Headphone **** - please help
I'm a record producer that, on a good day, knows too much about audio... but whenever I plug any headphones into my Intel iMac, the sound is useless. It sounds out of phase. The lead vocal vanishes and whatever's left is in mono. Useless. I thought I'd be extra clever and route the audio to my Ozonic keyboard and plug the headphones into that.... same problem.
Check out this forum on an audio message board (I'm not alone):
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/showthread.php?t=103490
Please help shed some light on this! I'd be forever grateful.
Best,
Greg
www.gregwells.net
all of them Mac OS X (10.4.8)
all of them Mac OS X (10.4.8)
Check out this forum on an audio message board (I'm not alone):
What a disingenuous post! I go to the other forum expecting to get some insight on an issue that many folks are experiencing and you started the thread and one other guy posted! Don't waste our time with lies!!
Your experience is not most people's experience. In a year I've never seen someone post here with this issue. Have your hardware checked by a tech.
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