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Sound System

The sound system for the Power Mac G4 computer supports 44.1 kHz 16-bit stereo sound output and input, available simultaneously.

Like other Macintosh computers, the sound circuitry and system software can create sounds digitally and either play the sounds through speaker inside the enclosure or send the sound signals out through the sound output jack. The Power Mac G4 computer also records sound from several sources: a stereo sound source connected to the line-level sound input jack, single-channel sound from the modem card in the internal modem slot, or sound from a PlainTalk microphone. With each sound input source, sound playthrough can be enabled or disabled.

Sound Output

Sound Input

Digitizing Sound


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