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I am trying to use an external microphone on my iPhone X via the fire jack and adapter that came with the phone. I am using Filmic Pro app. But the phone is not recognizing the external input. Same thing is happening when I try to use the external mic and the native camera app.
Any suggestions as to where I'm going wrong?
Thanks
John
It's a DISASTROUS flaw in the phone. You can't record awesome videos with bad sound. I made a HUGE mistake getting the Iphone x as I wanted to use it to make youtube and blog videos for my business. You cant with bad sound. I have spent so much money trying different external mics. If you want to use the Iphone x for video and sound you are making a mistake. I hope they come with a fix although i'm not sure what they can do!
I recently watched a video on YouTube about hooking up a lavalier microphone to an iPhone X. His solution was to first plug in the Apple camera connection adapter to the lightning port, then plug in a Sabrent USB audio adapter to the USB end of the camera adapter, then plug in your lavalier mic to the mic port on the USB audio adapter. A bit of a roundabout way to accomplish hooking up a mic to the iPhone X, but it makes sense.
Tom Clauset
Disatrous? Really? What's disappointing to me is you couldn't simply google something to find there are many options available to do what you want:
A disaster is finding out you have cancer and only have weeks or days to live. Or your child was killed in a school shooting. Or your house was struck by lightning and burned down. Those are disasters.
I recently had this same problem and gave up. I was directed (by Apple) to find YouTube videos that explained how to do this. I bought a Lightning to USB adapter, and then a USB splitter that had a headphone and microphone jack. The headphone jack worked fine, but the microphone levels were way too low. It might have been an impedance thing (and I tried 3 different microphones) but I gave up because I wanted to monitor the recording with headphones while I was recording the video with an external microphone and it wasn't doing that. The USB splitter worked fine on my Mac, with both the input and output showing up in the Sound preferences pane, but the iPhone doesn't have a preferences pane.
At the Genius Bar, I was told that I've discovered one of the major differences between OS X and IOS.
It seems like this is a common issue, and i have come to save the day! This issue has costed me my sanity, hundreds of dollars, and some hair. Don't listen to anyone on this forum saying "this device is not supported" they simply have not figured out the solution. The way I see it, there are either two ways you can get around this problem. It seems that if you are on this page you have already tried connecting an apple lightning to headphone jack adapter with no success. Well...thats because its a headphone adapter and not a mic input. Anyway, solution one would be to but a "iPhone 8 mic set" which can run you a pretty penny and possibly your sanity. The other solution is my way... Start with a lightning to camera adapter, connect a sabrent usb to sound adapter, then connect your mic set. One note though... PLEASE make sure that your mic input is a TRS cable and NOT A TRRS. This will not connect. if you have a TRRS cable you need a TRRS to TRS converter cable. Good Luck my friends.
I've also just bought a Rode videoMic Go and it works with a Rode 3.5 TRS to TRRS (with the 3 connectors) that you plug into the lightning adapter that came with the IphoneX. Their not expensive https://www.gear4music.com/G4M/Rode-SC7-35-Male-TRRS-to-Male-TRS-adaptor-for-Vid eomic-Go-Smartphone/132G?origin=product-…
The issue may be "impedence." The phone isn't getting enough power for the mic to recognize it.
You may want an adapter.
You'll may want to investigate this: https://www.amazon.com/Lightning-To-Usb-Camera-Adapter/dp/B01F7KJDIM/ref=as_li_s s_tl?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1485885524&sr=8-1&keywords=apple+lightnin g+to+usb+3.0&linkCode=sl1&tag=photojoseph-20&linkId=f7bd1f5ae6c57611b65cd46919be f342
Best of luck.
I’ve tried the apple Lightning adapter on the 7, X, and now the Xs, With a headphone/mic splitter, and I simply cannot get the iPhone to see an external microphone, whether in the built-in camera app, or a pro app like Filmic Pro. Works fine with an external interface like the iConnectAudio4 but that isn’t very portable. I used to be able to do this with the HP/Mic splitter on my iPhone 6, and the Apple dongle is supposed to replicate that function, but it seems it’s one-way only.
I’ve also tried the Røde iXLR, which functions, but the preamp is so noisy as to be unusable for any serious work. Is a USB interface about my only option?
I can’t believe Apple has neglected this basic function.
The solution is to buy this adaptor which has a TRRS ring on it. You plug your external microphone into the adaptor and the adaptor into the iPhone white audio to lightning adaptor that came with your iPhone X.
Rode SC4 3 inches Microphone Cable https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L6C8PN0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_1DmVBbJH8JKV8
I just bought a Zoom IQ7 after being misled at the store about its compatibility with the iPhone XS.
Microphone doesn't work with its app, but works with the iPhone camera app, voice memos, etc. Basically, the app is unable to ask for permissions to access the microphone.
I thought I could make do with it as a regular microphone, but then this evening, this random hissing and clicking begins occurring. Couldn't figure out why, it was working one moment, and then it stopped working.
$100 down the drain. Hopefully I can sell it at a loss.
Why does Apple allow an app that says it is compatible with its phones if the app clearly isn't?
Hey Folks,
I could be wrong here bit I think I troubleshoot the problem and have filmic pro identifying my rode microphone. Also made the video clear for people using a gimbal like myself. Let me know if this is helpful for you.
Iphone max - Gimbal - Rode Mic - Filmic Pro - Audio issues - YouTube
Stop what?
I figured out a workaround to the hissing and crackling issue. Just stick a headphone into the jack of the IQ7 and it stops.
Weird fix, but it works. I am able to use the device.
It would be great if the app also works, because that would allow me to change the stereo field and apply FX to the recordings.
To design a phone with massively better image capture quality via a camera and then handicap it to only the mediocre omnidirectional, wind sensitive audio capture of the built in microphone seems rather bizarre, but does reinforce the design blind spots Apple seems to have with their "you will use our technology the way we thought you would use it".
What is the point of having a 4k video recording capability and the massive storage the XS line comes with, if you can only record mediocre audio in that mode and have to separately record audio with a separate device and sync up in post-production that cannot be done on the device?
I recently purchased an iPhone 8 and had a similar concern with the Filmic Pro app.
I tested my Rode VideoMic in Filmic, connected via the SC4 TRS-TRRS Adaptor and Belkin 3.5 mm Audio + Charge RockStar. Once the 'audio in' is set to "Headset Microphone" (it should auto-detect) everything works just fine.
You don't need the Belkin Rockstar if you don't care about charging your device while shooting. Your standard Apple Lightning to 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter should work just fine.
Hope this helps.
I had the same problem trying to use the lighting to 3.5mm adapter along with a TRS to TRRS cable. Nothing worked. Then I plugged my Headset Buddy in; works like a champ. Somehow the adapter believes this is a well behaved headset and my mic issues went away.
iPhone X and Using External Microphone.
