Please can someone verify that this sony can or cannot use external USB microphone. I use Audacity and always use my Blue usb mic.
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Does that microphone come with any installation drivers? Or is it suppose to be plug and play? From what i read on google audacity works and has support for windows 8 which is what this machine has. If you want to be 100% sure you would have to install audaciity on a friends computer which has windows 8 and then see if the mic works.. As far as whT i can tell from reading audacity is supported by the machine. WhT is the make and and model of your microphone and i can look the information up for you.
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best way is to get an Audio Interface like the one i have that works with USB. i connect my pair of JBLs with the Focusrite 2i2 USB Recording Interface also sold here on amazon
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you can record in mp3 or wav at different bit rates; then remove the micro sd card and you are ready. also you have a line out jack. i haven´t used the usb port, but there is one available to try. As a general comment, it is an excellent recording device. no need to use external mic. I recorded from last rows in a piano concert of a philarmonic concert hall (not for commercial purposes of course) as well as close to a piano and singer in a small living room. Both 10/10
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I wish I had an easy answer for you, Roger. 2 suggestions: 1) I found the customer service via SimpleSoft's website (http://www.simplesoftusa.com/) helpful. They responded within a day. 2) Keep trying different ports. I had trouble with the bluetooth microphone, and through trial and error, found a workable solution. It involved calling my wife several times, and asking if she could hear me. If not, I tried a different port. Eventually, 1 worked. Frustrating - and poor instructions - but in the end, worth the effort. Good luck!
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Works fine for me, I use no sound card. Let me say this though: I use FL Studio, which uses that special audio driver, and it doesn't seem to like it when I do live recording via the FL sound driver. I have to go into my Audio options, disable my audio, and then it will function for recording live sounds (just a pain really, but still works). Other than that, I have no complaints running it through my 20$ logictech speakers.
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XLR to microphone and USB into Mac. Mine worked a little better (less laggy) when I used the USB 2.0 jack. In hindsight, I would've bought XLR - 1/8 in mini plug and used the mic input and it might have worked better. You have to switch input in settings also, it's probably defaulted to "built in mic".
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I don't understand Sony's thinking. Impotantly, this mic works great. But it is wired and enables use of a cell phone that connects to the radio via bluetooth. So it is part of a bluetooth system, but it a wired mic that you connects to a stereo, and when that stereo connects via bluetooth to your cell phone, this mic becomes part of a blue tooth system. I think this is typical configuration.
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The mic and headphones are on a different driver from the camera. When I want to use just the headphones and mic I plug my connection into the USB port. Windows sets it up for you. The Creative camera has its own software which it runs.
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Nope, you need a pre' amp interface usb like from m-audio . You will get way better quality. But there are some good usb mic out there on amazon.
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When I looked at the description if the camera, it did not indicate that it had an external mic input. If it does, and you still want to try it, you will also need an adapter cable to convert the male xlr on the microphone to a mini plug. Good luck!
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no. the only way i know of to use an external mic with this camera is to sync some separately recorded audio using editing software (you can do this by looking at the visual image of the recorded sound). But for many purposes it would be much easier to just buy a camera that has a mic jack.
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XLR to microphone and USB into Mac. Mine worked a little better (less laggy) when I used the USB 2.0 jack. In hindsight, I would've bought XLR - 1/8 in mini plug and used the mic input and it might have worked better.
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I have the gorilla pod for mine and I use it at least twice a week to record church sermons which I then post onto youtube. I don't know of an external mic although I've never had to use one the sound is great. I never have any trouble hearing the pastor from half way back in the church. Kim
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Mine did not come with an external mic nor does it have a place you can connect an optional external mic. It does though have exceptional audio receive. I find the built-in mic has great quality.
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It only has midi input and headphone jack, so no USB or some other easier alternative. You will only be able to record audio from it
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I could not make it work with PS3. I googled it and others also can not. I think PS3 is not campatible with any USB headset. The PS3 recognizes the Arenas, as they are listed under devices, but you can not hear any sound. To the person who said it works: Have you actually done it with straight USB?
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i use an extigy external sound card to hook my optical-digital to hit plug in the 3 3.5mm jacks and it works fine on my ps3 i can also use the mic using a usb 7.1 external soundcard has it like 55cents- 2$ on amazon 10$ at most electronic store my ps3 reads it fine pops up c-media usb headphone set for input device and output device is set to system default device so ican hear thru my headphoone works quite well im using the HPA2 but i just ordered this today in all only cost me bout 130$ if you find a good price on soundcards