Need help please. iphone and external sound source.

[rockerman]

Hello everyone,

My gf is doing a presentation and I need to record it (to post on youtube). I want to be unobtrusive so i'll need to stay a little distance from her. I want to get better audio so I bought 2 mics from a pc store today to get them closer to with using a female/male mini audio cable.. I tested them and neither work. I tested them without using the extension cord and just the regular phone mic worked. I used the one with the long cable in the picture and extended it as far as it would go. I recorded and brought the mic up to mouth and nothing. you can hear it slightly but IMO its the phone picking up the slight sound.

I thought this was simple to do from the videos on youtube that I saw. I even tried using the included headset/mic they include with the phone and still nothing. I tried this with 2 phones and the same outcome. what am I doing wrong?

[hech54]

If she is going to be at a podium with a microphone....just get a feed off of that....record it with something else, then sync up the audio later in an editor.

[rockerman]

thanks for the reply. No, were doing it in her house. I will have a small stand to hold the mic low but in front of her. I just want better audio then using the phone mic. she doesnt want the mic on her. I dont know what to do. Ive been planning this for a few days and I just dont know why they arent working.

[aedipuss]

The problem is, the iPhone can’t accept regular microphones that use the standard 3.5mm jack.To solve the iPhone’s microphone incompatibility problem, you’ll need to buy a http://www.kvconnection.com/product-p/km-iphone-mic.htm or
http://www.kvconnection.com/product-p/km-iphone-mic-ecm.htm