USB mic sounds low on GarageBand

I just purchased a Samson CO1U usb mic for my podcast on GarageBand and the sound is very low. How can I fix that so it sounds like the built-in mic?

The Samson comes with a pre-amp software - use that to boost the volume! Also, look into the Audio/Midi Utility and make sure that your mic is a mono source, not stereo.

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See this thread on how to remove the audio from a clip in iMovie -
Is there a way to separate audio from a video c...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1779767
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2255
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I'm looking forward to the liberating ritual of taking a giant sledgehammer and obliterating my now useless, overpriced Samson C01U. It's going to be awesome !

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Hi everyone,
Really appreciate anyone’s help on this sound distortion problem.
I have been using the new 2014 iMac 27' for last 8 Months, bought Brand New, and recently updated to Yosemite. Everything worked fine including recording, until this update.
I'm using Blue Yeti USB Mic for recording, and few days after the update I was trying to record in GarageBand and the output sound (via headphone connected to USB MIc) started to distort and then suddenly dropped the bitrate/ sound and I could only hear some clicks. I reinstalled the GargeBand, still its the same distortion happens. The sound gets back to normal, only for few seconds, after I unplug the USB cable from the Mic device. And I tried changing the bit rate and again sounds starts to drop after few sec. This happens only when I connect the Blue Yeti USB Mic and sound output from the Mic itself. Same thing happens with iTunes as well. Output sound from Internal mic and speakers are working fine as normal.
I tried connecting the USB Mic to my Windows laptop and its working fine with the Cubase 5 without any problem. So the problem is with the output sound, when external Mic connected.
I don’t know the solution for this. Have checked on every single blog/ thread, sill couldn’t find the answer I’m looking for, to fix this.
It would be great if you have any kind of a solution for the same.
Info : FYI
Mac
OS X Yosemite: Version 10.10.2
iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)
Processor : 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5
Hard-drive : 1 TB SATA Disk
Ram: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M 1024 MB
Built-in Output:
Default System Output Device:       Yes
Manufacturer:                                  Apple Inc.
Output Channels:                             2
Current SampleRate:                      48000
Transport:                                        Built-in
Yeti Stereo Microphone:
Default Input Device:                      Yes
Default Output Device:                    Yes
Input Channels:                               2
Manufacturer:                                 Blue Microphones
Output Channels:                            2
Current SampleRate:                      48000
Transport:

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"Attach your preferred audio interface and a microphone to your Mac, or use your computer's built-in microphone. (Note: The iSight camera is not supported as a microphone input in GarageBand.)"
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Hi
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3956
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*HI ALL,*
*I purchased Mac Pro recently about 3 weeks ago. I am on the latest updates including the recent firmware update. However whenever I use garageband with external USB mic(Blue Snowball) my Kernel Panics and OS freezes and forces me to Power On again. It happened 20 times so far in few hours.*
*I opened garageband first time today after bought this external mic from apple store. I did not use garageband without this mic plugged into USB, I only used garageband with MIC plugged in and in couple of minutes to 5 minutes of using garageband the Kernel Panic occurs. Need your help please. Here is the message I get after login again which I reported consistently to Apple. Any immediate help is appreciated. I use iMove, iPhoto and other apps without any problem. Harddisk verification went o.k.*
Sun Apr 6 22:13:35 2008
panic(cpu 7 caller 0x001A8C8A): Kernel trap at 0x004209d5, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x0000000c, CR3: 0x013fe000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x0ea7c3c0, ECX: 0x1059f4f0, EDX: 0x85ccfb8c
CR2: 0x0000000c, EBP: 0x85ccfb08, ESI: 0x0ea7c3c8, EDI: 0x0ea7c3d0
EFL: 0x00010202, EIP: 0x004209d5, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x11ac0010
Error code: 0x00000002
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x85ccf8f8 : 0x12b0f7 (0x4581f4 0x85ccf92c 0x133230 0x0)
0x85ccf948 : 0x1a8c8a (0x461720 0x4209d5 0xe 0x460ed0)
0x85ccfa28 : 0x19ece5 (0x85ccfa40 0x4256f6 0x85ccfb08 0x4209d5)
0x85ccfa38 : 0x4209d5 (0xe 0x85cc0048 0x10 0xe920010)
0x85ccfb08 : 0x42028d (0xea7c3c0 0x85ccfb8c 0x0 0x0)
0x85ccfb58 : 0x420c0e (0xea8b700 0x420978 0x85ccfb8c 0x0)
0x85ccfba8 : 0x6055d9 (0xea7c3c0 0x0 0x85ccfc08 0x615b08)
0x85ccfc08 : 0x609a11 (0xe92a000 0xeed0240 0xf56bff 0x0)
0x85ccfc68 : 0x86334bde (0x13c56800 0xeed0240 0xf56bff 0x0)
0x85ccfcd8 : 0x86334ddd (0xfbe4400 0x2 0x1 0x14)
0x85ccfcf8 : 0x86335056 (0xfbe4400 0x14 0xf7f4a80 0x7c79d6)
0x85ccfd38 : 0x86335156 (0xfbe4400 0x54 0x0 0xf7f4a80)
0x85ccfd88 : 0x9f2e64 (0xfbe4400 0x8634d000 0x862c1010 0x110a)
0x85ccfdf8 : 0x9eec9f (0xfd03600 0x10506588 0x110a 0x3ea740)
0x85ccfe68 : 0x9ee169 (0x13d7d000 0x110a 0x13c4c940 0x13dbab7c)
0x85ccfea8 : 0x43c47e (0x13d7d000 0x110a 0x55f 0x1)
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Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio(2.5.4b4)@0x86326000->0x8634cfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily(1.6.4b7)@0x9e4000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(3.0.8)@0x5ff000
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily(1.6.4b7)@0x9e4000->0x9fafff
dependency: com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib(1.1)@0x9e1000
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(3.0.8)@0x5ff000->0x626fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: GarageBand
Mac OS version:
9C7010
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.2.2: Tue Mar 4 21:17:34 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.4.31~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)

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Mac OS X 10.5.2
Blue Snowflake USB Mic, Blue Snowball USB Mic
Skype (latest rev - 2.7.0.257)
AppleUSBAudio.kext version 2.5.6b3
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I've had a Snowball USB mic for about a year and it sometimes has problems like you describe (basically signal breakup that sounds like clipping, even though the input level is not too high).
I first used it with a G4 Powerbook, and found that the perfomance depended on which port I used. The differences were dramatic.
I'm now using a MacBook, and there is variability when I record my band from session to session. I'm getting the feeling it might have to do with how well the power is sent from the USB port to the mic. But I don't have a good diagnostic.
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