iPhone X and Using External Microphone.

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:

https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=lightning+microphone+for+iphone&tag=g ooghydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=214479331655…

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.

It doesn't matter. IOS 11 and higher is not allowing external microphones using the lightning connector. I don't know if this is a bug or done purposely. Thanks Apple, for making my $100 mic (Zoom IQ7) useless.

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?

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?

Minok wrote:

the design blind spots Apple seems to have with their "you will use our technology the way we thought you would use it".

Yes, that has been Apple's philosophy right from the beginning. Nothing new about 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?

No one here can answer those questions. I suggest you let Apple know how you feel here:

Product Feedback - Apple

This is simply a comment to the iPhone XR. Why would Apple design a state-of-the-art video camera and then not include a way to record clear, microphone audio?? At least Steven Soderbergh had a 3.5mm jack.

I agree this sucks, I was able to shoot great video and use an external mic( rhode micro) last year indid for my business at a trade show. I came to the trade show yesterday and nothing!!! It the update thats’s not allowing it external mic’s. Apple please fix this!!!!

The article relates to earlier iPhone models but not the X. I’ve been pulling my hair out for a couple of months. I’m relieved to see that this is a generally held problem. There is one YouTube video where the guy puts a bunch of adapters on an X with a Rode mike and makes it seem simple but he doesn’t demonstrate that the setup actually works. I followed his recommendations exactly but it just doesn’t work.

And....? Did it work? I’m trying to use a Rode mike with a Zhiyun Smooth 4 Gimbal but it’s not happening. I have some success without the gimbal using a lightning splitter, a mike and a tripod.

I think it’s working but who knows?

Right now I’m out of the country in Australia so I’m just going to wait till I get back but I’m pretty certain that I am using the adapter you’re suggesting. My issue is the Rode mike I bought doesn’t get recognized by the phone. I followed the recommendations of a YouTube video and purchased all the stuff with links to amazon. That could be where I went wrong. Once I’m back in the states I will contact Rode support and see if the mike is compatible. A little irony here, while I stayed in Sydney a few weeks back, I was a half hour drive away from their factory and headquarters.

Thanks for the lesson in perspective, but it is a disaster if you do video for your organization on a daily basis and the sound is coming out incorrectly. The products you highlighted are not the issue. It's a software issue with the new update. So, hotstuff, it's not something you simply Google and purchase.

I don't think these type of accessories are supported. The lightning connector outside of a handful of uses, is primarily an output rather than an input jack.

I am trying to find a mic I can use while using the phone so that I can use the phone for conference calls and the people on the other end can hear me better. Do these mics work during a phone call?

Thanks for the tip. I can’t reply in the discussion group because I’m getting “too many redirects” in both Safari and Chrome.