i can't hear Keynote recording. Seems like microphone is off. KN 6.6.2, OS X 10.11.6

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Level 1

8 points

I'm trying to record a narration of my Kenote presentation. Following the Help, I press record, wait for

the 3 second delay, and then speak into the internal mic. There is no blinking red light, but the recording

timeline advances. When I try to playback, the timing is there, but no audio. I have selected internal mic

from System Preferences, and tested that the mic works with the Dictation option, but have Dictation turned

off. What's preventing me from recording and hearing my audio?

Thanks

MacBook (13-inch Late 2006), Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Apr 25, 2017 8:14 AM

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Answer 1

Before making a recording, use the following settings:

Inspector > Document > Document; in the Presentation Type dropdown menu, select: Normal
Utilities > audio MIDI setup; select the correct mic from the list then move slider all way to the right
system settings > sound > input > select correct input device from list
system settings > sound > output > select correct output device from list
speak in to the microphone, check the input level indicator and adjust the slider so the level does not go into the red

In Keynote Record slideshow, speak into the mic and check the sound level reaches orange, as below:

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Answer 2

Level 1

8 points

Thanks so much! The key was my mic was muted in the Midi Audio Setup.

And after your screen shot, I realized that the little green ball in the left corner

was actually a recording level -- it would have been nice to have Keynote

identify all the graphics.

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