No line in on iBooks, you'll need a USB mic or USB line-in. Garageband can do audio recording. Does it much better than QTPro, and you already have it.
-Adam Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > 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
