBook but you should look to see if it does. Your iBook has a mike built into it too. You set up the Sound input device with the System Preferences application, Sound panel. By default, it is set to recognize whatever mike, internal or external, happens to be plugged in.
iTunes isn't made for recording, it's a music organizer and playback engine. I don't know GarageBand ... I don't have it installed and have never used it. The QuickTime Player application included with your iBook can do sound recordings and editing once you upgrade it to QuickTime Pro. A QuickTime Pro license key can be obtained by going to System Preferences, QuickTime panel and clicking the Buy QuickTime Pro button. It's about $30. There's a "QuickTime 7 User Guide" on the Apple website (www.apple.com) in the Support -> Software area. And there's information on how to use the QuickTime Player application in the Help system installed on your iBook. Basically, everything you need to do a sound recording is already at your disposal, modulo QuickTime Pro and a better mike than what you already have. It works very well. Godfrey On Feb 16, 2007, at 4:57 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > I'll need to record a short demo for my proposed radio showsoon, and i > fiqure it would probably be done on the ibook and garage band and or > itunes which ever works best i suppose.:-) > > I'll just runn the musi from itunes, but what about a mike. I'm > quessing it would have to be a usb one or pluged into an adaptor and > into a spot on the computer.?? > > Also, i'm not apposed to doing it on my PC if the mike issue can be > addressed and if there is a program to do such. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
