When I have to use an external mic, I use the Radio Shack lapel mic (about $25). It has a built-in battery and a very flat response. It should work most laptops. The built-in battery is a pain though, dies if you don't remember to turn it off. Some laptops require a higher level input and can't use a low-level mic. That is the most likely reason for your poor readings. Best regards, -Dean On Dec 10, 2005, at 1:40 PM, gary wrote: > Recently bought my third laptop (Dell Latitude 505) and was rather > distressed to discover it does not have a built-in mic.I've bought > a couple of cheap ones from RadioShack under the impression that > surely they're not worse than than a bog standard built-in. Well, > they're not working good at all; get a poor reading frequently on > sampling A4 and A5. > Does anyone use RCT with an external mic they could recommend? > thanks! > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RPS, Inc. contact: <http://www.reyburn.com/contact.html> Dean Reyburn, RPT 2695 Indian Lakes Road web page: <http://www.reyburn.com/> Cedar Springs, Michigan, 49319 USA Sales & support: 1-888-SOFT-440 (or 616-696-1002) Fax: 616-696-8121
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