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App that can record to wired mic, simultaneously monitor via bluetooth?
Is there a recording app or configuration trick that would allow one to?
a. record from a hardware mic, connected to an iphone over lightning
b. monitor simultaneously over bluetooth headset
I have a Lewitt mic that I am sending to a friend so he can record some voice work for me. He has an iphone with lightning connector and airpods. We're both on iOS 7.2. I am testing out on my iphone with lightning and a plantronics bluetooth headset (with mic) so I can get the settings and advise him on what app to use for recording.
Tested on AudioShare, RodeReporter, Lewitt's Recorder app. They all get confused about the audio devices when the mic is connected over lightning and my headset is on. Through trial and error I have determined that they seem to each consider the last connected device the current one, which makes sense to a degree. It can get more complicated with the phone's built-in mic, so actually I have 3 choices. Sometimes it takes snapping near mics and watching levels to determine which is active.
Rode is actually the best in this sense because it displays what microphone device it considers active. AudioShare you fly blind. Maybe tell us in the app what mic is being used? It must know because when I go into hardware settings choices for samplerate are limited depending on the active mic. Lewitt's app crashed hard when I turned on bluetooth and tried to change settings. It's not even in the app store any longer. They're each uniquely suboptimal. AudioShare is confusing and gets confused about hardware but supports up to 96kHz & 32-bit, which the Lewitt hardware supports. The free Rode app may suffice but gets confused about sample rate at times, only lets you select between WAV & compressed MP3, and seems to max out at 48k, 24-bit uncompressed.
Is there an app that could actually do this record and monitor over bluetooth? Feels like maybe a limitation of bluetooth, perhaps something about headsets in iOS that prevent their mic and headphones from being treated independently? Would if make a difference with hardware mute on the headset? Is any of this specific to the hardware I'm using or is it at OS level? Tried configuring my headset in BT settings to speaker (vs headphone), but makes no difference.
This Lewitt does have an ability with breakout box to direct monitor with a wired headphone. I believe he will either need to turn off his airpods when the mic is connected and do without monitoring or he comes by some wired headphones to monitor. I bet he's not alone in having no wired headphones in the house anymore.
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Monitoring over Bluetooth? With a minimum of 40 - 200ms latency? Even if you could get it working it would be totally unusable.
I honestly don't think it's possible. Bluetooth works at low sample rates ... 22kHz or something like that (?). Besides the hurdle of iOS only allowing one audio device (you're correct about the last one activating taking over), I expect the sample rate mismatch to be a problem.
Logic Pro might be able to do it. I've heard it has secret sauce in that regard. I can't imagine it being workable though.
I'd just get some cheap wired earbuds and send 'em over. Preferably ones without a mic. If they have a mic, be sure to plug them in before the Rode or they'll take over.
Thanks for reading, responding, and confirming. I asked him to root around for exactly what you say and he found some "airplane" earbuds. Otherwise would have sent some. It was helpful for me to write up my notes on this just to compose my thoughts. I will submit a feature request to AudioShare for them to tell which mic is considered active in the app somewhere prominent, just to alleviate confusion. He is going to use that for this exercise regardless, because it definitely simplifies the sharing and quality choices.