Connect your pro XLR microphone to your iPhone (article by Allan Tépper)

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Connect your pro XLR microphone to your iPhone

Apple’s free VoiceMemo application for iPhone makes it attractive to connect your pro XLR microphone.

by Allan Tépper

Starting with software version 3.0 of the iPhone, Apple includes an audio recorder application called VoiceMemo. Many people who have used it have been quite impressed with the quality it offers. There have been other audio recording applications for the iPhone, but nothing is more tempting than using one that’s already there, especially one with an attractive icon and slick graphical interface. Given its simplicity and high-quality, Apple’s VoiceMemo covers almost any purpose. However, no matter how well it sounds with the iPhone’s internal microphone, for a professional journalist, image is also very important. That’s why I searched for a special cable that allows connecting a professional XLR microphone into an iPhone. (More...)

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Mini to iphone version 1 adapter

Here is an adapter that will allow you to adapt the cable to iPhone
version 1
http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/279/207985279.jpg
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=207985279&listingid=54530873

mini to iphone version 1 adapter


On Nov 2, 11:06 am, Allan Tépper <SFFCPUG-li...@TecnoTur.us> wrote:
> Connect your pro XLR microphone to your iPhone
> ==========
> Apple’s free VoiceMemo application for iPhone makes it attractive to connect your pro XLR microphone.
> ----------
> **by Allan Tépper**
>
> Starting with software version 3.0 of the iPhone, Apple includes an audio recorder application called VoiceMemo. Many people who have used it have been quite impressed with the quality it offers. There have been other audio recording applications for the iPhone, but nothing is more tempting than using one that’s already there, especially one with an attractive icon and slick graphical interface. Given its simplicity and high-quality, Apple’s VoiceMemo covers almost any purpose. However, no matter how well it sounds with the iPhone’s internal microphone, for a professional journalist, image is also very important. That’s why I searched for a special cable that allows connecting a professional XLR microphone into an iPhone. ([More...](http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/atepper/connect_your_pro_xlr_m...))
>
> OTHER RECENT ARTICLES BY ALLAN TéPPER:
>
> Recent articles you may have missed, all available at [AllanTépper.com](http://www.AllanTepper.com):
> ==========
>
> * **Beware the attack of the anachronisms!**
>
> * **Audio options for hybrid cameras: a study by P3Pictures**
>
> * **Kodak’s Zi8: a first look at a sub-US$180 HD camera which may leave you speechless**
>
> * **Apple & Sanyo embrace new homophonic video format**
>
> * **AJA’s new KiPro is the 10-bit, 4:2:2 recorder that many pro videographers really needed**
>
> * **C'mon! Why are we 180 degrees out of phase?**
>
> * **Canon HV40: a great inexpensive feeder deck for native Sony 3G HDV recordings**
>
> * **After FCP7/FCS3… we still need DVKitchen!**
>
> * **Lumix GH1 camera: surprising responses from Panasonic**
>
> * **How to connect your HD evaluation monitor to your editing system properly: Let me count the ways!**
>
> * **Will your Matrox i/o interface give your DreamColor a free ride?**
>
> * **Sony Latin America also upgrades 3G HDV camcorders to universal, for a small fee**
>
> * **nanoFlash recorder: Now lower price, and more features**
>
> * **Matrox announces MXO2 Mini**
>
> * **AJA’s KiPro records ProRes422 directly, without a computer**
>
> * **Übercaster: the most complete audio podcasting tool I know for Mac**
>
> * **Roxio Streamer: a free video streaming client for iPhone/iPod Touch**
>
> * **Toast 10 Titanium Pro package: a great upgrade**
>
> * **BoinxTV: “Say goodbye to post-production”**
>
> * **Sony upgrades 3G HDV camcorders to universal, for a small fee**
>
> * **Review on Toast 10 Titanium Pro**
>
> * **Choose Apple’s Spanish keyboard, even if you only type in English**
>
> * **Discover DisplayPort’s untapped power for pro video**
>
> * **iMovie Pro? Reading between the lines of Randy Ubillo’s astonishing comment at Macworld Expo**
>
> * **HDMI capture in multi-camera production**
>
> * **Controlling HDV when capturing via HDMI or HD-SDI**
>
> * **Universal HDV deck**
>
> * **Why capture HDV via HDMI?**
>
> * **Revisiting HDV's Virtues**
>
> * **Liberating segregated HDTV sets**
>
> * **Encoding web video in the age of the iPhone**
>
> * **When 25p beats 24p**
>
> * **When to edit native, When hybrid, When pure i-frame, and Why**
>
> * **AppleTV, WDTV, or Blu-ray: Which one is best to distribute your HD project?**
>
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Nov 3, 2009, 9:50:19 AM11/3/09
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Nyflash,

I don't see any XLR in that one.

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Allan: you are correct, there is no XLR in that one.
Two adapters are needed to record XLR to iphone version 1:
1) XLR > mini
2) mini > iPhone version 1 mini

( in other words, you are plugging an adapter into another adapter.
not ideal, but it works if you only have iphone version 1 )

On Nov 3, 9:50 am, Allan Tépper <SFFCPUG-li...@TecnoTur.us> wrote:
> Nyflash,
>
> I don't see any XLR in that one.
>
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> El nov 3, 2009, a las 8:05 a.m., "nyfl...@gmail.com"  
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