[AG-TECH] OS X rat

[Jeremy Mann]

Eric Olson said:
> Hi Jeremy,
> Rat audio device selection on the mac is a little different from the
> other platforms.
> You shouldn't need to set the audio device from within rat -- I don't
> believe the code uses that setting (yet?).  Still, on my machine (G5
> tower) the device in rat does say "default sound device" instead of "no
> audio device", so if you change that you could try hitting the Quit
> button in rat to save the settings.

I tried that, but each time I go back to Options, its listed as "No Audio
Device".

> The main place you should set your default audio device (for input and
> output) is in the general osx "System Preferences" -> Sound.

This is set to Internal Speakers, Built-in Audio.

> As far as microphone hardware, here's what I've found so far.  First,
> Apple's details on the G4's line-in are scarce if not nonexistant, and it
> seems to be different than the G3 and G5 (I could be wrong here).  Also,
> an adapter may not work since apple's plug designs are often non-standard.

I figured as much ;)

> You could ask apple support more about that, but I would first try one of
> the usb microphones that have recently been reported working on this
> mailing list.  The ones mentioned so far are the Plantronics DA-50,
> DSP-100, and DSP-400.  I would expect more if not all plantronics
> microphones to work, but we're not sure of that yet.

Ok, I'll try getting one of those USB microphones and trying it out.

Also, since my audio problem is still occuring, I'm curious if anyone has
tried USB speakers with Rat?


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