Problem using ext microphone with iPhone 6

[newtonite]

I am trying to record high-quality audio on my iPhone videos. The internal iPhone microphone is not good enough for my purposes. I bought a Sony wireless (Bluetooth) microphone (ECM-AW4), and what I think is the right adapter so that I can plug it into the iPhone headphone jack. The phone can detect audio from this microphone for voice recognition in email or iMessage. But it does not record audio onto a video or into voice Memo. Has anyone been successful in getting audio to record from the headphone jack? What do you think I'm doing wrong? FYI, the adapter I am using is TRS (female)/TRRS (male). Thanks.

 

[newtonite]

I am trying to record high-quality audio on my iPhone videos. The internal iPhone microphone is not good enough for my purposes. I bought a Sony wireless (Bluetooth) microphone (ECM-AW4), and what I think is the right adapter so that I can plug it into the iPhone headphone jack. The phone can detect audio from this microphone for voice recognition in email or iMessage. But it does not record audio onto a video or into voice Memo. Has anyone been successful in getting audio to record from the headphone jack? What do you think I'm doing wrong? FYI, the adapter I am using is TRS (female)/TRRS (male). Thanks.

 

[newtonite]

Here's an update on the problem I was having recording audio from an external microphone. The Sony Bluetooth microphone that I'm using has a volume adjustment on both the transmitter and receiver. I increased the volume on both. I made a short video and, on playback, increased the volume to the maximum setting on the iPhone itself. With these changes, I was able to hear the audio. So it looks like the microphone with my adapter cable does record audio into an iPhone video. I may need to boost volume in post-production so that it is easy for people to hear when I post these videos to YouTube.

 

[BrianBaughn]

If the audio is being recorded at a low level that needs to be boosted later then there's a good chance the signal-to-noise ratio is low and your "high-quality audio" is going to suffer.

 

[newtonite]

Thanks. I suspect you are right. Do you have any suggestions for how I can record at a higher volume with this equipment?

 

[newtonite]

Thanks. I suspect you are right. Do you have any suggestions for how I can record at a higher volume with this equipment?

About the signal:noise concern raised by Brian above, I found this helpful You Tube video that addresses this and found the noise was not a problem when the audio was boosted post-production.

 

[BrianBaughn]

About the signal:noise concern raised by Brian above, I found this helpful You Tube video that addresses this and found the noise was not a problem when the audio was boosted post-production.

Nice find!