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From: murat@farcomp.UUCP (Murat Konar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Hypercard's Audio Palette and MacRecorder
Message-ID: <370@farcomp.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jun 91 01:33:11 GMT
References: <35094@mimsy.umd.edu>
Reply-To: murat@farcomp.UUCP (Murat Konar)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Farallon Computing Inc. Berkeley, CA
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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."
-
-     I called Apple who, naturally, referred me to Farallon.  The person
-I spoke to at Farallon thought my problem was that I didn't have a new
-enough release of SoundEdit.  I wasn't able to convince her that the Audio
-Palette in HC shouldn't require an application but I understood her logic.
-I could record sounds with SoundEdit and play them back or edit them with
-Audio Palette.  But that wasn't my question.
-
-     Can you use the MacRecorder to record sounds with Audio Palette?
-Rumaging through the system with resedit, I discovered a .AppleSoundInput
-driver.  I suspect that I may need a customized version for MacRecorder so
-I'll continue to pester Farallon for closer examination of the problem.
-In the meantime, can anyone shed some light on it?

I went upstairs for clarification on this since it didn't sound right
to me.

Here's the straight dope:  All you NEED is the MacRecorder driver.  
If you have a MacRecorder, then you should already have SoundEdit.  
(SoundEdit and the MacRecorder are sold in the same box). So 
what our TechSport was telling you is that you should upgrade to 
the newest version of SoundEdit which supports the Sound Input Manager
AND includes the MacRecorder driver.

If however you have a MacRecorder Voice Digitizer (a smaller version
of the MacRecorder without line or mic in) you don't have SoundEdit.
In this case, we can send you just the driver.

Anyhow, call our Tech Support dudes back.  This is an easy one to 
clear up.


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