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- From: kc@netcom.com (Dameon D. Welch)
- Subject: Re: Are there cheap microphones for Macs?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.025540.20144@netcom.com>
- Organization: Wayne's World, Inc -- NOT!
- References: <1992Dec29.122753.2181@walter.cray.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 02:55:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.122753.2181@walter.cray.com> toma@baritone (Thomas Arneberg {66642 CF/DEV}) writes:
- >Is there a cheap way I can give my newly-acquired IIci the same sound-input
- >capabilities as a IIsi or a Classic II?
-
- The only option for machines without built-in sampling abilties (ie,
- anything newer than the IIsi) is a MacRecorder-type device.
-
- >I've seen ads for MacRecorder, but the mail order places want around $230
- >for it! Surely there must be some cheaper alternative...? If Apple can put
- >a microphone on a Classic II and sell the whole machine for < $1000, I'm
- >sure the microphone itself is only a dozen or two bucks.
-
- Ah, but there is more to it than that. There's some circuitry that
- goes with it that allows the mac to turn sound into something the
- computer can deal with.
-
- One thing that you *can* do is get a CEDAR Digitizer Kit and put one
- together yourself ($45), which is a *lot* cheaper than a MacRecorder
- and works just as well (and works just like a MacRecorder). But then
- you'd have to get the software for it (most of which you can get on
- the 'net). However, I had problems with my CEDAR Digitizer and had to
- send it back twice (turned out to be loose connections). However, I
- had to wait three months and he guy told me that CEDAR was having some
- problems and he may close CEDAR (but I got another kit in
- retribution). The information on the CEDAR should be available from
- sumex.
-
- Other than that, I dunno. Hope this helps.
- --
- Dameon D. Welch, NH6TW kc@netcom.com OR dwelch@scuacc.scu.edu
- Sophomore Computer Science Major at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
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