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#1
November 25th, 2004, 03:35 PM
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| Recording audio with a mic via Audio line-in I have a combination stereo headphone/microphone headset. I'm plugging the two cables (in/out) that come out of the headset into the correct ports on My G5. But the weird thing is, I'm not getting any audio response when I go into System Preferences, or an app like GarageBand. But the weird thing is, if I tab the plastic part of the headset on my desk it will register a little bit on the audio meter. But not when I talk into it. This is confusing. Could this be that the headset is not compatible, or is there something that I'm doing wrong here?
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#2
November 25th, 2004, 11:56 PM
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| Have you tried adjusting the "Input volume" in the "Input" tab of the "Sound" pane in System Preferences?
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#3
November 26th, 2004, 03:31 AM
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| Could it be you are using the line-in instead of the mic plug? Don't know if the G5 has both of them. The difference between line-in and mic plugs is that the mic plug is amplified. Mics tend to have a very low input volume and in your case it sounds like you are using it on the line-in. If there is just one audio-in plug available on your G5 I would suggest to get another headset. Maybe a bluetooth one? They work very fine.
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#4
November 26th, 2004, 11:43 AM
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| Yeah, I am using the line in port. There isn't a mic port on my G5.  So I guess my options now are to buy a bluetooth mic (I think my G5 has bluetooth, it has the port for the antenna) or get a different sound card, am I right?
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#5
November 26th, 2004, 12:03 PM
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| new soundcard will be difficult. Go for the bluetooth headset. You will love it! But before you should really make sure you got bluetooth built-in.
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