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Line in audio through headphone lightning adapter?
Hey guys. Was advised that I might be able to take line out from a mixer/interface to the iphone by using a TRS to TRRS converter cable.
I have a 1/4 L + 1/4 R -> 1/8 TRS cable out of the interface to a 1/8 TRS to 1/8TRRS to the lightning headphone adapter.
when recording voice memo or audio share recording i get the hardware mic input from the phone and not the line in from the interface.
Any thoughts?
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You’re only going to be able to do mono that way, for one. I suspect that in the TRS to TRRS conversion you’re actually trying to feed the headphone L/R outputs.
You’d be better off getting a cheap 2-channel USB audio interface and using a Lightning to USB adapter.
I have the lightning to usb adapter. i use my soundcard on my computer though and really just wanted to send a line in so that I could record video with the audio from my DAW instead of having to sync the audio and video later.
The onboard microphone will be less noisy.
Plenty of low budget high quality USB interfaces around nowadays.
Edit: Didn’t realise you probably don’t have a headphone jack on the device? I have no advice in that case
Sorry if I wasn't clear. What I meant is using a cheap USB interface for the same role as the Lightning to TRRS adapter. So source (sound card I guess) -> TS, TRS, or RCA stereo pair cable -> new USB audio interface -> Lightning-to-USB adapter -> Phone.
Crossposting a post I just made in a different thread:
I think this is replaced with the UCA-222 now, but this would be my first consideration for a budget solution.
If you really wanted to do that, you'd need to combine your L/R outputs from the PC, then attach them to whatever wire in the Lightning cable corresponds to the mic line in a Lightning headset with mic. You'd get mono only. You'd either need to sacrifice a lightning headset, or find some adapter to do so. By the time you do all that, a UCA-202 is only a few dollars more.
Yes, you can do it. I have a little microphone that is supposed to be a toy, but through the lightning adapter actually sounds great, and it has a headphone jack. You could probably get one of them and cut off the mic, then just wire a trs jack to it and go from your sound card that way. I think I got it on eBay for about $5.
I use my iRig 2 with a USB-Lightning adapter. Works pretty well.
Would you say it sounds better than using it with the old style HP Jack?
I am wondering if the lightning to HP adapter is somehow less noisy.
Ok, edited again, I misread your original post. If you modify that mic like I said, or use an irig, it should work, in mono. There are tons of irigs and the like on eBay for under $5.
Another option is the focusrite itrack pocket, which has a guitar input and can also function as a decent stereo mic.
At the end of the day, that behringer interface would probably be your best bet. If you can find the griffin studio dock that could work well too- it has an 1/8” stereo input , rca stereo puts, a guitar input, and a headphone jack, plus it will charge your phone at the same time, although it is a dock so may not work if you’re shooting video with your phone.
I don’t think you can send audio to the phone through your lightning cable, I think it’s just audio into the computer, but supposedly studiomux and whatever that similar app is can do both directions. I have them both but have never gotten them to work.
Darn, I keep hitting quote instead of edit..sorry for the double post.
Sorry, totally mistyped. I actually meant HP-lightning, not USB. Playing with the gain on the iRig and balancing with the in and out volume in GarageBand can help. But I do always get a little noise, which works for the kind of music I’m using it for.
I have a 1/4 cable that has L and R and combines to a 1:8 trs cable. I then send that to a 1/8 trs to 1/8 trrs adapter through the headphone lightning jack why doesn’t this work like it does for you
UGREEN 3.5mm 1/8" TRS to Dual... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZKM3SHK?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Moukey MMc-1 3.5mm TRS (Female)... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X8S2NNS?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Ah, I see the issue now.
This explains the problem you’re having:
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/showpost.php?p=9697501&postcount=35
You need this:
3.5 to RCA Audio Splitter Cable, 3.5mm Mini 1/8" TRS Stereo Male to 3 RCA Female Jack Adapter Cord - 25cm (3.5mm Male Straight to 3RCA Female) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07LB2Z3Z3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_MxzdEb9K6XK1A
And this:
Value Series One RCA Mono Male to Two RCA Stereo Female Y-Cable, Black (6 Inches) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002J1LE8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_iuzdEbRXS7YER
And Something like this (you need 2, not 4)
GLS Audio Molded RCA Female to 1/4" TS Adapter - 4 Pack https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0014C5PIA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_4uzdEbAZV9B0N
The 1/4 adapters go on the 2 rca female, plugged into your sound card outs- you’ve now merged them to mono. Then you plug the male rca into the yellow input on that 3 rca cable, then plug the trrs end into your phone.
Or get the $25 behringer interface that everyone has already pointed out works with the cck and plug 1/4 to rca cables into each input from the outputs of your soundcard. By the time you are purchasing 3 adapter cables plugged into a headphone jack to lightning adapter, you have a lot of connections to come unplugged and the cost is more than that interface.
Or, just sync the audio in post, which is free...
So what kind of cable did I get that is two 1/4 jacks to one 1/8 jack?
A stereo splitter (or combiner in this case).
You need to merge the 2 1/4” to mono, then connect them to the mic input (which is the yellow on that other cable).
Or, since you’re winding up in mono anyway, just send all of the sound out of 1 1/4” jack and connect that to the yellow input, so you’d need a mono ts to rca cable and that other cable. Or you could take an irig type cable and connect a ts cable from one soundcard output to the irig and connect the irig to the headphone adapter, that way you also have a headphone out if you wanted to monitor. It’s doing the same thing as the trrs to 3 rca cables but with a ts 1/4” input and an 1/8 headphone jack.
i think the trs cable you got is doing something different than it seemed, because it’s not connecting your output to that 3rd ring, which is the mic input.