OT: Anyone use the IMIC from Griffin Technologies? - Is it compatible with Vegas?

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 4/12/2005, 8:57 PM

I'm wondering if Vegas would be able to detect / use this directly for recording on to the timeline, when an audio track is armed for recording.

Dave

Here's the address BTW:
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/
Here's the Link - hope that worked ;)
no quotes - so far so good

Comments

BrianStanding wrote on 4/13/2005, 7:25 AM

I have one. It works fine -- even at 24bit. Just make sure you access it directly, and not through Microsoft Sound Mapper. Also, the switch to set it to line or microphone input is counter-intuitive. Push the switch toward the Mike symbol to get line-in, and toward the headphone/speaker jack to get microphone-in. For some reason, my computer seems to recognize it more consistently if I plug it into the USB port AFTER the computer is running.

It uses 1/8" jacks and is a bit noisy, so I wouldn't use it for music or critical recording. But, for dialogue and other uses, it's surprisingly O.K. for such a cheap device.

johnmeyer wrote on 4/13/2005, 9:17 AM

Also, when connect a line device to this, isn't it true that it pads it down to mic level and then re-amplifies it? Also, for line input, does it support stereo?

BrianStanding wrote on 4/13/2005, 9:53 AM

Can't answer the first question. As for the second, it handles stereo files from my minidisk just fine.

Laurence wrote on 4/13/2005, 12:53 PM

I have one in a drawer someplace around here. It worked fine software wise, but I found it trebly and noisy.

riredale wrote on 4/13/2005, 2:50 PM

It also works great for listening to a laptop with headphones. My laptop's headphone output is a veritable zoo of clicks, hisses, and other critters. I guess it's hard to shield against stuff running in the GHz range just a few cm away.

johnmeyer wrote on 4/13/2005, 5:30 PM

I went back and looked at the material I read two years ago. It is the microphone input that is mono. The line input is stereo. I could not confirm through Griffin, but I did read again, on several posts, that the line level is attenuated to mic levels, and then re-amplified, hence the noise issues.

riredale wrote on 4/14/2005, 8:42 AM

John, the Imic I have here has a stereo mic input.

The noise level on mic is about -60db, which is good enough for a lot of things as long as you keep your levels up.

The switch on the side of the unit is just a pad. Line-in or mic-in uses the same miniplug socket. I scratched an L and an M into the clear plastic to keep track of the switch position.