MXL Mic Mate using analog condenser mic recording in FCP6 Voiceover tool...

Hmm. I cannot select any sample rate higher than 1600khz... what is the deal? I am running 10.4.11 and the 6.0.4 version of FCP... anyone seen this bug before? I CAN record in Soundtrack @ 48k and also using other USB Mic's... Other mic's plugged into the Mic Mate also do not register in FCP as being able to go over 16k though. So this leads me to believe that FCP isn't letting me record at a higher sample rate since the same setup with Soundtrack is successful.
-Micah

Well, it seemed to be a USB power issue. The "mic mate" supplies phantom power to any mic over USB so that you can record without a preamp or using the deck/camera trick. Turns any analog mic into a USB mic, I know, not the professional best choice but I gotta work with what they give me. Basically once I left everything off the USB ports, including the cinema display hub, it worked like a charm to change the sample rates. Possibly the cable run 10 meters or so? Not sure, once I got FCP to accept 48k it stuck, even after I plugged back in the USB essentials, I cannot change it again... But hey it is what I needed anyways... Is there anyway in Mac world to increase the USB power? And yes, I know about line and mic inputs... But also, thank you for responding, I know there is a massive flood of un-knowledgeable people on here... I wish I had time to help others as well. Possibly in the future.

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Do i need phantom power for a condenser mic to use with garageband?

i have learned condenser mics need phantom power. if i would hook up a MXL 900 series condenser to my MacBook via an XLR to 1/8" cable, would it work? does garageband have some sort of amplification plug-in? or would i need some sort of mixer or otehr phantom power device for it to work?
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condenser mics need phantom power to work at all, it has nothing to do with amplification.
you need an interface or mixer that supplies phantom power, or an external phantom power supply to use your condenser mic.

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Why it doesn't work:
http://thehangtime.com/gb/gbfaq2.html#micline
(BTW, if the Phantom Power weren't working you wouldn't get any signal from it)
--HangTime [Will Compute for Food] B-|>

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I have a two part question. I could really use your help.
Two friends and I are looking to record a weekly podcast. The three of us are in different locations. We all have Macs, and are looking to use Ichat for a conference chat between the three of us, along with Garageband to record the conversation. If you are familiar with Garageband you know this is a built in feature.
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As said above I think it'd be better to get a decent quality microphone rather than one attached to a headset. I've bought a microphone known as the "Snowball" which was about $80-90 but I'm glad to finally have a good microphone.
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http://www.thehangtime.com/gb/gbfaq2.html#recordlinein
(thanks hangtime).
I'm now looking at the griffin imic as an inexpensive solution. Before I drop my $$ on this guy, is this the best solution. (or will it do the job right??)
Feedback appreciated.
Matt.
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firebox Firewired to the QuaD.
ALL audio in and out is PRESONUS FIREBOX
in GB prefs/sound/audio midi utility
will i be able to record vocals with the USB samson
and add
an external synth coming in to channels 1/2 in the front of the Firebox 1/2 channels
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as we all do.
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someone mentioned using aggregate in the audio midi utility.

Funny you should say that. It used to work fine, then suddenly last night it stopped working in the line-in jack. It's crazy, I'm not sure what the deal is, still trying to figure out what happened.
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Jose

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Hi again and thanks so much for replying.
The 'mic jack' on the old mic is both wide and large, measuring about an inch and a quarter from the base (where it comes out of the black encasing) to the edge of the tip (sort of cone shaped). As I can't plug this in directly to any port in the back of the Mac, I thought it might be possible to to buy some sort of adapter so that I could plug in the jack at one end, with a USB connector at the other end to go straight into the Mac. But I see from your comment that you are suggesting a smaller jack itself (i.e., large size jack to small size jack and then plug in to the small round port, instead of jack to USB port)?
At the Mac shop I bought a USB adapter to connect up a second monitor (screen). I've just dug out the package and it's called a mini display port to VGA adapter. But back to the mic issue, I don't want to use the old mic really, I'm just trying to eliminate whether or not my usual mic, or its USB cable, is at fault and causing the clicking.
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I do have a headset that I used to use for Skype. It has a pink and a green jack. I could plug one into the "headphones symbol' port and try recording again with Garageband. At least the jack is the right size. Again, this is just for the purpose of eliminating whether my good mic on a stand with the anti-popping sheild is at fault.
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Please keep the suggestions coming. I am determined to get to the bottom of this for my sake and everyone else who is suffering from the same problem!

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I get nasty feedback when trying to record using the internal mic on my macbook. I'm running Maverick. Why is this happening?

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I have found the fostex stereo mic and the iRig. Is there any others out there?

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If I were you, I would use another program for recording and then remove the click. Audacity is a free recorder/editor that can probably do the trick. Then you can import it into garageband.
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I'm sure HangTime can give a bunch of insight into this one. Hope others can too.
I've narrowed my choice for my audio interface to the Presonus Firebox. Briefly considered the FirePod (at HangTime's suggestion) but it's just too large to travel with. Doing live recording of a band on tour in Europe (large clubs and small theaters) via two mics at the soundboard along with a stereo board feed into my MacBook using GB with an external Firewire hard drive.
Had originally planned on using the SM57s but after much research it seems like the Firebox has issues with providing enough gain for dynamic mics. So, it seems, I'm now looking at condenser mics.
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I found some Shotgun mics in the $170 to $250 range, some are names I recognize, but I can't give any opinion on actual use ... just something to check out.
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