[audacity4blind] Re: Recording and playback using Mac with Mavericks
- From: Thomas Byskov Dalgaard <tbd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 09:40:05 +0200
Hi Chris!
Ok therefor you do not have a build in mic. The Mac mini doesn't have one.
Please let us know what you discover.
Best regards Thomas
Den 26/06/2014 kl. 09.10 skrev Chris Coulter <forestelf1@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Thanks. I’ll try selecting the head phones. That was actually the first thing
> I tried a couple of days ago but I may have done something wrong. I really
> think, though, that you might be right about my computer not having a
> microphone and, sadly, I’m not sure the one on my head set is working. I’m
> using the new Mac Mini.
> Chris
> On Jun 25, 2014, at 11:44 PM, Thomas Byskov Dalgaard <tbd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris!
>>
>> Which Mac do you run Audacity from?
>> It sounds to me as if you're running it from a Mac that hasn't a build in
>> microphone.
>> Core audio is the host that Audacity truly supports. It should be left that
>> way. I don't know the technical explanation, so here others may be able to
>> help you out.
>> You could test your USB-microphone by selecting it in the input device
>> inside Audacity.
>> What's very important to remember is that on the Mac you have to select the
>> in- and output inside the application you're using it. In System Preferences
>> you can select a default in- or output, but in some cases the input may not
>> take effect if another input is chosen in a given application.
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> Best regards Thomas
>> Den 26/06/2014 kl. 05.33 skrev Chris Coulter <forestelf1@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>>> Hello, everyone,
>>> I really need help from someone who uses Audacity with a Mac for this
>>> question. My apologies in advance if I sound a little confused.
>>>
>>> I have opened Audacity and set my preferences. My one and only choice for a
>>> host is Core Audio. I have set my recording device to be built-in input and
>>> my playback to be Logitech USB head phones. I then went to System
>>> Preferences, clicked on sound and selected Input. The only choices I have
>>> for input are Line In and Logitech Heads set, which is a head set
>>> microphone that I don’t believe is working. I selected Line In, but I only
>>> did that because I don’t see anything about an internal microphone. I
>>> opened a project file using Command N and tried recording something. When I
>>> pressed Play after recording I heard nothing. That’s probably not
>>> surprising if the only real option I had was Line In and I don’t have an
>>> external mic. Is there a skilled Mac and Audacity user in the house who can
>>> give me some plain English, jargon-free help? This is all very new to me.
>>> Chris
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