Microphone and Imovie/isight

I am trying to record myself playing electric guitar with imovie/isight using a line 6 USB audio interface. Audio records great but I am also getting the sound of the guitar "unplugged" as it were. It sounds like the mic on the computer is also picking up the unprocessed guitar sound. I have selectd the line 6 USB device in system prefernces/sound and tried to mute the mic. Still, it doesn't work even though the mic appears to be off. Are all the people posting to Youtube using external mics amd letting the computer mic pick everything up?
Thanks

Welcome to iMovie Discussions.
You can easily check whether or not the computer's mic is still active: with the guitar plugged in, in System Preferences and Sound - with your USB interface chosen under the 'Input' tab, and the 'Input volume' slider all the way up - just speak, or tap the MacBook's lid next to the camera, where the mic is.
If the 'Input level' scale shows lots of movement, then your mic is still picking up sound. If it doesn't, it's not.
Sorry, I don't know what the YouTube people are doing. But if they are using external mics (..ask MacBraveHeart in her thread here..) then their computer mics wouldn't be in use, would they?

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