Recording Audio From A Sound Board

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Recording Audio From A Sound Board

I was originally planning on buying a Samson Zoom H2, H4N, or ProTrack Stereo Recorder to begin recording audio at concerts I attend using the house sound board, but began wondering if the iPod Touch had the same capability, perhaps by adding an app of some kind. It would also be useful to record audio from weddings I videotape. I know there are voice recorders such as the Belkin that you can attach, but I was thinking more of connecting the iPod directly, by using a 1/4" to mini cable adapter. Is this possible? If so, what app would enable me to do this?

24" iMac, Intel 2.4ghz, 250gb, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Oct 13, 2009 5:30 AM

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Answer 1

varjak paw

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Oct 13, 2009 7:31 AM in response to Michael Clark12

You might take a look at this unit:

http://www.alesis.com/protrack

That's the only device I know of that would allow line-level in from a console, though there might be others out there.

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varjak paw

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Oct 13, 2009 11:53 AM in response to Michael Clark12

The issue I see with iTalk and similar iPod apps is that the iPod has no line-level input, so you'd have to use one of the earbud/microphone combinations or an external microphone like this one which will be limited as to quality. There are some other options here. But if you want pro quality, and particularly want to tap straight off of a mixing console, a device like the Alesis is going to be necessary, though there may be something less expensive that I can't find.

If a microphone works for you, then iTalk might be fine. There's a freeware version of iTalk, iTalk Lite, you can try, to see if it will do the job. It doesn't have the advanced playback controls and has a limit of 2MB per recording, but it should allow you to test it out. Voxie is another possibility.

Regards.

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Answer 3

Oct 13, 2009 11:11 AM in response to varjak paw

I found an app by Griffin called iTalk which looks like it may be what I'm looking for. Has anyone had any experience using this app for concerts/weddings/etc?

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