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Final Cut Pro Voice Overs
Can’t seem to get a strong signal (without bumping gain to the max) using imic. Any tips suggestions??
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4 Replies
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iMic is just a USB interface, which can take analog mic or line input signals and convert them to digital. What mic are you plugging in to this adaptor? If you don’t have enough gain (which is typical of dynamic mics) you will need to put a mixer or pre amp in line with gain control to get a decent input level. Be careful not to go the other way and overload the input of the iMic.
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I’m using a professional stage mic with xlr adapter plugged into imic. If external mixer or pre amp is needed, how does it configure in line w/ G5?
Thx for the response
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A quality mic preamp is always a good idea. Mic to preamp, then preamp to whatever analog to digital interface you may use with your computer. You could use a preamp’s unbalanced analog L/R to an RCA stereo to mini-plug adapter into your Mac’s mini-plug ‘mic’ input, but you’d probably be better served with an external USB/Firewire interface. There are preamps/interfaces that already have an internal AD converter, and USB or firwire output. Here’s an example:
https://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FastTrackUSB-main.html
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Stage mics are usually dynamics and not really the sort of mic that is used for VO. I suggest a small mixer that can add gain and also let other devices be sent to the iMic USB adaptor. Check brands like Behringher
https://www.behringer.com/MX400/index.cfm?lang=ENG
this might be all you need
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