"The Cricket"

[Thegrcornholio]

creepy.

[fandanstan]

word, your HOT

[pinklivy94]

that's so funny

[sweetyuk23]

omgosh...i didn't notice that till you just said this...but i can definitely hear that...lol..

[kiddpepz]

i like the noise keep it lol

[getawaygirl07]

couldnt you have jsut exchanged it for another mac book>???

[usefjojo25]

i cant hear it x_x

i have my bose headphones in too?

[FilmChemist]

never mind...

[FilmChemist]

I seem to be the only one at a loss

[tnguyen603]

"help me " to 123? lol okie, i didn't get that!! anyway, the best way to fix a mac is buy a window =)

[DeXimE]

Never seen those TV adds where they ask you to send

a text (sms) message with your phone?? ...

[wakawoubo]

yeah windows sucks........ DONT BUY ONE.

[CrazySean]

That was a bit overdramatic.

[edrush001]

i mean win ofcourse

[edrush001]

you did one the miss youtube contest did ya?

[redsimonDE]

The sounds at the beginning of this video, aren't they taken from Half-Life (or Opposing Force or Blue Shift)?

[Eemma]

Nope. They're from iMovie, and not copyrighted in that sense.

[redsimonDE]

Strange. Hmm, maybe they're both from the same source.

[CrazySean]

What are the chances of her using music from Half-Life? Think about it.

[redsimonDE]

I'm not a subscriber to her channel, so I don't know her as well as you do. :)

[CrazySean]

I don't know her that well. I would just assume she doesn't play Half-Life.

[Eemma]

hehe, nope i dont play Half Life :)

[wakawoubo]

Yeah we joined the same day!

[dosenpfaendle]

Not fixed yet? Damn...

Didn't find anything EITHER. And usually I find EVERYTHING on the net. This must be some kind of... X Files thingy... Wait a sec... Got Scullys number somewhere here... What a chaos on my desk geez.

Be back later, that means if I find it.

;) :p

[dosenpfaendle]

I must agree to Plan A.

It may help...

[ObfuscatePenguin]

Here's your answer.

Plan A: Return to Apple Store - they may fix it.

Plan B: If there's no cure, you'll just have to accept that, just like every other microphone, it's not perfect.  This is why graphic equalisers are essential in the recording industry. Fortunately iMovie has a graphic equalizer built in. All you have to do is lower one or two of the sliders on the right side (labelled Treble), and the cricket will disappear. It only takes seconds to do and will work on all your videos.

[DeXimE]

A: Is the only option, period.

B: There *are* perfect microphones. Your solution with the equalizer might work tho. But, even with all high tones to the max there shouldn't be a piiip sound for that ammount of money. Maybe just a little noise but not a high frequency tone. It's not like some mic you buy for $5,-

[ObfuscatePenguin]

I agree: something as expensive as a Mac shouldn't have noises, which is why plan A is plan A but, in an imperfect world, everyone should always have some kind of fallback prepared.

Experience tells me the graphic equaliser almost certainly *will* work.

There are only *sufficently good* mics, and they're more expensive than most people would pay. Regardless, EQ, compression, gating, etc. are regularly used tools to improve the auditory aesthetic and should not be dismissed so flippantly.

[DeXimE]

Sure they are good tools to improve audio in general but this is clearly a malfunction of some hardware (or even software like a driver maybe) and shouldn't be fixed artificially.

[ObfuscatePenguin]

Yes, it's clearly a malfunction, hence 'Plan A: Return to Apple' and, until Emma actually does this, further discussion of the problem's cause or definition is pointless.

But suggestions for workarounds before that happens (or after, if it's a problem by design and thus can't be fixed) could be helpful - IRL it's called being practical.

So let's wait until an Apple engineer reports back. Hopefully they'll solve it but, if not, I'll be available to help and advise.

[DeXimE]

I thank you for putting the effort in trying to help Eemma out with this and I never said it wasn't helpfull ;P If it came out that way then I'm sorry. Yes I agree, let's just wait untill she's been to the service center.

[Eemma]

Plan A it is. Tomorrow.

[jma146]

I see Dex is taking the job to respond to your comments :P nice work DEX :]

[DeXimE]

Proud member of the ESP, DAH! ;P

[jma146]

silly me :P

[DeXimE]

>><< :D >><<

[NyMets81]

So, Eemma won't mind if I start replying to everyone? :P ESP exist? I thought it just was a myth!

[jma146]

fo shizz :P

[DeXimE]

Tsk! That you even question it's existance... It's even on the Eemma wiki so who are you to doubt about it huh huh?? LOL ;P I'm not replying to *everybody* just some about technical stuff in this case. I'm sure she doesn't mind and if she does she will slap me so don't worry ;P

[NyMets81]

Where the hell did samster go! No goodbyes, nothing..

[DeXimE]

Yeah really sucks and made me worried tbh. I mailed him several times but never got an answer back. I hope he's OK...

[Eemma]

Mmm, last time I checked, a couple of days ago, i think it said he hadn't been online for 1 month! I've emailed him too, but yeah.. nothing.

[jma146]

yah, where is he? Does he have a new account?

[Eemma]

lol, kinda thankful for that tbh on this vid, cus i'm so sick of this problem...

[dosenpfaendle]

I read on a page about the exact same problem. beeping while using the camera. There wasn't any solution to the problem. Sorry! But I'll keep my eyes and ears open if I find something (if the problem still exists, that is).

Sorry for another (not helpful) comment. Someone please beat me up. :)

[Eemma]

hehe thanks!! :D

[Singul4r1ty]

Maybe its this:

MacInTouch Reader

I have a 2.16 ghz MacBook Pro, which since the day arrived, made a room-filling high-pitched squeal *and* a cricket-like high-pitched chirp.

The high-pitched cricket chirp was caused by the AC inverter for the display, and it has been fixed. That sound comes from between the F10 key on your keyboard and the center of the MacBook. It's an easy fix, and AppleCare has a lot of experience with it so I'm not going to cover that here.

[DeXimE]

Nah that's not it, cuz it's ONLY there when she records with the iSight cam. That noise is AFAIK only a problem with the MB Pro's and not the normal MB's. Nice you tried to find a solution tho ;P

[totemr]

the simple thing to do is use another program to record your audio track. use a different Mic. not the built in one, make sure you mute the mic that is built in. If the sound is clean bingo you found the culprit

[DeXimE]

It's a MAC not a PC, a MAC you expect things to work properly you know they kinda cost twice as much ;P

[Eemma]

exactly Dex.

[bnessel1973]

I still say it has something to do with your harddrive sound in your laptop. Either way, I never notice it until you point it out.

By the way, very cool editing in this. Very, very cool.

[DeXimE]

No Brian, if that was the cause she would also hear it while playing music and etc, which is NOT the case. And yeah I fully agree, the editing with the effects are TEH shit :D

[Eemma]

Thanks Brian!! :D Mm, don't know what is causing it, but i'm so sick of it. I just want it fixed. now.

[DeXimE]

Go to Apple Service Center dammit! ;P

*calls and makes an apointment for Eemma*

[bnessel1973]

I can understand you wanting it fixed. But, just so you know, I'd watch your videos even if you had a midget standing next to you yelling, "I like yummy pudding in my belly" while dancing a jig.

Then again, I like pudding. And I'm quite fond of a good jig. But I like you more than both. <insert "aww" here>

[aims808]

i know what you mean, if you pay that much for something it should work the way it's supposed to.

[emilygrae]

What, you didn't know? The cricket is part of the camera. She lives in there and paints your photo really really fast, so it looks like live video! The sound you hear is her legs moving so quickly. =)

[NyMets81]

-about the piiip/cricket- I don't know shit about Macs :P But it looks like you've gotten plenty of advice here in the comments already. Good luck getting the situation all worked out!!

[Eemma]

Mmm, but none work.

[NyMets81]

So no new vid's until the problem is resolved? Someone help Eemma dammit!! :P Seriously though, you've invested to much money in the product to have this problem, return it (assuming you have a warranty) for a new one.

[Eemma]

Bah, don't know what to do.

[NyMets81]

-About the video- I enjoyed the beginning of this, felt I was watching a preview to a movie before the actual feature film starts (where's the popcorn!) But toward the end it turned into an infomercial (ones you see at like 3am) ..Once you get rid of the "Cricket" and master all the features on the Mac...Look out people!! :D

[Annaconda1984]

try to deal with the problem with a good vacuum cleaner (-:P like one of those which suck really hard...Like they sell from house to house (-: or on teleshopping channels.

[kaylon99]

99% of all mac-build-in cameras have that problem!

[ripperjackthe]

I hear crickets all the time. Isn`t that normal then?

[happyyoda121]

I hear it through the high frequency horns in my sound system.Sounds like EM interference.Now you have got me curious.I lost my pet cricket a while back...I can't imagine how he got in your computer.(hehehe)

[lduenas]

I sent the text, but nothing happened.

[worm2glow]

I so would have loved to comment something constructive and helpful...but I just can't think at the moment! (mostly because of that annoying 'cricket-sound' in your videos..) ;-)

[Singul4r1ty]

Try turning of the sound on your macbook when you make a video (or turn volume way down to 0)

[whojumpsoffbridges]

I checked the apple forums for your problem, all i found was your post. The mac experts seem pretty clueless!

[Eemma]

Thanks for trying :)

[kenrg]

Interesting - I have not had that problem with my MacBook-iSight. Have you taken it to Apple to have them check out? Sorry, I can't think of anything to try.

[Eemma]

Yeah, taking it to the support store thingy seems to be the only opption atm.

[jma146]

chirp.....chirp.....chirp

[Protestboarder]

I hear a loud pieeeeeppp. but that was from last night.

Return your mac if possible to get it fixed. I hate those little noises to, drives me and myself nuts!

[danbergam]

I can understand your concern: there's always something making the final result a bit far from perfection! ^_^

You could try with an external microphone... or (but I think you already tried) to change the settings of the one you use it...

Anyway, welcome back!

[ir40]

this could be the epitomy

[DemCheetos]

I Never Noticed That In Any of Your Videos.. Now I Feel Like goin Through them All.. Lol jk.. but Yah Never Noticed It Brfore.. =]

[SupaDupaFlyGirl]

it happens to me too. What I do is render then voice and the audio in the Imovie program by using noise reducer.

[Eemma]

That's just pain in the ass? I want it to work.

[daisygurl44]

actually it isn't a pain in the ass at all. Takes about 3 seconds to work.

I have the PIIIIIIIIIPPPP too. Every MAC has it, It is the feedback from the silent sounds you and I cannot hear that the mic and video picks up. There is nothing you can do. Either do what I told you or I dont know what lol. It will work. It works for me all the time :D

[Eemma]

Well it didn't say that i would get a "cricket" when buying it. It's just some macbooks that have it, if you look around YT you'll see.

[edoardo2210]

123???...better 33661 (Eemma)..:P

[chellbie]

another guy named waynoooooo had the same problem ,my mic seems fine in videos.

[covers8]

you're such a perfectionist....maybe you can bring back to the place you bought it from & let them check it out....they may change the mic for you free! If you ask me...i never even noticed the cricket sound thing...i'm too drawn to your gorgeous looking deep brownish eyes with long bushy eye lashes :)

[covers8]

deep blue?

[Eemma]

"you're such a perfectionist" Hey? I buy something that i expect to WORK dammit. They can't expect me to pay for somthing broken, right??

[CrazySean]

You really shouldn't be using it in the first place. An external mic is always better.

[IAGuy06]

You could just vlog outside and we'd think it was normal background noise (sorry just trying to add a little levity to the situation). I hope you get it figured out. In the mean time don't get too upset, computers don't respond to threats. :P

[mousers21]

Eemma, you don't have a mac store or some mac place to take it to to have it looked at? You might need a new isight.

[Eemma]

Mmm, seems like that is what i will have to do. I thought maybe someone that had had the same problem could tell me if I had wrong settings or something. But yeah.. i will.

[glock882]

I wish I could help...but I'll still watch anyway!!!!

[mmmsurebaby]

what camera did you use for the bicycle video then? can't you just use that one?

btw, if you wannna get a lot of hits you could do a video where you and your sister pretend to be lesbian lovers, or at least have the word "lesbian" in the title..

[Eemma]

I'm not interested in either of your suggestions sorry.

[mmmsurebaby]

oh really? well i didn't buy your ringtone so i guess we're even then.

[CrazySean]

I don't think she has a problem getting a lot of hits. I think that is pretty evident.

[pauldonald]

I HEARD IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Eemma]

HORRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hwmicha]

this seems to be a general problem with the internal microphone of the macbook. i heard this noise in videos of several youtuber using the macbook. for example "faintstarlite".

[hwmicha]

another example is "k80blog"...

[Eemma]

yes K80Blog has the EXACT same sound!!

[Eemma]

Yeaa faintstarlite's got that sound too!! Phew, I'm not alone then i guess. But WHY doesn't anyone know wtf the problem is then?? bah.

[bbunch6]

Yes I hear it too. Hopefully you figure it out. We've been missing your videos!:o)

[Dangerman5]

It's good to have a new video from Eemma.

[RoxyMomma04]

ask DrLemur... he has a mac channel I think.

[USALawyer]

I did not hear it. Maybe I am deaf.

[Eemma]

Yes.

[rextangle]

Eemma, buy an external mic! Boom, no more! It's that simple. They're cheap too!

Cheers,

Rex

[Eemma]

It should NOT be necessary. I want it to work the way it's suppose to.

[rextangle]

It has to do with interference of electronic components that get picked up by the built-in mic, if it's still under warranty, return it. By the way, Macs suck! LOL

[Eemma]

Macs suck?? You suck :P

[rextangle]

Oh... why did you have to hurt my feelings? I'm gonna cry now, bitch! LOL :-)

[Eemma]

hihi ;)

[CrazySean]

I wouldn't say they suck, but the MacBook Pros are way overpriced.

[Eemma]

yes, very!

[drxero1988]

I dont know what you use to edit your videos but you can remove that sound with Cyberlink PowerDirector. :)

[pongman]

cool Eemma's back. Hey Eemma! How are you doin? It's been so long since the last vlog? I don't hear a cricket in this video but maybe its my headset?

[Eemma]

LISTEN AGAIN DAMMIT!!

[pongman]

ok it was my headsets. lol, I have a new headset and now I can hear it. Thank goodness you told me, lol

[DeXimE]

lol pongman, you missed all the joy on the former

"Made on the Mac" video's! The horror! ;P

[DeXimE]

lol, you must be def ;P

[rhythm7a]

Seriously, just a few more years, and you won't even hear this kind of stuff.

[whojumpsoffbridges]

Damn crickets!!!

[Vner]

that's not so disturbing. have you tried forums about hardware?? you can find helpful people there.:)

[Eemma]

Yes i have. But they all act like they don't hear the sound. They love their macs and think there never can be any problems with them. They just think i'm stupid.

[Koshdukai]

It's a common problem with some built-in mics. So, if you can't solve it by going to a Mac store, you can always try to connect an external mic (I hope macs have a mic input jack, don't they?) and see if that solves the problem... hmmm... you can also try diferent recording volume levels for the built-in mic and see if you can find an optimal setting.

Good luck and... keep those videos coming, we'll ignore the crickets, don't worry ;)

[Eemma]

It can be solved. Period. Cus it's not suppose to sound like this. There's NO WAY i'm buying some new portable mic crap. *frustrated*

[kenrg]

Koshdukai gave me an idea... go to System Preferences -> Hardware -> Sound -> Input, experiment with different levels and check "use ambient noise reduction."

[Eemma]

Been there, done that!

[WERTY317]

I have tennitus in my inner ear so I hear crickets all the time..... watched the vid.. didn't have a clue... heard nothing different.. finally the ah ha moment.

[johndoners]

u know what? everybodys always telling me apples the best stuff around, it appears its simply not true. but its great to see u back.

[Awarrior48]

"the cricket" lol

[jma146]

how'd you make "The Great Movie" have a louder volume?

[jma146]

i take that back

[DonKE3]

LOl when I saw a video from Emma i expected like a thorough update or something but THIS, was unexpected. :D at least you made a video woot woot?

[jma146]

I'm really going to text "Help Me" to 123. I want to see what happens. Maybe if you record with no sound but write down what you say, then record just your voice on to the computer and add it to the movie, the "Cricket" might not be there.

[proffmongo]

Talk to Mac and have them fix it. They replaced the mother board on my Imac!

Give them a try.

[tavin15]

it is a usally bug in cheap web-cams, I can hear it too

[Machination1]

Oh great, now I hear it even after your video stopped.

[SimUK]

Should have stuck with your Logitech Fusion ;)

[KeendraQueendra]

Samma med min fina kamera..

[AmateurAstronaut]

Ha ha I never even noticed the cricket until you mentioned it...

[cladue07]

hmm i remember hearing cricket noises in the background of some of the blogs lol but how r u turning it into a ringtone

[DeXimE]

WTF

[DallasGuyZ]

It's Eemma!! Hmm, "The Cricket"... Did I miss something?