Ipod recording (1 Viewer)

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Delia

Well-known member

• Jun 22, 2016

• #1

I am thinking of buying a iPod touch for the various wildlife apps.
I have a sennheiser MKE 300 which I use on my camcorder can I record bird sounds using this on a iPod touch newest generation? Or is there a special adapter I wound need to get?
I know the iPod touch has a inbuilt mic but I like the quality of my external mic so it would be nice to be able to use it.
Thanks for any help.

 

Mono

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• Jun 23, 2016

• #2

The least you will need is a physical adapter like this The exact configuration of connectors will depend on what the mic has.

But iPod/iPhone/iPads are fussy about the mic level they get so you may need to by a pre amp like this

 

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Delia

Well-known member

• Jun 23, 2016

• #3

Mono said:

The least you will need is a physical adapter like this The exact configuration of connectors will depend on what the mic has.

But iPod/iPhone/iPads are fussy about the mic level they get so you may need to by a pre amp like this

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Thanks for your help will give it a go.

 

Tiraya

San Diego CA

• Jun 23, 2016

• #4

I record just with a standard unmodified iPhone. It picks up most sounds very will, including insect buzzing (cicadas and crickets). It does not work well in strong wind, however.

Certainly an external mic will help, though.

 

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pshute

Well-known member

• Jun 25, 2016

• #5

Silverwolf said:

I record just with a standard unmodified iPhone. It picks up most sounds very will, including insect buzzing (cicadas and crickets). It does not work well in strong wind, however.

Certainly an external mic will help, though.

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Maybe a furry windshield would help with the wind, although it might be hard to avoid covering too mich of the touch screen.

Do you use any particular app for recording?

 

Tiraya

San Diego CA

• Jul 12, 2016

• #6

Yes I use an app called Voice Record Pro. It is free, has ability to edit sound files, and can also upload to soundcloud.com among other sites. It suits my purposes very well.

I failed to record a sooty grouse that was booming just over my head last week. Came out entirely silent on tape. But anything would have trouble recording such low frequency.

 

njlarsen

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Opus Editor

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• Jul 17, 2016

• #7

James, thank you. I just downloaded the app and made a test recording. How do you get it to play back an unaltered version of the recording just made? And can it save so that my dropbox account pick up the saved file? I use the latest iPhone.

Niels

 

Tiraya

San Diego CA

• Jul 18, 2016

• #8

On the list of recordings you have made you can just tap them and press "play". Similarly if you tap the recordings there is an option to save to dropbox. You may have to link a dropbox account to do this.