robi62 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Hi I am quite happy with d430 which I bought a months ago The only thing that cannot get right and I tried different vooodo hda is when I use skype I get a lot of interference when talking like a whistling sound to be more exact it sound like a cappucino maker the sound of the steam when you want to froth milk up. If I use voodohda from edp it is very bad because I cannot change volume from voodoo pref pane ,with Slices one it is a bit better but I have to turn down recording level in pref pane but still back ground noise,,,,, A shame really laptop is cool but if sound is no good is not worth having mac on it. something very similar happend to me a few years ago with an Amilo laptop 8210 with leo on it. Perfect except sound in the end I had to sell it....... I was playing the other day with tortuga hda patcher for Leo. I managed to patch Snow leopard hda but no joy on -v boot you could see all error messg about not loading Applehda Any suggestion for the mic?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppo Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I know it's not what you are looking for, but anyways: I am also an D430 owner. Mic performance never really impressed me. And a lack of a embedded cam annoyed me. Hence, I spent a few bucks for a decent cam (Logitech QickCam VisionPro for Mac). It works out of the box, you have a HD picture and a very good sound for your Skype sessions. If you search a bit you'll find a lot lover price for this cam, no doubt. Just a suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robi62 Posted March 29, 2011 Author Share Posted March 29, 2011 Thanks maybe a better solution would be a usb sound card for mac at least for mic input I actually have one which worked in leo I ll give it a try. I noticed that mic input does not work on d430 when i plug in a mic in still sound comes from embedded mic.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robi62 Posted March 29, 2011 Author Share Posted March 29, 2011 Yeap, cool, working usb card with mic no more noise I am happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Leon Posted March 29, 2011 Administrators Share Posted March 29, 2011 You might also wanna test soundflower (its on the wiki).. i managed to remove most of my noise on my mic by using that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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