George: Sorry to jump in here so late, but here goes. Two things that have been mentioned in earlier posts on this thread were correct (more or less). For a turntable cartridge, you typically need a special phono pre-amp which both amplifies the signal and does a de-emphasis RIAA equalization (someone posted a very good link to Wikipedia on this). That being said, your particular turntable has a built-in pre-amp which takes care of both of these issues. Furthermore, it has a built-in analog-to-digital converter, which is what comes down the USB cable. My guess would be that the quality of the converter built into the turntable is of higher quality than the Mac's built-in analalog-to-digital converter, but you might want to do a comparison test to confirm this - ya never know. I was just about to give you a list of steps to go through, when I decided to do a Google on your setup and found the software manual online. The detailed instructions for audio setup (Mac) start on page 15. I'm reading from your most current post (below) that you've got Audacity to recognize the USB input, but you might want to double check the settings in your Mac's "Audio MIDI Setup". I just downloaded Audacity and tried it out ... I see what you mean ... Sort of arcane dialog boxes, and the thing crashed on me while trying to figure out how to save!! It sounds like you have GarageBand already installed. If you can get past having it find the instrument folder (these are not really needed if you just want to record into GarageBand), then under the Track menu select new track and create a "Real Instrument" track. On the bottom right hand corner of the Track Info panel you'll see the input settings. Check to see if your USB Audio driver shows up there. If not, quit GarageBand (and any other open apps), go to your System/Sound preferences and see if you can get your USB Audio driver to be recognized there, then open up GarageBand and repeat above steps. If it's recognized there, you shouldn't have a problem using any Mac software with the USB turntable output. If not, then: Worse case scenario, you could get a cable/adaptors from Radio Shack or the equivalent. You'll need a stereo 1/8" phone plug ---> 2 split female RCA jacks, or you could use a stereo 1/8" phone plug ---> 2 split male RCA plugs and a couple of female-female RCA coupler adaptors if the other one is hard to find. Then plug your turntable analog outputs directly into the line input on your computer and use the "Built-in" inputs in your Sound Preferences panel. This would also work with any Mac audio apps. >From what I've heard, Bias Peak has probably got the most elaborate tools for cleaning up vinyl recordings, at least at the consumer price level. Sounds like CD Spin Doctor (comes with Toast) also has some vinyl clean up tools. I guess it depends on how detailed you want to go with it. Keep us posted on your progress! Gregg on 11/26/07 8:51 AM, DGH at 2xprofs at optonline.net wrote: > Hello and thanks to Zane, Gorden. Mike & Tom > > I tried a Griffen iMic I have but it must be an old one as it as 2 > inputs icons of a mike and a speaker, no stereo. > My turntable has a preamp and a red & a white RCA output and also a > USB outlet cord. The red & white plugs have metal shieldlke things > around the actual plug. Also, there is no input mike on my iMac. > laptop . The Griffen software Final Vinyl is the latest version. > > I tried bringing in sound from turntable with one RCA input plug. > Software seems to function but nothing comes over. > > When I open garage band it asks for a valid instrument folder. I > looked in the instrument folder: Application support/garage band/ > Instrument flder. It is empty. ??? > > I guess I have to go back and struggle with Audacity music software > which came with the Turntable. >> I have a Audio-Technica LP2D-USB turntable. Mac OS 10.4.1 Power PC >> 800 MHz G4 original flat panel Mac. > > I guess I could buy the Toast update (I have version 5) or BiasPeak > LE or some other software but first I need to get the sound signal > into the computer and have to know if the app recognizes the USB > input.. The Audacity app recognizes the USB input from the turntable. > But I find Audacity cryptic in trying to use it. Anybody know if you > have to save a blank space before trying to bring in the signal? How? > > George >> > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv -- Gregg