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From: darth@athena.mit.edu (Darren T Garnier)
Subject: Re: Hypercard's Audio Palette and MacRecorder
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In article <35094@mimsy.umd.edu> smz@tove.cs.umd.edu (Zakar) writes:
>
>     The Hypercard 2.1 Basics manual that came with the system 7 personal
>upgrade package says:
>
>"If your computer has a sound input device (such as a microphone or
>MacRecorder(TM)), you can use the Audio Palette..."
>
>Well, I do have a MacRecorder and tried to record using it.  I received a
>dialog box saying "No compatible recording hardware is available."
>

The key is to have a new system extension that installs a sound input
driver for the external hardware.  When 6.0.7 came out, I wrote my own
(which is not a task for the lighthearted) for my Cedar Sound Board.  I got
it to a late beta stage and started looking for testers.  Alas, at the
time (Jan.) nobody had a real use for the driver.  I don't know if it will
work with the MacRecorder hardware, because I don't have one; but in theory
it should.  (It works fine for my hardware with sys7.0 sound control panel
and Hypercard).  Anyway, if people are interested in it and are willing
to write me responses as to the functionality of my driver, I'd be willing
to send it out to anyone interested in beta testing it.  
   BTW, I'm pretty sure that Farralon does include an input driver in the
newest version of SoundEdit but I didn't buy it so I don't know how well
it works.


>Joe Zakar
>using smz@tove.cs.umd.edu

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