Audacity Forum

I am going to read your new posts later, I am really busy these days!

Well, I try to get my head around it as good as I can. About the pins: So if pin 2 is hot on 1 mic and cold on the other; should the numbers at the side of the pins be placed differently? There is no way to tell where hot or cold are otherwise as I can see it. Yes, the AKG mic works on both computer...

Ok, I see. But then the AKG mic has a different routing of these connectors since it works? Should I try the other XLR cables I have since they might be the other way; balanced/unbalanced? Or should I go and ask in a store for variants of balanced to unbalanced adapters and ask there which could wor...

Ok, I see your points, but it is the IMac that faults here. The Imac has separate line in/line out. The MBP with the shared line in/line out is a 13" which I bought 4-5 month ago, just before the latest models came out: Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro7,1 Processor Name: Intel Co...

Yes, I plug in into the line in (2 arrows and a circle) as the picture shows. But on my mac book pro where this Maximal M998 (condenser cardioid) is plugged in, the line in and line out is one and the same. I have to configure "sound" to have it work as line in. HERE the microphone works just fine. ...

Yes, I forgot to say: I connect the mics with a XLR to mono jack cable with an adapter to go in to the mini jack input on the computer. With "microphone amplifier" I am not sure what you mean, but the non working MAXIMAL M998 mic (non working only on the Imac) uses a single 1.5 volt battery which is...

kozikowski wrote:It depends on what the microphones are. What are they? Model numbers, makers, connection type.

Koz

The one not working on my Imac but on my Macbook is a MAXIMAL M998, the other working one is an AKG C 1000 S, both XLR connection.

I have 2 different external mics and I can only get one of them to work when recording on my Imac but the other one only works on my Macbook Pro. Both are battery powered. Anyone experienced this and have a solution?