G'day Tina I'm using the built in mic.
However, even a usb mic won't drive the bars very high unless I talk about an inch away from the mic, and even then, quite loudly. I've trashed the Audio preferences, to no avail. I've lodged a hardware bug report to Apple. Line-in mics need a hi-gain mic such as the Belkin iMic, which I'm reluctant to buy unless I can figure out why the input is so low. Anyone have a new iMac that's showing low input levels? Regards Santa On 02/12/2010, at 5:39 PM, Tina K. wrote: > On 2010/11/28 21:26, Santa so eloquently wrote: >> I have a new i7 iMac, and have struggled with a very low mic input >> level for several hours. I've turned the System Preferences/Sound/ >> Input level up, but even shouting will not drive the blue bars past >> half way. > > Are you using the built-in, line-in, or USB mic? If you are using the > built-in mic I would take it to Apple, or at least call them. If you are > using line-in the mic probably needs a pre-amp. > > Tina > > -- > > iMac 20" USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64MB DDR Gnome/Ubuntu > 10.10 > > Power Mac June 04 2GHz G5DP 8GB RAM GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256MB Leopard > 10.5.8 > > PowerBook G4 15" HiRes DLSD 1.67GHz G4 2GB RAM Radeon 9700 128MB DDR Leopard > 10.5.8 > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
