MICROPHONES

For normal operations the microphone connects to the "Mic" jack on the sound card but you should be aware that there may also be a "Mic" jack on your modem. If your sound card dosen't have a "Mic" jack, you probably will use the "Audio In" jack. The "Mic" jack on your sound card is a mono jack - that is, it will accept sound only in monoural rather than stereo - so you don't need an expensive microphone. A 600-10,000 ohm dynamic or condenser type microphone (with a 1/8inch minijack) works best and it can be a lapel mike, a desk mike, or whatever.

You might want a unidirectional mike if background noise might be a problem or, conversely, a multidirectional one if a group of people might be using the mike at the same time. Once connected, you can use the microphone to record your voice in a .wav file and store it on disk - or send it to someone as an email attachment - in short, treat just like any other file.

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