celticmoose
New member
Hello,
My name is Ryan, I just stumbled upon this great forum! I was hoping someone would have an answer for me, I've spent weeks researching this and I think I just actually need to find someone with the gear I'm thinking about, and see if they know what I want to do will work or not.
My buddy and I cohost a podcast remotely, i.e. we don't live anywhere near each other. We've used Anchor to record and distribute, and we both own an iPhone without a 3.5mm jack. For whatever reason he doesn't own a computer so this is our only option for recording the podcast. We aren't married to Anchor, it was just quick and easy. Skype, Ringr, and Discord with Craig are all solid options for recording our episodes on our iPhones.
I want to up our microphone game. Initially I had us buy a couple of budget headsets with boom mics, with a 3.5mm out, which we can convert with a lighting adapter, and while they are better than the built in mics on the iPhone or even the earphones that come with iPhones, now that we are one season in I'm hungry for more. So I went out and bought a Shure Motiv MV5, which I'm happy with from a quality standpoint, but I didn't realize that Apple doesn't play nice with external mics for voice chat apps. As soon as I connect on Anchor, Skype, Discord, the mic shuts off and it uses the internal mic and speakers.
I'm wondering if a dynamic mic with a preamp, such as an iRig, will work. I know there is an iRig with a 3.5mm out, the iRig Pre, but also ones with lightning out, the iRig Pro. I was hoping someone here had a similar setup, even if they aren't using it for voice chat, if they could test to see if it would work on Skype or Discord. Alternatively, would a USB mic work with a camera to lightning adapter? I would assume not since that isn't going to be that much different than the Shure MV5.
My suspicion is that the signal needs to be analog TRRS, which is why I was thinking the iRig Pre would work.
If anyone can help me out here I'd greatly appreciate it!
My name is Ryan, I just stumbled upon this great forum! I was hoping someone would have an answer for me, I've spent weeks researching this and I think I just actually need to find someone with the gear I'm thinking about, and see if they know what I want to do will work or not.
My buddy and I cohost a podcast remotely, i.e. we don't live anywhere near each other. We've used Anchor to record and distribute, and we both own an iPhone without a 3.5mm jack. For whatever reason he doesn't own a computer so this is our only option for recording the podcast. We aren't married to Anchor, it was just quick and easy. Skype, Ringr, and Discord with Craig are all solid options for recording our episodes on our iPhones.
I want to up our microphone game. Initially I had us buy a couple of budget headsets with boom mics, with a 3.5mm out, which we can convert with a lighting adapter, and while they are better than the built in mics on the iPhone or even the earphones that come with iPhones, now that we are one season in I'm hungry for more. So I went out and bought a Shure Motiv MV5, which I'm happy with from a quality standpoint, but I didn't realize that Apple doesn't play nice with external mics for voice chat apps. As soon as I connect on Anchor, Skype, Discord, the mic shuts off and it uses the internal mic and speakers.
I'm wondering if a dynamic mic with a preamp, such as an iRig, will work. I know there is an iRig with a 3.5mm out, the iRig Pre, but also ones with lightning out, the iRig Pro. I was hoping someone here had a similar setup, even if they aren't using it for voice chat, if they could test to see if it would work on Skype or Discord. Alternatively, would a USB mic work with a camera to lightning adapter? I would assume not since that isn't going to be that much different than the Shure MV5.
My suspicion is that the signal needs to be analog TRRS, which is why I was thinking the iRig Pre would work.
If anyone can help me out here I'd greatly appreciate it!