Re: need help with apple MIDI audio hardware/software

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Erik Swedberg wrote:

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>ALSO - different question: Has anyone got a nice homebrew way to tap
>the audio out signal to a mono signal? The audio jack is a weird
>stereo/mono thing that confuses me, and confuses all the radio shack
>1/8" adaptors i stick in there... i always get the best results by
>having to pull the 1/8" adaptor out ever so slightly -- obviously not
>a good live music solution. I have the IIgs hardware reference, and
>i've tried getting the signal from that little J-whatever molex
>adaptor on the motherboard, but if i remember, it was real
>static-y/noisy.

IIRC, the audio output jack is a 1/8" stereo jack with both
inputs connected together, i.e., mono.

You should be able to use a standard stereo patch cord,
and ignore one of the channels (since they are identical).

-michael

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