Two USB mics

I have two USB headset mics for podcasts, and I've set it up for both to record. However, only one set hears the audio and playback. Is there any way to set it up so both can hear the audio live and during playback?

I'm not sure if an Aggregate Device can really work as an output that sends signals to both devices. Have you checked the volume level in the Audio/Midi Utility? You also might want to look at this thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2559871?start=0&tstart=0

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I would like to start a podcast using my MacBook and Garageband and was wondering if I could use two USB headsets with mics at once without needing anything extra?
Any help would be huge.

Yep, non-obvious but completely doable:
1. Plug in the two USB mics.
2. In the Applications > Utilities, launch Audio/MIDI Setup.
3. In the Audio menu of the Utility, select Open Aggregate Device Editor.
4. Click the plus sign to create an aggregate device.
5. In the lower box, select both USB mic AND the Built-In Audio.
6. Use the clock from the Built-In Audio, and check Resample next to both USB mics. This will synchronize all the clocks using the one associated with the internal audio.
7. Call the aggregate device whatever you want.
8. Now go to your System Preferences and select Sound.
9. Set the levels for each mic separately -- you can't set the levels using the aggregate.
10. Finally, in GarageBand, create a track for each mic, and select any Mono input (in the Track Info Details section) that happens to work.
I've occasionally had trouble where the signal gets static. Just make some changes in GarageBand, or unplug the mics to make it go away.

Hook-up Two USB mics to iMac

Is there any easy way to hook two USB microphones into an iMac through USB ports? Particularly if you're an idiot?

just plug them in but using them at the same time is another matter
pretty sure the general system only support 1 at the time so it's up to the app to support more
in my sounds settings I have
Internal Microphone
line In
soundflower 16ch
soundflower 2ch
Nokia BH-503 (this is the mic in my bluetooth headset)
Logitech camera (this is the build in mic in my extre logitech usb webcam)
all can be used by the system but only 1 at the time
if you want support for more then one then I believe you have to depend on the music recording app supporting it

Mac won't recognize two USB mics simultaneously (iMac Intel - OS X 10.6.8)

Hi, I'm connecting two XLR mics to my Mac, each separately run through its own Blue Icicle and USB port. (2 mics, 2 blue icicles, 2 usb ports) When only one mic is connected, the computer recognizes. Each mic works individually in each USB port when it's the only mic connected. But when both mics are connected at the same time, only the first mic plugged in is recognized.
This is not a Garage Band-centric problem. I've gone to Audio MIDI Setup and still only the first mic plugged in appears, but not the second one.
Any help you can provide is much appreciated.
Cheers,
Matt

So I can't speak to the specifics on Icicles, but I would imagine it's identical the situation I just ran into with two Yetis. Bue Yetis have identical digitial footprints and therefore no matter how many you plug in, they will be recognized as a single device.
I contacted Blue and ultimately I was able to send one of my Yetis to them for reprogramming and now my Mac will recognize it along with another Yeti in order to create an aggregate device.
Fair warning, this process took over 2 weeks and I had to pay out of pocket shipping, they paid FedEx ground (signature required) back to me. Hope that helps anyone else.

Recording two USB mics at the same time

Is there any kind of special set up needed to record two usb microphones into Garageband at the same time – and so they record onto two different tracks.
Thanks,
Ray

Is that in System Preferences or is it an app in
Applications?
It's an App in /Applications/Utilities/
Can you give some more details?
Launch Audio MIDI Setup and check the Help.
I would not have ever thought to
look at MIDI settings to record vocals from a mic.
Well it is Audio MIDI Setup B-)>
guess I thought maybe I would be able to select each
mic just using GarageBand.
GarageBand only allows you to choose a single device for Input.
--HangTime [Will Compute for Food] B-|>

Another two usb mic/headset thread

Hi everyone, I have a question that I have almost found the answer to, but I need a little help. I have two logitech 350 usb mic/headsets that I bought (and opened) for podcasting with two people. Now, after 2 hours of fooling around, I got the mics to be recordable in Garageband, but the monitor out is either: not working, working in only 1 headset, or has a noticable delay. I find is very hard to believe that someone out there has not gotten the monitor out along with the mics to work, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, if you have a good solution, I would love to know how to get this working.
Thanks!

There is nothing to do you can not choose two usb outputs.
Seeing that you will be sitting next to each other monitoring really shouldn't be to big a issue. You could monitor from two sets of Analog headphones or earbuds by using a 1/8" stereo splitter on your macs audio out.

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I've connected two USB mics to GarageBand and created an aggregate device with the two mics in Audio MIDI. The issue is GarageBand does not seem to pick up both USB ports. I need both mics for a two-person podcast setup.

So, basically, GB is only letting you choose one of your two mics for all of your tracks and the other just doesn't appear as an option when choosing a track input?

Two USB CAS Headsets with mics attached

I am trying to record a podcast for the first time. I bought to USB mics and I have figured out how to record from both at the same time. However, playback only occurs on one headset although I set the output up the same as the input.
Additionally, I would like to know if I could use the monitoring on one head set to hear the other track and not my own voice. Therefor me and my podcast partner hear each other in the headsets and not ourselves.
Can anyone assist?

Troy Evans wrote:
I have figured out how to record from both at the same time. However, playback only occurs on one headset
you can only create an aggregate device for input, AFAIK
could use the monitoring on one head set to hear the other track and not my own voice. Therefor me and my podcast partner hear each other in the headsets and not ourselves.
there is no routing of output, in GB. you can monitor one track, but even if you could create an aggregate device for output, you'd both hear the same single track.

USB mic/Audio MIDI setup help.

I'm going crazy and have spent two+ hours today trying to resolve what should be a simple issue, especially since I had it working at one time...
I'm looking to set up my USB mic in Logic (MXL USB.007, if it matters). First, in going to my System Prefs > Sound, I can see that it is indeed registering sound. Simple.
So I go to Audio MIDI Setup, as I've seen on the boards. Though the mic automatically shows up as "USB Audio Codec", I'm following the process to create an aggregate device (as shown here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1215). Since after doing this, it's not working, my newbie Logic 101 question is, then, what is the correct setup I'm looking for? My choices are USB Audio Codec In and Out, and Built-In Input, Output and Microphone (I'm assuming I should use USB Audio Codec In and Built-In Output).
After this I've gone to Logic's Audio Pref's and changed it to the Aggregate Device, but the mic produces no sound and the audio track monitor doesn't move.
I'm completely frustrated and would be very appreciative of some help. Thanks.

Okay, after much hair pulling, it had to do with my Bus setting on the track. (sigh) What do I know...I'm a singer-songwriter, not a producer.

USB Mic Not Recognised

Hi,
I'm having problems getting logic pro 8 to recognise my Behringer C-1U USB Mic. The Audio Device set-up sees the mic as soon as I plug it in, it allows me to select it as a device to record sound, but when I look in the Audio section of logic it only shows the default 'Built-In Microphone' and 'Built-In Input'. It works perfect in Garageband, but not in Logic! I'm confused and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Many Thanks
Phil

Phil,
There's two articles on making an Aggregate device.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1215
And the one previously posted.
http://www.apple.com/pro/techniques/aggregateaudio/
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Help With Audition CS6: Adding windows sound to accompany USB Mic

Hey Guys,
I have a Blue Yeti USB microphone that I wil be using to create a podcast with a friend over skype. When I am setting up audition cs6 I cannot seem to get the USB mic AND skype audio to be recording at the same time. Is this because I do not have a dedicated sound card, or is there something else I am missing?
On a side note, when I set the multitrack to the stereo mix, it says that there are two different types of audio signals and wont record.
Thanks for your help!

dancalgary wrote:
I have been using Audition on this computer for the past few months now. The computer itself is an Alienware laptop, with the most optimal specifications we could get. So right away ram, disk space, disk writing speed, processor, and sound hardware should not be an issue at all.
I take it that you are using the internal sound hardware, then. If this is the case, then you could easily have problems with the sound device, because there isn't a single laptop made that has a decent sound system in it. For a start, none of them support ASIO - which is inherently what Audition uses to produce its output. What happens to get around this is that Audition has to provide an internal extra driver to drive the default sound driver, and this is at best a compromise. If you want decent sound from a laptop, then you need an external sound device with an ASIO driver.
As for W8, well I'm with Bob on this one. It's new, slightly weird, and as with all M$ operating systems, all bets are off until at least the first service pack is issued. If you have anti-virus software that's any more aggressive than AVG, then turn it off. The other common gotcha is wifi - some systems manage to give a massively high priority to wifi polling, and sometimes just turning it off completely is the only way to get any sort of performance at all. I must say though that lately this doesn't seem to have been anything like as much of an issue as it used to be back in the bad old days...
But, if you have badly stuttering playback, then it sounds as though your HD streaming isn't working as it should, and that something else is getting priority access to the drive - which is sometimes where virus scans can catch you out. You really do need to stop pretty much everything unnecessary running, one way or another. And get an external sound device that uses ASIO - this effectively bypasses most of the OS, and gives Audition pretty direct access to the device.

USB Mic Problems

I am recording with my USB mic it's a Blue Microphone Spark and at first it was recording fine now... It isn't so much I turned down the mic volume to 2 and even 1 and it still is recording hot and sounds distorted at points. How do I fix this problem and get the best out of my microphone?

Vacuoso wrote:
I turned the windows control for the mic down but it appears overridden by Audition. (Is this correct?)
There has to be a master control for the USB mic input levels, right? I can't find it for the life of me... I suspect that I am going to feel plenty dumb when someone tells me how to do it--but HELP, anyway! =)
Audition doesn't control any gains or levels in external devices at all - period. No overrides, nothing.
There are two ways in general that USB devices work in this situation - they either have a driver with its own control applet or they hand control to the Windows mixer. I think your Stanton device uses the Windows mixer, and it's extremely unlikely to use the Mic input - far more likely to use the Line input, I would have thought - it won't be a mic level signal coming from it, after all.
First thing to do is to look at the setup as it is in your PC, and make sure that it appears as it is on p.8 of the manual. If you can't find those settings on your machine, chances are that there's driver software on the CD that came with it, and you'll have to install that Cakewalk stuff to make it work (you don't have to use it though - it's just the driver you want). When you've got the correct source set up, it should appear in the Windows mixer but as I said, it's probably the line input level that controls it.
It's also quite possible that the standard Windows USB PID driver will work, and that the turntable will just appear correctly - no driver required - so check that first before doing anything else. Whatever you end up doing though, it's got to appear in the control panel like it does on p.8.

Trouble with snoowball usb mic in GB3....low volume levels or bad clipping

I have rebooted the computer several times. This usb mic has no driver software and was working fine until I got a audio core driver message of some sort.
Any pointers?

dollarblower,
If it's not the Snowball, then I'm not sure.
You can give the following a try; I don't know if it will help you, but it won't hurt you, and it often solves weird issues in GB:
Use Disk Utility to repair your system permissions (/Applications/Utilities);
Then, trash your GarageBand Preference files (don't worry, it will replace them; you can reset any prefs to what they were in the app)
Search for the two files:
com.apple.garageband.cs -and-
com.apple.garageband.plist
and discard them.
(Normally, they are in /Library/Preferences/ or in user/Library/Preferences/
but do a search to make sure you get all the copies.)
WH

Captivate 4 and Sennheiser USB Mic

I'm playing with Captivate 4. I can't get it to recognize my
Sennheiser PC165 USB microphone. It works fine in Captivate 3. Has
anybody else seen this?

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Premium
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HDMI
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My set up works perfectly in Soundbooth and that's where I'll
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handle on what the problem might be and the least I need to rock
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USB Mic Problems - Static/Echo/Weird Noises

When I am using my USB Mic (Tritton AX 720) is sometimes get static echos and weird noises. Its very sporadic it randomly comes and goes, I have tried a lot of combinations nothing works the static comes when it wants and leaves when it wants. Does anyone have any solutions?
Thanks a lot!

I'm having the exact same issue on two different Mac Pros with three different USB based headsets. It happens consistently with every single use, after about 45 minutes or so. In fact, almost 45 minutes on the dot.

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