Wehn I plug in a pair of headphones with a Mic, the stock IPhone earbuds, I can both talk and hear speech via skype. So in that case the jack is working both as input and output.
In the Journey, Ron On Jul 25, 2011, at 1:44 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > Here is my question about ProTools. > > Really, is it worth my investment? Here's the thing... I have a mid 2010 > white 13 inch Macbook. It's not a Pro, it's just stocked original white. My > thing is, as you all probably know, these systems only have one external > audio port. That one port serves as a line in, or! as a line out, depending > on your settings in system preferences. This means Somehow I need to have a > pair of headphones plugged in so I can monitor audio, especially when doing > vocals. OK, no problem, boom, headphones're plugged in. Well, now I wanna > plug in my mixer so I can get audio out of the mixer into the macbook. Well, > crap! I can't! I already have something plugged into my only port. My > headphones. OK, well, run the audio from the macbook out and into the board > then monitor it with your headphones on the board, not on the macbook... > well, that's all great in all, but how am I gonna send signal out the audio > port on the macbook and send signal into! the port. You can't have it both > ways. The port is either/or, not both. I honestly wonder, being I was going > to go into audio production and am going back to school to go into that > field, I'm very convinced maybe I made a mistake asking my church for the > macbook. Maybe what I needed was either an IMac, or better yet, an MBP, not > just an MB. This way I'd have two audio jacks. I know it's really hard > without you all looking at my mixer to know if maybe we could set this up > differently, plus this is getting a bit OT from Voiceover, so I don't wanna > flood the list with this thread, nor highjack it, so I'm asking all further > responses please come off list to me. My e-mail address is as follows: > > clgillan...@gmail.com > > alternatively, if that doesn't work, then try me at: > > cgilla...@carolina.rr.com > > If you think it would be easier to chat me on Skype, that's fine, my contact > is: > > twinklesfriend2007 > > I do use Facetime. > > You need to add: > > cgilla...@carolina.rr.com > > I also do use google Talk with my above gmail address, though I'm hardly on > there. > > I'm also available if anyone would like to discuss my future possibilities > via phone, although I'd rather not give my number out publicly on list, but > if you write me off list, I'll give it to ya. > > I just need to know where to proceed. I feel so bad that my priest, Fr. > Steve, donated this thing to me, yet, I feel I'm just using the macbook kind > of as a toy. It's time that I take things to the next level. I've played > with voiceover a lot since April, I've obviously become very! proficient with > the Mac, for what it's worth. I almost feel ready to make it my primary > system. I just now need to know the next step. > > Obviously I've done a fair amount with Garage Band, but I've really not > played much with Pro Tools. At least not enough to form an opinion. > > I'm also caught between that, Logic, or QBase. > > My best of me is saying ProTools, but I just wanna be sure, as if I invest > several hundred dollars in this, I want to be certained that it really is > worth my time to save up for it. > > I open myself to talk to anyone on this list or off that you may could refer > me to, but, I almost wonder if it may be better to talk to someone who not > only's used Protools, but has used it extensively, not in the old days of > Outspoken, but in the now days of Voiceover. This way I truely can get my > questions answered. I went with Ben bloomgren who's also on this list, to my > local music store, and Ben will tell you the same thing here as he was > standing right there with me... he and I went in the recording department, > and talked to a guy who's name neither Ben nor I will reveal, for his > protection, but, I had him turn on voiceover on the Mac they had in the room, > and I tried looking at ProTools 9. This guy, I know he was doing this, as I > am not a total. I have some usable vision, though not much... Every time > that I would try moving around in ProTools to see how it behaved, he refused > to let me and reached up to the control surface and turned down the master > volume. I normally have balls, but this time, I said nothing. I was too > hurt that he would treat Ben and I that way to do much of anything. I was > totally in shock. This is why I'd rather speak to someone who actually knows > what they're half way doing, that I truely could trust who would not try to > purposefully lead me away from my dreams. > > My thing too is I cannot afford a Mac, not even the difference to take this > one back and get a Pro. > > the only reason I have a Macbook is because Fr. Steve was so generous out of > the goodness of his heart to fundraise through the church to get me one for > school. It's about time I start really putting it to use and reaching for my > long-term goal. > > Can any of you all help me with making the best choice? I also have a 10 > channel Yamaha Mixer that ran me about 100 bucks, and a studioware Fantom > powered condincer Samsung microphone with both 20DB gain as well as a low > frequency pass filter, plus then my Yamaha keyboard. So, I just dont' > know... do I have enough hardware to even think about getting protools? Then > I just have a 40 dollar el cheapo pare of Plantronics headphones. Yeah, it's > a full headset with microphone, but I don't use the mike as it's not good > enough for studio quality. > > What do you all suggest? > > Chris. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
