Sure/Sennheiser/AKG to iPhone/Android Mic Lead £25 Poole, Dorset

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As you will have found out if you have tried to use the microphones supplied with, or designed for mobile devices, the electret capsules used have a unidirectional pattern that makes them all but useless for serious recording. The solution is to use a good quality dynamic microphone with a cardioid or hyper-cardioid polar response. Sadly mobile devices such as iPhones*, Android phones, iPads* and other tablets do not recognise dynamic microphones and continue to use the internal mic, even when the correct cables and connectors are used.

The cable  is more than a just a cable. It includesl the electronics needed to switch the mobile device to external microphone, allowing any  dynamic mic such as \SM58  to be used with almost any mobile device.

The 4 way connector is dificult to get from respected manufacturers and so quality ones are expensive. However Sommer now do one in their Hicon range.

*The latest iphones and ipads may not have a headpohe spocket bt are supplied with a 3.5mm to lightning cable that will work with this lead. The first picture is of the prototype lead that has been tested for over a year. the second shows the Sommer Hicon connector. Please ask if you have any questions

 

 

Edited September 1, 2020 by Chienmortbb