External Microphone :(

surfrat

Hey,



I'm tryin to set up an external microphone to my PowerMac G4 AGP. I have Mac OS X v10.2. I can't for the life of me figure out how to get this crap to work. It's for use with iMovie. In the system pref's sound pannel it shows NO volume from my mic. It's some Gateway piece of junk my friend gave me, but it was brand new in the wrapper so I'm guessing it's not broken. It plugs straight into the microphone jack on the back of my comp.



Thanks for any help!

defiant

You should find a switch on the mic to change between line and Mic level input. macs only accept one.



HTH

surfrat

To my knowledge, there are no buttons or switches on this microphone. The mic I am using is very similar to this one, although not exact.





<a href="http://www.epinions.com/Telex_M_40_Desktop_Computer_Microphone__Speakers_3 00262_900" target="_blank">Microphone</a>





I hope that will provide a little more information. Thanks for the quick response!

defiant

then it looks like you're out of luck.

does someone else have more information on this one ?

defiant

argh



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neutrino23

Check the specifications. I'm pretty sure that is a line level input, not a mic level input. You will need something like iMic to boost the microphone level.

surfrat

I'm not sure I quite understand the difference between "mic-level" and "line-level" input. Could someone please clarify this point? Thanks...

towel

I remember running into this when I was looking for a mic for my old clone. In a nutshell, PC mic's don't work on Mac's. Something about the way they pass information to the port. You need to buy a little dongle adaptor that fits between the PC mic and the mic port.



I bought one that Griffin used to make, but I'm sure you could find one in a CompUSA or maybe AppleStore. Or google for it. These days Griffin sells a PC-mic-to-USB adaptor that I guess serves the same function.