Already tried 3 headsets and is not working, the line-in input is not recognizing anything, the version of my mac mini is 2011.
Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Are these Mac compatible Headsets?
Long shot, but...
Open Audio Midi Setup in Applications>Utilities, see the input & output options & KHz setting there, some things will change it for their own use, then not set it back
See my Midi Setup
Try toggling a few things in Input.
I cant recording voice
I'm guessing the headphones are working, but the microphone isn't?
The 3.5mm audio input jack socket on all Macs is expecting a STRONG LINE-LEVEL signal, whereas all(?) 3.5mm audio jacks from a headset microphone provide a WEAK MIC-LEVEL signal (intended for a Windows PC).
Your mic is working, it's just about 1000 times too weak for that socket on your Mac. No easy solution, I'm afraid. Either:
a) A "mic-to-line" level convertor pre-amp (not cheap and hard to find),
or
b) abandon that mic and get a USB one,
or
c) get a Griffin iMic (a mic-to-USB convertor). Often come up cheap when used, on eBay.
Thanks mooblie
have any specific microphone that I can use with the MIC? logitech, microsoft? Or another brand
PS - I connected my mac mini sound box, I can listen to normal. No problelma. Minus the phone that doesn't come off. ...
No, there aren't ANY brands of microphone with a 3.5mm minijack plug that will work with a Mac.
You'll need a Griffin iMic (or something like it) between your mic and Mac (or a USB webcam+mic like a Logitech C270 HD?)
Well, it does say Mac friendly, & it has a USB connector! 🙂
It seems it could work with the above item you linked to, or 2 of them if you need to split both.
I would like to do tutorials for youtube but I doubt if you buy an HD webcam or a headphone.
HInot sure what the question is. 🙂
I just ruined a microphone thinking something was wrong with it trying to get it to work on my new Mac Mini. Then I did my research, granted a bit late and found out that the Line Input needs about 600 mV of signal to work properly which is a lot more than normal microphones put out. Apple lost it on the User Scenerio on this one, as how many people want to connnect a Line Input Level to that jack? 99% of consumers will connect a microphone like I did, NOT the output of a mixer panel or amplifier. The ONLY convenient solution for a microphone on a Mac Mini is a USB microphone.
You have to use a standart Apple iPhone headset with the macMini audio output.
Headset and Microphone dont work
