>I have been working on making my 3400 my 'all purpose web authoring and >sound recording machine' (I haven't decided on a name for it yet). > >I finally got the sound software that looks good (SndSampler) and hooked my >good stereo condenser mike up to it and MONO SOUND. Nothing I can do to get >stereo. I fear that 'plaintalk' is a mono microphone standard. > >Does anyone know if this is true? Is there any kind of inexpensive audio in >adapter I can get for it? > >This is really devastating to my plans to get this old machine to be a >usable workhorse without TOO many adapters. I really would rather have a >used iBook or TiBook, if I had the bux. Maybe I really need to spend >whatever bux I have and upgrade to something newer.... It's a mono mike, IIRC. The input is 16-bit stereo/44khz in the 3400 (in fact, in every PBook since the 500 series, except the 190, which doesn't have input.
Two options: a _powered_ stereo mike; or plug in the mike to your sound system (cassette deck is good) and use line out to line in on the 3400. Worked fine on my old 5300 (vastly inferior to 3400, but same sound in). The built-in mikes in the screen bezel are lousy, although by shouting repeatedly at iListen I got it to open MS Word and so on. e.g., OPEN UP! OPEN UP! OPEN ^%$%#$%#@ MICROSOFT WORD!! (but you don't want to do that ;-) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac <http://www.insanely-great.com> mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RD's PowerBook page: <http://www.macpowerbook.com> -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
