#USB MIC VS AUDIO INTERFACE TRIAL#
#USB MIC VS AUDIO INTERFACE PROFESSIONAL#

Run the mics through the mixer, set up a mix, and send the mix to the smartphone using the devices shown in Figure 4.ДЇigure 4: Connections from a mixer to a smartphone. The result is a pro-quality mono recording. With this method, close-mike all the instruments and vocals as you do on stage. Connections from a USB mic to a smartphone are described later. The picture quality of most laptops is not great, so you might prefer to use a smartphone or a good webcam. If using a USB mic, plug it into your laptop to record a performance with webcam recording software. During playback, be sure to unplug the adapter from the smartphone otherwise you wonвЂ™t hear the audio. If the vocals are too quiet relative to the instruments, raise the mic.

#USB MIC VS AUDIO INTERFACE TRIAL#

Make some trial recordings to check the mix. Now that the overall sound is more present, balance the musicians by placing them closer or farther from the mic. With recent iPhones, connect the XLR-to-TRRS adapter to the Apple Lightning adapter. Then connect a mic cable from the supply output to the XLR-to-TRRS adapter. If you have a condenser mic, connect the mic to a phantom power supply as shown in Figure 1. Note that dynamic mics tend to be much lower in level than condenser mics and therefore may not be usable. Place the mic about 2 feet from a group or about 1 foot from a soloist and connect it to the smartphone using a female XLR-to-TRRS adapter.ДЇigure 3: Female XLR-to-TRRS adapter schematic. Use a mic of your own choosing this way as well ( Figure 1). Connect the TRRS plug to that Apple Lightning adapter.

Recent iPhones come with a TRRS-to-Lightning adapter, also called 3.5mm-to-Lightning adapter. Plug the micвЂ™s TRRS plug into the smartphone. Tape the mic to a mic stand about 1 foot from a soloist or 2 feet from a band. I suggest trying a PopVoice lavalier mic with a 16-foot cable and a TRRS connector for this approach.

#USB MIC VS AUDIO INTERFACE PROFESSIONAL#

Then you can record and/or stream videos with a professional sound: clear and close.ДЎ) Connect One Closeup Mic To The Smartphone

WhatвЂ™s needed are ways to get one or more mics closer to you (and if applicable, your fellow performers), and here IвЂ™ll describe several ways to do just that. When performing music on video via a smartphone, is the sound distant and muddy? If so, itвЂ™s because the smartphoneвЂ™s built-in microphone is too far from you/your band.

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