Ok, my results so far with playing along with DoggieBox. Powerbook G4, Griffin PowerWave, Fender MIM P Bass. This powerwave has switches for mic/line level, and hardware passthrough. It can be powered by the USB cable, and through it's own adapter. - With the powerwave plugged in, bass into mic input, real cheap headphones (free from an airline), hardware passthrough switched on, the output level was very low. I purchased a set of Seinhieser (sp?) headphones, and now level is great. line/mic set at line level. This is with running *no* applications. - There is a lot of noise, dependent on what is running on the laptop. My powerwave adapter is packed right now; maybe running on external power would clear this up. - running with doggiebox. Absolutely no problem. Adjust bass level with volume control on bass; doggiebox with any standard mac volume control. - running with SoundStudio, software loopback, gave a neat delay. If I ran with this app, with BOTH software and hardware loopback enabled, I got a really neat slap back echo. ;-) So, other than the noise issue, which *hopefully* can get cleared up quickly once I unpack my power adapter, this box looks ok. JohnS.
Has anyone tried on of these iMics? Maybe I am using bad microphones (two different ones) but I can't get a decent recording. My PowerBook's built in mic give me a stronger signal than the iMic.
I'd love to hear other's experiences with the iMic.
I've had crappy experiences with my iMic lately. Well, I haven't really used it since I got my 828mk2, but it had always been hit-and-miss. I think there's something wrong with USB audio drivers under 10.2 and later.
One thing I *was* using it for lately was recording messages off my voicemail, using a $20 adapter from radioshack. I returned the adapter once and was about to do it again when it seemingly didn't work (loud ground hum noise when I had it connected). I discovered that this hum went away when I recorded to my iBook running on battery. When connected to my G4, or to the iBook plugged into the wall, behaviour was spectacularly awful. Clearly some kind of electrical issue that the iMic did not isolate.
-ben
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