From what I've read, iPods are perfectly capable of recording by
sticking a mic into the headphones jack, but Apple has disabled it.
(Perhaps so you have to buy an accessory?) What ever the reason, I
takes a bit of hacking to make it work (not recommended for the
faint-of-heart).
I have been recording with an iRiver MP3 player. The quality from the
built-in mic is only so-so. (It's great, just not when you have a big,
noisy room.) I'm in the market for an external mic.
-Seth
On Jan 26, 2005, at 7:17 AM, Chris Weiler wrote:
Hi Lisa,
Thanks for the info! Does anyone know if anyone makes a patch cable to
go directly from a sound board to an iPod? (It seems to me that there
would be a demand for that, considering that music industry people are
buying into iPods.)
Chris
Lisa K.Sieverts wrote:
I am very much of the school of thought that says record your own
calling, then listen to the recordings and make improvements based on
what you hear. (Yes, I admit to hanging out with Larry Jennings from
time to time :-).
So, on to technology. I've been recording to MP3 for several years,
using a Pogo Ripflash device. It was OK, but the sound quality wasn't
great -- it always sounded over-driven. But the device is tiny and I
can hang it from the microphone without looking too dorky.
However, I recently invested in an Apple iPod with a Griffin iTalk
mic. I used this at my last gig and was quite pleased with the
result. The device wasn't particularly close to me -- I placed it on
the chair next to me, but the sound quality was better than with the
Pogo. The Griffin mic has an automatic input volume control,
something that not all iPod mics have.
You'd never use this setup to record the music, but it's plenty good
enough for evaluating your own calling.
Lisa
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