Hi guys,
I'm trying to make some podcast videos and i need your help concerning the audio recording. In my video podcast i have 2 guys walking around the room at a fair distance from the camera so i need to use some sort of external wireless microphone solution connected to my android to pick up their voices at the same time i'm recording the video, because the built-in mic isn't good enough. My problem is that i'm on a low budget and on amazon and ebay, and a decent wireless external microphone solution with 1 or 2 lapel mic's start at 100$ and can get very expensive. Do you know any system like that, that is more affordable? Another way to possibily solve the problem is to try other alternatives, like having each host carry a smartphone with a wired lapel mic and then sync both audios with the video, but i would like to avoid post-production work as much as i can, because i want a fast video creation workflow. Another idea is to use a bluetooth device as an external microphone to pick up audio when you're recording video, but i don't know if that's possible with just 1 or 2 devices at the same time. Do you have any more suggestions?
Thanks in advance
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Anyone know how to record streaming audio.... like...I'm streaming radio off the net...and I want to record it thx
Well not that this is a lot of help, but you can record using the Note recorder or (my suggestion) using Sound Explorer which is a great MP3 recording device. This is in the case that you at least want to make notes of what you are hearing. If your in a quiet room the sound will record pretty well just by picking up what your radio is transmitting...
another likely theory to work (still have to do this myself) is to actually make a wire that plugs into the headphone jack and redirects the audio to come straight from the headphones into the mic. As for a software solution, there are none for the PPC that I know of. There are some for the PC, but thats not what your looking for.
Hello everyone:
I'm developing an application which is playing audio and recording at the same time. The problem is that if I don't use earphones/headsets the output audio feeds the input and so on, so it's not possible to go this way for a long time.
I am willing to play the audio through the same speaker that the PHONE application does it which is located in the front of most devices and reduces the feedback of the audio.
I have had a look at audio routing the way BAG0 device does with Bluetooth headsets; however it doesn't seem to work for the purposes I need.
Does anyone have a clue?
Thank you so much in advance,
mindless
Hi all....
I was thinking if is there a program for our Windows Mobile device wich can use the microphone of a bluetooth headset and simply listen to it, making it a ambient microphone spy ...
I don't have my bluetooth headset by me to test it out, but maybe you could use it as a microphone and record it to audio notes (or similar software). Or you could hide a 2nd phone that is connected to the bluetooth headset, call it, and listen in (greater range).
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I don't have my bluetooth headset by me to test it out, but maybe you could use it as a microphone and record it to audio notes (or similar software). Or you could hide a 2nd phone that is connected to the bluetooth headset, call it, and listen in (greater range).
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With audio notes I haven't tried... but calling another phone makes it expensive... so I wouldn't use it ...
No one knows?
I'm goung to try with audio notes...
But I was thinking if is there a way to listen in real time... That would be better !
That's hilarious that you want to be all 007. Are you a private investigator? This is an interesting puzzle to solve and I like puzzles.
I would recommend getting a cheap-o BT headset because they suck at cutting out noise anyway. Of course, you'll probably have to be within arms reach of the people you are trying to listen to. Then, use audio notes to capture the audio. Lastly, I would look for some software that will allow you to play around with the different ambient noise levels. I would try Audacity first because it's free and very robust with options.
Hi everyone I've searched high and low for an answer to this but the only topics I've found have related to recording phone calls...
Anyway what I want to know is is it possible to record onto the touch hd utilising either the usb socket or the 3.5m jack? I'd like to record things onto it using an external microphone because the inbuilt one distorts very quickly (I'm a percussionist, so any of the assorted things I try and record often make it start resonating and then you can't hear anything at all!)
Obviously the alternative is buy a cheap minidisc player or similar, but I just wanted to see if it was possible with the touch, as it saves me carrying an extra piece of gear around...
Cheers
Hi you could try a bluetooth hands free speaker/microphone, there ment for cars etc so maybe they do a better job than the built in mic.
this is the sort of thing I mean http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-T305-Bluetooth-Speaker-Black/dp/B000JKKE5M no idea if its any good or if there are better ones.
Ah yea that's a possibility, but I was also looking for a way to directly plug it into things, cd player etc, and I also already have quite a high quality 3.5m microphone, so it'd be a shame not to use it!
cannibalise a htc headset with mic
http://pinouts.ru/PDA/htc_extUSB_pinout.shtml
and connect something you can use to connect an mono input to the wire
Ahh good idea! So would this method just give me a mono input into the phone? And then what program would I use to record, the inbuilt one?
I've was on the market for a high quality audio recorder but they seem way more expensive than they should be (£100+) yet the only difference between price ranges is the options offered to the consumer.
I was wondering if the HD2 works with a microphone such as this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-ECM-DS70P-Microphone-Stereo-Plugin/dp/B00005QBV2 If so, it could probably equal the high end recording devices. 200 bucks worth. See I have the above microphone and I'm trying to record in notes but despite the microphone being read and distinguished by the headphone symbol in the HD2, it's not picking up the sound.
Does anyone know if the HD2 can support external microphones? If maybe a certain program needs to be used to activate it? It could be a great solution for high quality gig recordings and dictations.
The HD2 uses a jack plug with 3 rings, which you can see on the stock headphones, and the mic is wired to the "inboard" ring your mic doesn't have. That's to keep compatibility with any standard headphones.
So yes it can take an external mic, but it needs to be wired correctly to such a plug. And can obviously only be mono.
Then, whether it can record full quality or applies a "telephone" filter to the input needs testing.
Mono would be suffice, but as there are two mics on the external device, wouldn't there be any way to allow stereo?
What kind of plug are you talking about in regards to wiring it to one?
Thanks kilrah for your very useful post.
Just look at the headphones you received with the phone, and compare the plug with the one on your mic, you'll quickly understand
No way to get stereo as the HD2 only has a mono mic input.
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The HD2 uses a jack plug with 3 rings, which you can see on the stock headphones, and the mic is wired to the "inboard" ring your mic doesn't have. That's to keep compatibility with any standard headphones.
So yes it can take an external mic, but it needs to be wired correctly to such a plug. And can obviously only be mono.
Then, whether it can record full quality or applies a "telephone" filter to the input needs testing.
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For the Axim X50 / X51 PDAs there was an adapter that took a 3-connector mic jack and rooted it to the correct ring on the 4-connector Axim socket. I tried to find an example with not much luck, but here is a link to start with:
(I am not allowed to post a link; sorry) go to mobilitysite and look up "seidio-audio-adapters".
Unfortunately, the seidio product does not seem to exist anymore... Anyway, would an adapter like this work on the LEO? I would think so, same concept.
Another alternative would be to use the USB port with sthg like the griffin imic but with a micro-USB adapter. Any chance for this?
Good question.
Anyone offer any enlightenment or an idea on adapters?
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For the Axim X50 / X51 PDAs there was an adapter that took a 3-connector mic jack and rooted it to the correct ring on the 4-connector Axim socket. I tried to find an example with not much luck, but here is a link to start with:
(I am not allowed to post a link; sorry) go to mobilitysite and look up "seidio-audio-adapters".
Unfortunately, the seidio product does not seem to exist anymore... Anyway, would an adapter like this work on the LEO? I would think so, same concept.
Another alternative would be to use the USB port with sthg like the griffin imic but with a micro-USB adapter. Any chance for this?
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I have a slightly different question: if I plug standar eraphones with no mic, when receiving a cal, can i talk into the device's mic?
Yes!
filler