G-Force as a Standalone Application
The G-Force application uses your sound-in port as input. It's useful if you
want to visualize sound that's not in an mp3 format, such as an audio CD, line
input from an A/V source, or a microphone.
For MacOS
- Exit any programs using audio input.
- Open your "Monitors & Sound" control panel and click on the sound settings
button.
- Change the "Sound Monitoring Source" popup menu to whatever sound source
you want to monitor (Built-in Mic, Sound In, and CD are the most commonly
used).
- Run the application named "G-Force" (you can search your Mac by
selecting "Find" in the Finder's File menu).
For Windows
- Exit any programs using audio input.
- Open your recording options for your sound device and switch the recording
source to the source you want to visualize (the specifics of this depends
on your operating system and sound driver). For example, for a SoundBlaster
in Windows 98, go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Audio
HQ -> Mixer -> Record Control and proceed to enable/disable what sources
are passed to your SoundBlaster's input channel. Note: a useful source often
called "What You Hear" is whatever you're already hearing over your
speakers. What You Hear can be convenient because you don't have to go into
your sound controls every time your sound source changes (ex, from audio CD
to an mp3 audio player), but it has the disadvantage that it's loudness/amplitude
is proportional to your system's volume setting (ideally, you don't want the
output of G-Force to be dependent on your volume level).
- Run the program named "G-Force.exe" (you can search your PC by
right-clicking on 'My Computer' and selecting "Find").
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