{"id":94,"date":"2020-06-05T13:27:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T13:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gordonssummerconcerts.com\/?p=94"},"modified":"2020-06-22T13:52:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T13:52:43","slug":"use-external-microphone-with-the-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gordonssummerconcerts.com\/home-audio\/use-external-microphone-with-the-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Method To Use An External Microphone With The Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"
Like all smartphones, yours came with a pair of headsets \/ microphone to plug into the mini-jack on your smartphone and yes you can use an external microphone with the phone.<\/p>\n
And you naturally think that you can easily connect any micro mini-jack to record better sound than the internal microphone of your smartphone.<\/p>\n
In reality smartphones recognize as micro only those with a mini-jack TRRS recognizable by its three small lines on the mini jack, like the hands-free kit of the smartphone).<\/p>\n
The small mini-jack microphones that work elsewhere on camcorders and digital cameras are generally TRS type (with only two small lines on their plug).<\/p>\n
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For these to be recognized by smartphones, they need a small adapter. But there are other varied solutions to connect different types of professional microphone, tie, barrel, etc. to Apple smartphones and most Android.<\/p>\n
Side iPhone, it could not be simpler. The native iOS camera app works perfectly with an external mic for android phone.<\/p>\n
If the iPhone has a mini jack (iPhone 6S plus and earlier), simply plug in an external microphone and launch the Camera app for it to work.<\/p>\n
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The mini-jack plug having disappeared since the iPhone 7, you need an Apple Lighning \/ mini-jack adapter to enjoy a TRRS microphone on the most recent iPhones.<\/p>\n
On Android, it’s a little more complicated. Because all smartphones (Android) are not equal to each other) and what you work on one does not necessarily work on another.<\/p>\n
Note for example that on many Chinese models (those of Huawei in particular), the native camera app does not recognize external microphones!<\/p>\n
To take benefit of this, you have to use a third-party camera app (Open Camera for example) and organise it so that using external microphones with android devices is one connected (Settings \/ Video settings \/ Audio Sources \/ External microphone if present).<\/p>\n
That being said, there are different things that can be plugged into an Android or iPhone. The Rode SC4 adapter also allows you to connect a TRS mini-jack microphone (with two black lines on its socket) to most Android smartphones.<\/p>\n