Marlene, Have you tried a USB microphone?
Have you plugged the microphone you have in then gone to System Preferences > Sound and selected the device in "Input"? Gone to System Preferences > Speech, selected the microphone in the drop down menu located just below "settings Commands " and pressed "Calibrate" and the calibrated the microphone? Regards, Michael Hawkins. On 12/2/10 5:18 PM, "Marlene Oostryck" <oostr...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Hello all > > I am new to Mac (Oct 09) but have had many years making very > successful digital stories using Photo Story 3 on PCs. > I changed to a Mac (the best decision ever) and am now making my first > DVD with iMovie. > > I have - iMac 24" 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (10.5.8) > > All has gone very well to date - have edited 1700 photos in iPhoto, > selected 220 for my first DVD in iMovie, put in Ken Burns effect, have > written a script to go with the digital story and am now having > difficulty recording a voiceover using an external microphone. > > I can record using the iMac in-built microphone but am not happy with > the sound quality and would prefer to use an external mic: > > Logitech ClearChat stereo (with headphones ). (checked on a PC - is > working correctly) > > I have plugged the external mic into the "audio In" and the > "headphone" ports on the back of the iMac. > > I have also reset : Apple/Systems Preferences/Sound/Input/Built-in > Input. > > I have searched Mac Help, my Mac books and Google but have not been > able to come up with anything. > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > Regards > > > Marlene Oostryck > Ph: 9430 8006 > oostr...@optusnet.com.au > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
