Filed under: Audio, iPod Family
Follow-up: Recording Voice on the iPod Touch
As iPod touch enthusiast Marian continues working on his pre-amped dock-connector Mic for the iPod touch, my Amazon Marketplace MicroMemo (i.e. clearance and cheap) showed up this morning. I loaded the latest Voice Notes onto my iPod touch, hooked in the MicroMemo and gave it a try.
Like most recorders, the MicroMemo provides two settings: Mic and Line. I found that if I shouted into the attached microphone on the Mic setting, I could just about be barely heard on the recording. Using line-in from my Macintosh was far more successful, albeit with line distortion and clipping.
I've put my test samples over at my ftp site. The LineInput is 15 seconds of music straight from my mac, over the line connector, using the Line settings. The two voice samples are Line and Mic. The Line sample is completely inaudible. There actually is a signal on the Microphone version but it's very very low--be careful not to blast out your eardrums after adjusting your playback to hear it.
I suspect if I lower the volume from my Mac, the distortion and clipping will go away but although I tried hooking my microphone through a radio-shack amplifier, the Mic recording remained very limited.
I'm not sure why the iPod touch audio-in signal would vary all that much from, say, the iPod video. I tested the same MicroMemo with a 5th Generation iPod and it worked beautifully, with clear levels.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kabura said 2:49PM on 12-04-2007
No
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JRob said 2:56PM on 12-04-2007
@James:
I have this really neat trick that I employ when I don't care about something -- I IGNORE it. What purpose does complaining like yours serve?
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suckitjames said 3:31PM on 12-04-2007
who gives a shit? oh i don't know, maybe millions of potential ipod touch buyers waiting for a viable voip solution?
visit stopbeingalittlebitch.com for more info.
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Goomba said 3:13PM on 12-04-2007
@James... haaaaaaa. Nice
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Think Adrian said 4:45PM on 12-04-2007
The report and vote-down buttons come really handy here. (the more vote downs - the dimmer the text will get and vica versa)
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Alex Bratu said 8:11PM on 12-04-2007
I've made this comment many times before and in many different places.
You should change the UI for this app to resemble and behave like that of the visual voicemail in iPhone. It would be awesome.
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Phil Bridges said 4:37AM on 12-05-2007
Well like others I also actually i give a sh*t ! When I plug my Micro Memo is reads "This accessory is not supported by iPod".
Is there a software app I should be loading on my jailbroken Touch? Thanks in advance...
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Phil Bridges said 5:18PM on 12-08-2007
AH, found Erica's program and now know where you are coming from, thanks!
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