Hi everyone, I have the following issue:
I installed a guitar tunner application in my handheld, which uses the microphone to capture the sound. Since I play in a rock band, it´s very noisy when we are setting up, rendering this tuner useless unless everyone shuts up (which never happens).
I have used tuners for the PC, where I plug the guitar directly to the pc's microphone input (just using a 6.3mm to 3.5 mm audio jack adapter), the results are superb, so I was wondering if this could be done with my htc. I searched ebay and found many mini-usb 3.5mm jack headphone adapters with built in microphone, but none that allow me to use a different microphone.
Is there any microhone adaptor out there?
If there is any other way to do this I would love to try it, any ideas??
Thanks!!
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4Pockets guitar tunner works just as good as my PC tunner and is more responsive than the $25 chromatic tunners sold out there. It also allows me to connect my phone to any sound system and record music with (by far) better quality than using the phone's built in microphone and placing it next to the speakers.
Just in case anyone is interested on how to do it, this is the procedure I followed:
- Buy any inexpensive hands free with 3.5 mm jack and integrated microphone, there are many on ebay at less than $3 incluiding shipping.
- Open the hands free on the microphone side, you should see the microphone, a push button (to answer calls) and the 3.5 mm jack.
- The jack has 3 cables soldered on to it, remove the two that make contact with the tip and center of the plug (this leaves only the ground cable connected to its base, which is probably black)
- The microphone has 2 cables, one is ground and is probably black, remove the other one and solder it to the jack, in order for it to make contact with the tip of the plug (make sure it's on the tip and not in the center contact).
- Make sure the exposed tips of the cables you removed from the jack don´t touch any other cable.
- Seal the adapter
- Voilá, now you have a mini-usb microphone adapter for your HTC.
I don´t know what could happen if you make a short circuit, and i'm not willing to try it.
Cheers!!
woot that was cool
does that hack work with google nexus one or any other phone i wan to input sound from tv when recording with the cam
jorgekl said:
Solved...
4Pockets guitar tunner works just as good as my PC tunner and is more responsive than the $25 chromatic tunners sold out there. It also allows me to connect my phone to any sound system and record music with (by far) better quality than using the phone's built in microphone and placing it next to the speakers.
Just in case anyone is interested on how to do it, this is the procedure I followed:
- Buy any inexpensive hands free with 3.5 mm jack and integrated microphone, there are many on ebay at less than $3 incluiding shipping.
- Open the hands free on the microphone side, you should see the microphone, a push button (to answer calls) and the 3.5 mm jack.
- The jack has 3 cables soldered on to it, remove the two that make contact with the tip and center of the plug (this leaves only the ground cable connected to its base, which is probably black)
- The microphone has 2 cables, one is ground and is probably black, remove the other one and solder it to the jack, in order for it to make contact with the tip of the plug (make sure it's on the tip and not in the center contact).
- Make sure the exposed tips of the cables you removed from the jack don´t touch any other cable.
- Seal the adapter
- Voilá, now you have a mini-usb microphone adapter for your HTC.
I don´t know what could happen if you make a short circuit, and i'm not willing to try it.
Cheers!!
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gr8 work!
can u plz post some pics so that we may follow it more clearly?
DIY adapter to use your PC headset in your android :cyclops:
You will need
- 2 female TRS
- 1 male TRRS
- Wires! I strongly recommend USB wires
Ok just weld everything... yes is simple. But how :silly:? Take a look in the pics.
"The original TRRS configuration was created by Nokia and has a pinout", from TIP to SLEEVE, "of Left Audio, Right Audio, Mic, Ground".
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DIY adapter to pass audio from PC or other hardware to your android with male-to-male audio cable
You will need
- 2 female TRS
- 1 male TRRS
- Wires! I strongly recommend USB wires
- Male-to-male audio cable
- Soundabout
Ok just weld everything, everything except the MM and Soundabout ... yes is simple. But how :silly:? Just like the above but also look here first:
"Apple came along and in typical elitist fashion changed their pinout to", from TIP to SLEEVE, "Left Audio, Right Audio, Ground, Mic".
Then this adapter is exactly like the first above, but you will need change the Mic Right to Ground.
To force android to receive the input audio when you plug the male-to-male cable, you may use Soundabout.
Through this configuration you can send audio from any TRS output to your android, then the audio will be captured like a microphone.
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The difference between both is only the MIC and GRND position in the TRRS male. They are switched. By mistake I switched and now I have 2 useful adapters.
BASED ON:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...ultion-why-most-headsets-wont-work-print.html
http://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2010-12/16-using_your_mobile_headset_on_a_pc
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Hello knights.
My country are in such a chaos because of the manifest and I'm here mess around with technology... but I'm doing my part too xP.
Anyway, in the last days I was searching and testing a way to send the sound played in my computer, or other device, to my little android (codename Smultron).
With a 3.5mm cable (TRS or the one with 3 contacts) male to male, I plugged into the audio output of my Dell then plugged to my Mini, I started the app to record and... nothing.
Few days later, I used the app Soundabout and... nothing.
More few days later, I did the same thing BUT I don't put the cable until the end, I pulled out a bit, so the 3 contact of the cable stay full visible and... works! I was able do record the audio input of my laptop.
Also, with Soundabout, I was able to stream the audio from my computer to android calls!! For example, if you call me and I answer, if with the cable plugged I play some music on my PC the caller will clear hear what is playing in my computer.
In one more test, I used the MM cable and a splitter. With the Splitter and the cable I was able to stream audio from PC to android mic AND hear the android with a regular earphone, this test was made with a call in course, of course.
But this is only possible because in some way the PC are sending the signal with some extra power. If you try the test with a regular pc headset, without the computer this won't work.
"So why are you here if you did this you noob?" - Well I not figured out why or how the conectors are working when the stream are succesfully done. So I'm here to extend a bit this little research and ask for some help with who master this things. Also I wanna share with you all.
The keys of this are the jack conectors circuit and contacts combinations, and android audio routing using a app like Soundabout.
The main point, in other words, is how to made a DIY cable to stream audio from pc to android mic and with a splitter enable the audio output.
The reason that I'm searching for this is because initially I was looking for a way to did a DIY adapter for PC headphones with two jacks to android input, for single jack.
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One more little thing, for the people that want to record a call without android modifications, you can plug the same male to male cable to PC MIC and start the sound record app of the Windows, for example.
widek said:
:laugh::laugh:very interested thanks so much
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:cyclops: let's rock dude!
I need to discover what points must be in contact with the jack input....
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Look for 4-pin jack plug in google.
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ozix948d said:
Look for 4-pin jack plug in google.
Sent from my GT-S6500 using xda app-developers app
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I was wondering if one of the rings touch the microphone pin inside the jack input and the tip won't touch anything. If the contact of an output was plugged to contact the mic input we got audio from external source to phone...
This is the average TRRS circuit in our mobiles? TRRS circuit
It sounds like you made contact with the input pin, so you might also be contacting an output pin. I'd get a headset adapter cable, so you have an input and output 3.5mm jack.
electromage said:
It sounds like you made contact with the input pin, so you might also be contacting an output pin. I'd get a headset adapter cable, so you have an input and output 3.5mm jack.
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Hummm.
I found some stuff
see the second jack
I finally found something like this
and this
Electro I agree, but I don't found the adapter easily here, so this is one of the reasons of why I want do a DIY.
But you said, I will ask: someone can do the test to send audio from pc to phone through the adapter and with a M to M jack cable?
I will try to found a nice way to do it as an DIY.
I wanna know how this exactly works, If I was searching for ready solution I would be an Apple's zombie xP.
I think I found what I need, let me do something here.... thank you guys. If anyone have more to say please feel welcome.
Yeah I nailed it!
I made a DIY adapter for PC headphones to android (at least the Xperia Mini) and a DIY adapter to send audio to android trough a male-to-male cable. Soon I will post pictures.
Hi guys, looking for an android headunit which i can connect to my audison bit one to bypass the crappy onboard dac.
I'm thinking of either finding one with optical (best option) or need one which has a usb out which i can then plug in a hifimediy sabre which then outputs optical to the dsp. Budget is around 500USD. Don't really need any special features apart from that but i'm willing to pay for something which is of quality and is fast and has a good screen.
Cheers
Looking at the xtron octacore's. Would they be the latest/best thing out?
Hi,
My Android head unit has 2 Front channels RCA output only. I'd like to bypass the onboard AMP ( AC7315 I presume ) to drive an external 4-channels unit. I do not want to use an adapter to convert the internal AMP output to low level signals, so i was wondering if solder two shielded cables on the rear channels input pins of the AC7315 integrated circuit could give me the missing 2 rear RCA output.
Any idea/suggestions?
Thnx.
M
Hi,the digital audio output in both my Xiaomi Android tv & DVB-S set top box are coaxial. The DAC has only one coaxial input & one optical/toslink input.There is a switch to select either coaxial or optical.The optical input slot now has the blu ray player optical cable connected.
Is there a way to connect both coaxial outputs to this single coaxcial input in DAC ,preferably activating one coaxial spdif coaxial cable (with a 2 way switch) at any one time.
I came up with an idea but uncertain whether it will work.wire up Rca jack socket connectors with a RG 59 or RG 6 coaxial cable & connect a 2 way switch in between the two spdif out signal.The other end connects to an Rca plug.Its just like a Y cable but with a two way switch.
Do you think it is the right way or is it risky? Can the DAC be modified to add a Coaxial input.I don't want to damage the Tv.
If you guys have any other better solution ,please tell me .Thank you.