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chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn - 24 Apr 2005 10:46 GMT

I'm beginning to come to the conclusion that the sound-in on my PB
doesn't work. I have the correct settings selected- Line In. When I
switch the microphone on/off, I see a brief surge in the Input level,
but I can't get any level after that. (Input volume is on MAX.) I have
tried different microphones which I know work fine. Is this a common
issue? I really can't be bothered trying to get this fixed, but I do
record onto the powerbook every now again. Could a USB or Firewire
microphone be an alternative. (My quickcam functions fine as a 'USB
Microphone.)

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Elliott Roper - 24 Apr 2005 12:17 GMT

In article <1gviqyy.1lh89yphc8qy3N%this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.com>,
chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn
<this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm beginning to come to the conclusion that the sound-in on my PB
> doesn't work. I have the correct settings selected- Line In. When I
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> microphone be an alternative. (My quickcam functions fine as a 'USB
> Microphone.)

They are not kidding when they call it line-in. It is *not* mic-in.
You need a pre-amplifier.

For a check, try driving the line-in from a headphones out from your
amp or VCR or similar.

Once you have a good mic pre-amp sorted, you will be pleasantly
surprised with the quality of the PB's sound capture through line in.

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chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn - 24 Apr 2005 16:15 GMT

> In article <1gviqyy.1lh89yphc8qy3N%this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.com>,
> chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn
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> They are not kidding when they call it line-in. It is *not* mic-in.
> You need a pre-amplifier.

OK- but I didn't with the lombard. It recorded very well just using the
line in.

I had sort of hoped that just connecting a mic would do the trick- it
makes things easier, which in a way is the point of the powerbook.

Still, at least it isn't a hardware issue then.

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matt neuburg - 24 Apr 2005 16:38 GMT

chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn
<this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > In article <1gviqyy.1lh89yphc8qy3N%this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.com>,
> > chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn
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> OK- but I didn't with the lombard. It recorded very well just using the
> line in.

<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86771>

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sound in on 12" aluminium PB