Internal Microphone and Applications

I was wondering if it is possible to use the internal mic on my macbook with an application such as Rosetta Stone.

I just checked and the internal mic is working with our imac. so the problem has to be with the internal mic on my macbook itself, not a compatibility issue.

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    Hello
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    Please let me know the outcome of these troubleshooting steps.
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    Microphone works fine with Quictime on another mac, so I do know how to use it. The one where it is not working (A) had an external microphone and camera attached earlier, and indeed it does work with that external microphone, but not with the internal microphone selected; and (B) had RealPlayer installed previously.
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