The purpose of the longer plug is to get power to the microphone - there's actually a
small pre-amp built in. But if the input signal is sufficiently boosted, a standard
3-conductor miniplug can be used. So an alternative to buying a PlainTalk mic is to
use some sort of external pre-amp (or amplifier with pre-amp outputs), and plug it
into the iMac with a 3-conductor miniplug adapter (most likely this would be in the
form of a 2- RCA phono plug to 3-conductor miniplug adapter). I've been copying old
cassette tapes to CD-Rs, and the output of the tape deck is sufficient.
Good luck.
Patrick Davey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all
>
>I'm currently trying to configure my iMac DVSE for audio recording. A
>friend lent me a microphone but I can't get it to work. Mac Help (OS 9.0.4)
>tells me that only a 'PlainTalk' microphone (or PlainTalk adapter) will work
>but nobody I've asked knows what this is.
>
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