At 20:09 03/12/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Hi all, > >I have always used the built in microphone on my laptop for tuning. But, >I got to thinking, (my mind wanders when I tune) should I be using an >external microphone for tuning instead of the built in one? I am thinking >about the frequency response of the built in mic and thinking that it is >probably not the greatest. Do any of you use an external mic with your laptop? > >Ned Swift >Lowell, MI Ned, Yes. I use an el Cheapo mike which I place on the cutoff section of the soundboard of a grand or drop down behind an upright action (usually looping the cord around the action bolt nut) so it's hanging mid-air - somewhere below the keybed level. Isolates VERY well from ambient noises like vacuums. Conrad Hoffsommer You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.
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