Mini Disc To G5; Di To G5 Options

[mpnow]

Two related questions;

1) I have sketches of rough songs I recorded with the aid of a tiny little stereo microphone on a sony minidisc player. I would like to put them onto the hard drive of my G5. How do I do this?

2) I have been trying to start recording these sketches straight onto the mac (into Garageband) using exactly the same little microphone that I used to record onto the sony mini disc, but without any success. I do not understand why not.

I have checked that
(a) the mike still works by using it on the mini disk player again five minutes ago;
(b) in my 'system preferences' I have made sure that the 'input' is on 'audio line-in', that the volume control is up as high as it will go (though it seems to refuse to stay there and become the default volume setting);
© that the tiny little jack of the mike is plugged into the audio input jack on the back of the G5; and
(d) in Garageband, the new track is a 'real instrument' (voice).

Do not see what else I can do (I have not yet tried plugging the mike into the headphones socket on the front as I do not want to damage anything). Anyone any suggestions that will do the trick with the tools I have before me?

[georgie]

Hi mpnow!
I don't have a G5 but you need to select 'mic in' under your sound preferences.
When you plug the mic into the computer it needs a major boost in level for you to hear it which you will not get from just 'line input'.
Alternately, record onto your minidisc and then connect your minidisc to the computer with a double ended stereo minijack cable ((3.5mm))
This input will need to be selected as line input in your system preferences
as it does not need so much of a boost.

Don't try and plug the mic into the headphone jack because the headphones is an output and a mic is an input device. You won't hear anything.
Hope this helps

Dazz