 Firebox/mic/garage Band Set Up, Cannot record from mic |
 Fri 6 Jan 2006, 16:15
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Hi
I have an iMac G%, Garage Band, Presonus Firebox and a Microphone and am setting it up for the first time, but after doing it I cannot get the mic to record in Garage Band. I am new to all of this, but I changed the audio in system preferences to Firebox and changed it in Garage Band as well, but I cannot get any sound coming from the mic, which is brand new as well. I am going to have the mic checked, but am wondering if I have missed something basic. The Firebox came with Cubase LE which would have showed me how to test the system, but unfortunately Cubase would not install because of some error, so I couldn't check it that way. The iMac recognized Firebox and the lights go to blue correctly, although if I push the button on the front of Firebox, the blue light disappears and I have to unplug the firewire and plug it in again to get the blue light on again. Any suggestions as to what I should check in Firebox or Garage Band that I may be missing. In the Firebox manual it states to right click on the Control Panel icon to change some settings, but right clicking does nothing. Is that for PC? Thanks Brian |
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Mon 9 Jan 2006, 22:43
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 12-Jan 05 From: London - UK Member No.: 58,272 |
Brian,
i got the firebox recently and have had no prob's setting it up. I'm using logic pro 7 - not garage band. The switch on the front on the right of the 2ns xlr input is for phantom power. Basically, in order for the mic i've plugged in to the firebox to be heard it needs to be powered by the firebox. that's what that switch does. in garage band do you need to 'arm' a track? in logic i need to arm a track to tell logic that it is set up to receive audio input. the next thing you need to do is tell garage band which input to read. e.g. input 1, 2, 3, 4...etc. sorry if this is stuff you already know. oh, btw, have you installed the firebox control and mixer? they will display the audio input signal. you might wanna try using those to boost the signal cos' the firebox inputs are quite quiet! hope this helps. rounik www.rounikmusic.net |
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brianjones Firebox/mic/garage Band Set Up Fri 6 Jan 2006, 16:15
mazza_lives Out of interest what version of Cubase LE did they... Fri 6 Jan 2006, 17:38 brianjones Thanks for the reply. I got Cubase 1.07, so it lo... Fri 6 Jan 2006, 19:13 brianjones I finally got the Firebox blue lights to come on a... Sat 7 Jan 2006, 12:10 gdoubleyou Is there a setting to switch from the adapter to f... Mon 9 Jan 2006, 20:18 brianjones Thanks for the advise. I can use all I can get.
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brianjones I contacted Presonus and they told me the iMac fir... Wed 11 Jan 2006, 22:12 |
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