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You do need the Plaintalk mic - and no, the one you are using is not
stereo and that is the problem. The mini jack for the mic you are using
does not correctly match the stereo mic input jack on the 7200. 

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In article <maxalex-ya023680000301970134310001@news.gol.com>,
maxalex@gol.com (Max) wrote:

> I just bought a PowerMac 7200 and discovered that the usual microphone was
> not supplied.
> Then I borrowed one from a friend, but still I could not record (I tried
> Simpletext and Audioshop).
> Does anyone know if there is a built-in microphone in my PowerMac? If yes,
> where is it?
> 
> Here is the sound hardware info about my mac (from Techtool):
> Sound:
>      Hardware has Stereo Capability
>      Stereo Mixing on External Speaker
>      Sound I/O Manager Present
>      Built-in Input Hardware Present
>      Input Device Available
>      Built-in Simultaneous Play & Record
>      Can Play and Record 16-bit Samples
>      Can Record Stereo
>      Input Port Requires Line Level
>      Play Double Buffer
>      Multiple Channel Support
>      16-bit Audio Data Supported
> 
> I tried to use CoolTalk (with no success), but the readme file says that I
> should have a PlainTalk microphone. My microphone is just a simple plastic
> round-shaped thing that was supplied with another PowerMac. I think it is
> stereo.
> Is that a PlainTalk microphone?
> I also tried to record from SimpleText with no success.
> 
> If I go in the Control Panel, Sound, I can set the input source as either
> External Microphone or Internal CD.
> 
> I am sure that the microphone is plugged in the right port.
> 
> Can anybody email me some hint? Do I need a new microphone or some setting
> is wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> Max 
> 
> Please email to me as I don't follow this group: maxalex@gol.com

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Keith Griffin. http://galifrey.triode.net.au

Yes, You need the Plaintalk mic, but it's because the PlainTalk mic has
line-level output and contains an inbuilt amplifier. That means, that
Your Mac has not a normal microphone-level input and needs much higher
input voltage to get Your sound.

You can use an ordinary mic only with some amplifier. For instance, if
You can master the cords, You can connect Your mic to input of a
cassette recorder and the line output of recorder to input of Mac. Or,
better and less dangerous, You can buy a Plaintalk mic ($49?).

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Keith A Griffin <kgriffin@triode.net.au> wrote:

> You do need the Plaintalk mic - and no, the one you are using is not
> stereo and that is the problem. The mini jack for the mic you are using
> does not correctly match the stereo mic input jack on the 7200. 
> 
> ======================
> In article <maxalex-ya023680000301970134310001@news.gol.com>,
> maxalex@gol.com (Max) wrote:
> 
> > I just bought a PowerMac 7200 and discovered that the usual microphone was
> > not supplied.
> > Then I borrowed one from a friend, but still I could not record (I tried
> > Simpletext and Audioshop).
> > Does anyone know if there is a built-in microphone in my PowerMac? If yes,
> > where is it?
> >