Soundbooth CS4 not picking up my isight camera

Question

Hi there,
I am using a Mac pro with a firewire isight camera, however, I can't seem to get the mic to wok within Soundbooth - Can anyone shed any light please?

Answer 1

Hi Wayne,
Can you share with us what you've tried and what the issue is?  Does the iSight microphone not show up as a valid input device in Soundbooth?
Try the following steps and see if it resolves the problem:
1. Open Applications > Utilities > Audio and MIDI Setup.  Try configuring the Default Input to your iSight microphone.  If it doesn't show up as an option here, then there may be some installation or driver issues.  If you do see it, set it as the default.
2. Launch Soundbooth and click the red Record button.  In the dialog that pops up, you should see the iSight listed in the "Port" dropdown.  If not, you may need to select your default configuration in the "Device" dropdown.
3. If this still fails, we can create a new device profile and try to force things.  In the Record dialog, click Settings...  This will launch Audio and MIDI Setup again.  Once it opens, in the menu bar click Audio > Open Aggregate Device Editor.  Click the + button to create a new entry, and name it something like "My iSight configuration."  In the "Structure" box, place a check next to your Built-in Output (or Line Output if you use that) and one next to your iSight microphone input.  Click Done and close out of the Audio Setup application.
4.  Restart Soundbooth and bring up the Record dialog again.  Click in the "Device" dropdown and select your new "My iSight Configuration" option.  This should make the iSight the only available input port.  Try recording.
Good luck!
Durin