Sound Input Balance Control

I'm looking for a way to balance sound input for making a recording to play on an iPod. One side is slightly louder.
Maybe there a is a way to do this with GarageBand.
There is probably a software program that can do this, but I'm not sure where to look.
Jesse

Hi, Jesse. Try making or modifying the recording in Audacity.

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In the name of hearing loss and equal access, there needs to be a balance control for people who have decreased hearing in one ear only. It is STILL not available in itunes YET, despite MUCH clamor. WE NEED BALANCE/Pan/L-R control!

OK, there's been complaining about this for YEARS, and now I have a relative who has extreme hearing loss in one ear (not deaf) and usually compensates by turning up the balance on her speakers/ipod to the left or right side in order to compensate.
Also, as a musician and a guitar teacher, I make teaching audio tracks that have a particular part on the left or the right side only, and which needs to be "muted" by panning to the opposite side, then the student can play to the backing track without that part. Of course, then they can adjust the balance back and check themselves. This is also done with a LOT of jazz teaching exercises, etc...
Apple-PLEASE give us an elegant, easy to get to way of adjusting balance WITHIN ITUNES. Most of us us professional grade equipment and sound interfaces, and care deeply about the quality of sounds we make. we do NOT want to have to keep going into Prefs in order to adjust balance, and a LOT of high end sound interfaces don't allow that anyways anymore.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE fix this Apple. It should be easy, it should be done in the name of compassion for those with one sided hearing loss if for no other reason, but I've outlined other reasons to do it as well.
AND I'll repeat this for the people who won't read what I wrote---WE DO NOT NEED TO BE TOLD TO "ADJUST IT UNDER PREFERENCES"---that defeats the point of having a simple solution, and it certainly won't work on an ipod.
HELP! You guys can fix this IMMEDIATELY if you will just DO IT! I cannot stress how important it is to the music community as a whole...
Why has this not been done before now? Even the cheapest, sorryest stereo receivers, players, etc., in the world have ALWAYS had a "balance" control along with a "bass" and "treble" even at their simplist. Its PAST time for iTunes to become something better. WAY PAST.
AND AGAIN---DOING IT THROUGH PREFERENCES IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR THOSE OF US USING "REAL" INTERFACES or playing on a iPod, etc...

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975x Sound Input problems

I recently build a new computer using the MSI 975x mobo. The only problem is, I seem to have some issues reguarding sound input.
All the sound features seem to be working except for sound input. In Sounds and Audio Devices, I have full access to sound output and all the different volume controls and advanced features. All is well here. But when I change it to sound input I run into my problem. In the Master Volume Control on Input all volume controls except Master are greyed out to me and can not be changed.
In properties, the advanced button for input (where you can find the useful feature of mic boost) is also greyed out.
I am running the bios off the CD and the latest sound drivers. Is this a known issue and does it have a fix?

Quote from: Yoshiro on 31-August-06, 13:20:15
I recently build a new computer using the MSI 975x mobo. The only problem is, I seem to have some issues reguarding sound input.
All the sound features seem to be working except for sound input. In Sounds and Audio Devices, I have full access to sound output and all the different volume controls and advanced features. All is well here. But when I change it to sound input I run into my problem. In the Master Volume Control on Input all volume controls except Master are greyed out to me and can not be changed.
In properties, the advanced button for input (where you can find the useful feature of mic boost) is also greyed out.
I am running the bios off the CD and the latest sound drivers. Is this a known issue and does it have a fix?
Are you wanting Sound Capture via CD/DVD or Mic? Are you running 6.1 or 8.1 Speaker setup?

Imic sound input type

hello all,
i purchased a new imic after the older one went dead .
although i am not sure what caused it to stop functionning , i suspected it might have fried due to too much power in the sound input.
i've read from several posts here and also from griffins site that it is ok to choose either microphone or line as sound input .
still, isn't there a risk when using phone input compare to line ? i wouldnt want to damage my new imic .
thanks for any advice .

my cassette player's headphone output has no such button.
Whatever volume control the cassette player has would control the headphone level.
If using the cassette's Line-Outs is an option, that's always a better choice, quality-wise, but in a pinch headphone will do (I jack an iPod into my PA System routinely and that's a headphone-out to a line-in on the console)

Using internal modem for sound input

This is possible in OS 9 using the Sound control panel- I use it for recording surveys I do over the phone. However, it would be nice to use OS X since I do everything else with that. The only options in the Sound pane are Internal/External microphone and "Sound Input", whatever that is. Any ideas? Thanks!

Quick google search brought up this site: http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/audiocorder.html
You could give that a try.

Digitech RP350 USB Guitar Pedal, Not picking up sound input

I just was trying to hook up my guitar pedal to garageband to record some tracks. I have the MIDI set up right I am pretty sure, garageband even recognizes the input device as "Digitech RP350". But when i try to record, it is picking up no sound input. I just want to get this to work and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Eric

...and not to be annoying, but, skaadiction...you get much better control of your signal if you go out the normal 1/4" jack(s) and into GB via an audio interface. Using the trim on an interface will allow your recorded signal to be much hotter/thicker/stronger than by going straight from USB, where it seems you have no control over the incoming signal.
(Just talking from my experience. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.)

Sound input fine, but no sound?

I have a Mac Mini 2,0Ghz and have a DVD-player's audio output plugged into the sound input of the Mini (RCA>3,5mm plug). The Mini's sound output is connected to my stereo. I can play iTunes songs without problems. Now I want to listen to an external source.
I look in sound preferences on the Input tab and I see the Input Level bar indicating sound input, I pause the DVD and the bar stops fluctuating, fine so far. I make sure that the output volume is adequate and then I turn on the stereo, but there is no sound. I mak sure that there is sound by checking with iTunes, I can hear the songs.
Do I have to switch over to the Input selection or something to hear the sound from the DVD-player? I come from using Windows and there you'd have to enable the input.
How do I get output from the input?

Audio input has to go to an application. Most applications that use audio input will have a passthrough mode (e.g. QuickTime Pro has a passthrough volume control in its recording window). LineIn is nothing but passthrough.
It's like the keyboard. Nothing happens if you type with no application listening. Whether or not the typing shows on the screen is up to the application (e.g. Terminal will not show anything while you enter a password).

PLEASE can a AE from NI take a look at my problem. Sound input read behave in strange manner then the buffer size is larger than 2X number of samples to read.

On my computer I have discovered some strange behavior then reading data from the sound card. Then the buffer size is 2x samples to read everything is as expected. But since I read the sound card 10 times pr second I feel a .2 second buffer is to small. I am using XP, and XP is not a RTOS so with a buffer set to 0.2 seconds I may lose data. Therefore I set the buffer size (number samples/ch on Sound Input Configure.vi) to be in range of 2 seconds. The result then is that then reading from Sound input.vi, a reading often take more than 0.1 second. On my computer it is often 500mSec. Then the next 5 read follows with almost zero interval. I do not loose data. But on my front panel the graphs looks like an very early silent movie. This error was introduced in Labview 8.x. To be honest I think the labview 7.x sound system was much better in many ways.
But before I point any finger NI. Other people has to verify the behavior I experience. I have made an example showing this error. It is a modified version of the "Continuous Sound Input.vi" example. Then the "buffer in seconds" control is set to 0.2 every thing works OK. Changer this to a larger number will produce the mentioned above hiccup. The larger number in this control the larger hiccup. Is it any way to fix this? My solution up to now has to use a free 3. part software(http://www.zeitnitz.de/Christian/index.php?sel=waveio) But I guess it soon will be outdated. It may not work with newer windows versions.
Any help at all will be appreciated
And yes I have the most updated version fo DirectX. Also I se this in Labview 2009 which I have trail version of. The VI I have made is in 8.6
Message Edited by Coq Rouge on 09-07-2009 10:54 AM
Besides which, my opinion is that Express VIs Carthage must be destroyed deleted
(Sorry no Labview "brag list" so far)
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macaba wrote:
If you take a moving average of the 0.2s buffer vs. 3s buffer at an update rate of 10, then they are the same (just under 100ms), so the average refresh rate is the same. I agree that is odd behaviour that the time between sound reads go to zero quite a lot then take a long time once in a while (presumably to fill the buffer
I guess it goes to zero because it is reading data from the buffer it do not has to wait for data from the sound card. The mysterious thing is the periodic delay. You are also correct then saying that average timing is correct. And in my application I have no data loss.
If you search for sound in this forum you will find out that many people has reported trouble with the sound system.
Besides which, my opinion is that Express VIs Carthage must be destroyed deleted
(Sorry no Labview "brag list" so far)

G5 sound input reads drums but no sound coming out

i'm not sure what the deal is, the input is reading my drums fine but i hear no sound not through headphones or surround sound or computers speakers. All my sound works for anyhting else. please help me

My present computer has no sound input capabilities but there may be a setting in sound control panels or whatever software you are using for selecting sound output, including passthrough. There's also a midi application in your applications that controls sound features.

Qosmio G40 - How do I monitor sound input?

I have installed Adobe Audition on my Qosmio G40 but have been unable to monitor sound input or get Auditon to record. (It used to work fine on my xp pc) I have been able to record sound but cannot listen to it as its 'going in'. I also tried to install an external sound card: CREATIVE EXTIGY but cannot get the laptop to recognise that it is installed.
Can EXTIGY work with my laptop?
How do I monitor sound input?
The installed sound card is Realtek
Advice welcome.
Sean.

I presume you mean the menu when you right-click the volume control icon on the desktop toolbar. It does list the input devices and when a mini jack input is connected the simulated led lights respond to the volume of the input. I can record from the line input but I cannot hear it as it is going in. In other words it records it silently but plays it back okay.
The device manager declares that the sound card is working without problems,
Somehow I want to be able to hear the input as it is being recorded and I have not been able to find out how yet. Some people have been telling me that it is a vista problem. Others say that its the laptop manufacturers who set up the laptop so that when recording line input the sound is disabled to prevent feedback from the external mic on the laptop.
Either way I am a bit astonished that I cannot resolve this problem and it is not a problem that has been mentioned before when you consider how many thousands of people are buying Toshiba laptops !!
A few days ago I emailed Realtek but have not held my breathe for a reply.
Its looking like I might have to uninstall vista and reinstall xp to solve this problem.

Sound input is now only mono

Just as the subject heading says, my sound input now only picks up on the right channel only. I've tried various cords hoping that maybe there's a break in the line, but now I believe there's a break in the input.
What happened was, I decided to plug the head for my amp directly into my computer instead of using a mixer to control the sound going in, and now it won't work properly. Is there any solid evidence to suggest that that overloaded the physical component? Or is this just a total coincidence?

Oh, I didn't just blow out the speaker. I would know, because I was using headphones at the time. I also made sure right away to test with other devices being played through the analog stereo 1/8" input. All play through JUST the left side, regardless of output device.
However, sounds/noises/music/etc. generated by the computer itself (iTunes, movies, alert sounds, and such) are all stereo.

Sound Input Problems Using iChat..Inadvertent Loss of Microphone?

My father-in-law just bought a new 17 inch iMac with an Intel dual core, whole ten yards. Great machine. However, when using iChat with his family he's noticed the the sound input goes dead and then he's constantly searching around with on screen controls to get it back again. I thought it might have something to do with his mighty mouse being that you can sync applications with it. I've walked him through the system preferences to get the sound back, but its seems to be a niggling weird type of issue. Any suggestions?
iMac G4 Flat Screen Mac OS X (10.4.1)

Hi Phillip,
Selelcting mute is normally a mouse and click item or from the Video menu of iChat (It does not seem to have a keyboard short cut).
The Mighty Mouse does seem to be the bset place to look.
4:15 PM Friday; February 2, 2007

Sound input in menu bar

Hey all, I searched and couldn't find this, but is there anyway to have the sound input pref displayed on the menu bar, like how volume control is...but for sound input? Any help would be awesome, thanks.
JCV

My error. Apparently, not. However, http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/RM/MusicAndAudio/Sound/rmSoun d/chapter1_section1.html might give you some information.

Balance control on Zen Players?

My hearing is not equal on both ears, so I would need less sound on one ear.
Is the old-fashioned balance control present on any Creative Zen Players? (I'm particularly interested in X-Fi WLAN...)

no I don't have equal hearing but can't tolerate not having sound in both earbuds if I'm using them both. It's very uncomfortable.
Metro wrote:
My hearing is not equal on both ears, so I would need less sound on one ear.
Is the old-fashioned balance control present on any Creative Zen Players? (I'm particularly interested in X-Fi WLAN...)

Does iTunes have speaker balance controls?

I am experiencing the problem where the left speaker (or headphones) is much louder than the right speaker. I've already tried it on 3 different headphones, a surround sound system, and a Creative iTrigue and I still only get most of the sound out of the left side than the right.
What gives? Is it my hardware or the software?
Thank you!

iTunes does not have balance controls.
Go to system Preferences>Sound>Output to set the balance.
If the setting has drifted from its own (like it did on my system), install balanced.
Hope this helps.
M
17' iMac 800 MHz, 768 MB RAM, 200 GB HD, DL burner Mac OS X (10.4.8) iTunes 7.0.2

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