Trouble with Mic

The sound of my microphone isn't coming through the computer. I connected a microphone to my audio line-in port, adjusted the volume, turned the mic on, I get an indication in the System Preferences that it's receiving sound and when I record with GB it captures a sound wave but there's still no sound. Any ideas?

try adjusting your volume levels in system preferences. Click on sound. make sure line in is highlighted if you're using an external mic and then adjust the input volume.

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Trouble with mic shocking me!

Probably a stupid question, but every time I get close to my Shure SM58 mic I get shocked. I'm running through a 16 channel mixer, then into the line-in on the computer. There is not a ground switch to flip, like on an amp, so I don't know how to get it to stop. It just recently started doing this. Any suggestions?

What is happening when you touch the metal device that is shocking you is you are completing a cicuit and current is going through you. VERY DANGEROUS as mentioned earlier.
A power conditioner is not going to correct faulty wiring/grounding. All a conditioner will do is filter the signal and possibly add spike and surge protection, depending on what you have. Furman products are well respected for this application.
Are either of you plugging into a 2 prong AC wall outlet? If so you need to get the outlet converted to a modern 3 prong outlet asap.
I suspect that you are both having issues with improper grounding. If you want to open up your mixer and look inside where the AC cord connects to the chassis(green/yellow wire), make sure that it is connected and not loose. The other place to check is the wall outlet. Best way to do this is buy an inexpensive $5 outlet checker from radio shack and it will tell you that it is wired correct or not.
I have an old tube amp that had a 2 prong cord and when I plugged it in backwards I'd get shocked when stepping up to a mic. Very bad shock. If you have seen the movie Almost Famous...remember when the band member gets shocked when he steps up to the microphone?...same thing! If I removed the cord from the wall and plugged it in the other way I wouldn't get shocked. I marked one of the prong with a sharpie temporarily. This is not a fix! I ended up rebuilding my amplifier and installing an isolation transformer to make it safe.
BE CAREFUL.
l0cke....your mixer needs to be converted to 3 prong. If you have not experience with this type of electrical work I recommend taking it to a technician that is competent. Basically what needs to be done is remove your old 2 prong cord and install a new 3 prong cord with the ground(green) wire connecting to the chassis of your mixer. Doing this incorreclty could possibly cause more harm to you or the mixer.
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Trouble with mic on dragon dictate?

i am having problems with my macbook running 10.9.1 using dragon dictate headset, mic keeps saying not connected.

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Trouble with mic input through POD X3 in Garage Band

We're trying to record through our POD X3 in Garage Band, but when we use it for a mic, the software won't let us control the recording level - the mic registers, but it's too low. When we use a Bass Pod, Garage Band lets us control the recording level. It's OK using the Bass Pod for now but we'd like to move on to the X3 for pretty obvious reasons. What's the deal and what solutions are available for us?

Try posting in the Garage Band forums to see if any of those experts has experience with what you need.
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=127

Trouble with Kerberos and SSH

I'm working in a test environment to configure Solaris 10 hosts to authenticate against an Active Directory environment using LDAP and Kerberos. I have all of the hard parts done - I can login locally, ssh, telnet, ftp, etc to the Solaris 10 device using a username/password within the Active Directory.
I am having trouble, however, getting SSH to forward Kerberos tickets for passwordless authentication. I can login locally to a Solaris box, run a klist to verify that I have a Kerberos ticket, and the ssh to another Solaris 10/Kerberos box, but I am still prompted for my password. Below is a snippet of SSH debug traffic:
debug1: GSS-API error while calling GSS_Init_sec_context(): An invalid name was supplied
service not available
debug1: Skipping GSS-API mechanism kerberos_v5 (An invalid name was supplied
service not available
No amount of googling has been able to help me thus far. Perhaps you can.

Apparantly my initial problem was related to hostname resolution; I initially was accessing everything by IP address because it was easier than setting up a DNS server in my testing environment. I have resolved those issues within my testing environment, but I still can't seem to get SSH to pass the Kerberos ticket along, or maybe SSHD isn't accepting it. This is what I see now, after getting a Kerberos ticket with kinit and attempting to ssh to another host:
debug1: Next authentication method: gssapi-with-mic
debug1: ssh_gssapi_init_ctx(<xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>)
debug3: ssh_gssapi_import_name: snprintf() returned 41, expected 42
debug2: we sent a gssapi-with-mic packet, wait for reply
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Has anyone had trouble with the middle mouse (open in new tab) button lately?

Hi gang. Since v29 came out, I have been having trouble with the middle mouse (open in new tab) button.
Sometimes the button does not register with Firefox. And sometimes FF acts like I pressed it several times.
Has anyone else had any problems? I use an add-on called
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I disabled it but the problem was still there.

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Sounds like a mouse on its' way to mouse-heaven. Seriously, the exact symptoms I have seen with a dozen 3 button mouse's (?meese - ?mice) over the last 15 years. <br />
Not registering a click is usually due to a dirty contact. And the "double-click" is when the flat spring looses tension and bounces.
I have had similar happen with the left button, too. But when it happens to that button it is more noticeable much sooner.
I bought a box of a dozen A4D house branded infrared wireless 3-button mouse's for like $24.00 back in 2000 that were on clearance because the driver disk didn't support W2K, only Win95, 98, and NT4. I got newer drivers from the A4D website and wore all 12 out over the 8 or 9 years. I even fixed a few that broke from the parts from other broken mouse's. I still have 6 or 7 of them laying in the "needs to be fixed" box under my workbench. I'll probably never fix them though, the nano receiver USB mouses I have been using for the 4 or 5 years have much better battery life and lately only need one AA battery.

K9a2 platinum motherboard, trouble with mouse/updating bios.

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Quote from: Stu on 12-April-11, 02:42:09
Get another mouse. I bought a Razer Copperhead a few years ago, and had similar troubles on several different boards. I just use cheap generic mice again now, they just work.
QFT
I just use some leftover kensington notebook mouse (ci25m), even though its small it fits my fingers(not my palm, just my fingers ..because my hand/palm is huge lol) and it just works. The only time I bought a really spendy mouse (creative fatality) I only ever had problems with it.

Trouble with my mouse

For some time now I have been having trouble with the original mouse that came with my Mac G5. I've had this computer about 3 1/2 years. The mouse freezes up and I have to unplug it from the back of the monitor and replug it in and then it will work. When this happens the red light on the underside is still on. But then sometimes it quits working and the light is out. Do I have to get a new mouse or is there someway to correct this problem?

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Having had a KT3 Ultra-ARU i purchased the K7N2 Delta ILSR as a replacement.
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Trouble With Audio Coming Out of Sync

I am having trouble with audio sync
I am using .mov files of myself talking however I also record audio of myself talking as well. The audio files record as mp3 however I convert them to aiff files in order to better synch them in FCP
I have an audio sound as an in point in order to better sync them and the syncing is perfect when i start.
My files are about an hour and a half long and 20 minutes or so the audio starts to come out of sync and my mouth becomes a half second or so behind the audio. I record this audio live so there is no delay between my speaking and my recording voice but the longer the video goes the more out of sync I become.
My syncing method that I use is "Merge Clips" at the in points.
Has anyone else experienced this?

All sorts of things you can do.
Easiest fix is just to run down your timeline and every few minutes snip the audio and move it back into sync.
Now after that;""
Qe have no idea what your process was. We assume you're editing in Final Cut. How did you import your footage? What format is it in the browser?
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Trouble with FaceTime with audio

Hello,
I have some trouble with the audio using Facetime.
After fews minutes using Facetime without trouble, audio problem appear : i cannot hear my correspondant.
The sound begin to saturate like "Dark Vador" then nothing.
My interlocutor do not have any trouble, he continues to hear me perfecty.

I saw one post where the user said that dust got in the Mic hole. Vacuumed it and restored the audio.
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Enter SafeMode and DeviceManager. What relevant mouse(s) and possibly HID-devices do you find?
The skipping mouse can come from an auto-starting program or virus. That is something that would not be seen in SafeMode, too.

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As it says above, i have been having a lot f trouble with my ipod classic and the latest itunes update, i was unable to sync songs or anything to it and have tried every conceivable 'fix' i could find. i have run an itunes diagnostic and the results are posted below. a major problem is that when i try and view my ipod through my computer it displays nothing at all on the ipod, no files or anything, this may be the problem but i have no idea how it has happened or how i could resolve it.
This ipod holds huge sentimental value and i am loathe to buy a new one! If anybody can help it is greatly appreciated, than kyou in advanced.
Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K50IJ
iTunes 11.1.5.5
QuickTime not available
FairPlay 2.5.16
Apple Application Support 3.0.1
iPod Updater Library 11.1f5
CD Driver 2.2.3.0
CD Driver DLL 2.1.3.1
Apple Mobile Device 7.1.1.3
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.64.0.0
Bonjour 3.0.0.10 (333.10)
Gracenote SDK 1.9.6.502
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.6.115
Gracenote Submit 1.9.6.143
Gracenote DSP 1.9.6.45
iTunes Serial Number 0038B8600B98D1E0
Current user is not an administrator.
The current local date and time is 2014-03-21 16:52:39.
iTunes is not running in safe mode.
WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
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Intel Corporation, Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Intel Corporation, Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
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Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.
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Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2935. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2936. Device is working properly.
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Trouble with Toshiba built-in webcam: "unable to enumerate USB device"

I am running archlinux on a Toshiba Satellite L70-B-12H laptop, and having troubles with the Webcam. *Once in a while*, everything goes well and I get
# lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 04f2:b448 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp.
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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[ 3433.456115] usb 3-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[ 3433.781119] media: Linux media interface: v0.10
[ 3433.809842] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 3433.826889] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device TOSHIBA Web Camera - HD (04f2:b448)
[ 3433.835893] input: TOSHIBA Web Camera - HD as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.3/3-1.3:1.0/input/input15
[ 3433.835976] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 3433.835977] USB Video Class driver (1.1.1)
Unfortunately, *most of the time* the camera seems invisible to my system, and I get
# lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp.
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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# dmesg
[ 480.104252] usb 3-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[ 480.171097] usb 3-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[ 480.341235] usb 3-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[ 480.511375] usb 3-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
[ 480.578007] usb 3-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[ 480.748151] usb 3-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[ 480.918282] usb 3-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci
[ 481.325196] usb 3-1.3: device not accepting address 6, error -32
[ 481.392091] usb 3-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci
[ 481.798926] usb 3-1.3: device not accepting address 7, error -32
[ 481.799166] hub 3-1:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 3
Searching on the web, most results I found lead to this page, where it is said that the problem is due to badly tuned overcurrent protection, and advocated that unplugging and switching off the computer for a little while gets things back into normal. This does not really work for me; the problem seems to occur more randomly, unfortunately with high probability (my camera is available after less than one boot out of ten).
I tried to ensure that the ehci-hcd module is loaded at boot with the ignore-oc option (with a file in /etc/module-load.d/), to no avail.
I also wrote a script which alternatively removes and reloads the ehci-pci driver until my device is found in lsusb. It is sometimes helpful, but usually not. And even when my device is found that way, it can only be used for a while before disappearing again.
Anyway, such a hack is unacceptable... So, my questions are:
is it indeed related to overcurrent protection ?
is there anything else I can try ?
should I file somewhere an other of the numerous bug reports about "unable to enumerate USB device" already existing ?
If of any importance, I am running linux 3.15.7, because at the time I installed my system, I couldn't get the hybrid graphic card Intel/AMD working under 3.16.
Last edited by $nake (2014-10-18 16:29:06)

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pacman -Qi linux
Name : linux
Version : 3.9.4-1
Description : The linux kernel and modules
Architecture : x86_64
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
Licences : GPL2
Groups : base
Provides : kernel26=3.9.4
Depends On : coreutils linux-firmware kmod mkinitcpio>=0.7
Optional Deps : crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your country
Required By : nvidia
Optional For : None
Conflicts With : kernel26
Replaces : kernel26
Installed Size : 65562.00 KiB
Packager : Tobias Powalowski <[email protected]>
Build Date : Sat 25 May 2013 16:28:17 CEST
Install Date : Sun 02 Jun 2013 15:30:35 CEST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Validated By : Signature

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Hello Sue,
I have an iPad 3, iPad Mini and iPhone 5S and they are all sluggish on capitalisation using shift keys. I hope that Apple will solve the problem because it is driving me crazy.
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