Why does it need access to the microphone? It seems to be picking up on sounds, not EMF emissions.
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The iPhone mic plug serves as the portal, but that doesn't mean it receives sound. If you approach an outlet or appliance, you'll see it react to EMF. Not sure why you're seeing spikes from sound, but maybe its a ghost?!
472944
You are getting fed back off the mike. You may not need a powered mike to use with your project. Please give me more information.My Mike works great
1726202
No...its sound activated through a microphone that picks up the sound from another source (i.e. stereo)
532909
It's an "electret condenser" mic, which means it uses an internal battery and at much lower voltage than you'd get through phantom powering. That doesn't mean the audio quality is any less. But yes, it does lack an XLR output, and the output is unbalanced stereo on a mini plug.
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My understanding of Noise Reduction is for the MIC. It reduces background noise that the Mic picks up.
911845
The output is VAC. Your radio is probably DC. Not sure that's going to work.
1669406
It's got to be the frequency range. It's a nice mike... good distance, good clarity. Only bad thing is that there is not enough mechanical isolation between the microphone body and the mic itself. It seems to pick up my wedding ring rather loudly.
1058951
It really is an issue. It takes several seconds to determine distance and volume level before starting the recording. You never really know when the recording is kicking in.
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I have heard from those I talk with on skype that the mic is buzzing a lot, and picks up background noises. It could be that my sound card isn't good enough to handle it, or that some of my settings are wrong (though I have tried to fix it for a while without luck).
1735298
You probably meed a little usb mixer that has 48v phantom power for the mic
1186226
No it humms at times , i upgraded to a xlr mic which is better I suggest that over a USB well not this one, it was good to start off
1964277
That clicking is the boot process (I believe), it doesn't have a XLR plug, just has a small mic hole. It needs to be near lots of sound/bass to work. It seems to learn, from my experience, so leave it on for a bit and it will pick up the beats.
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That's funny, cos in spite of what Mister Turbation has stated, plugging a mic directly into mine works great. I'll plug a mic into a GUITAR amp, cos it sounds better that way for the trashy 60s garage/punk alternative type of stuff we do, and this works on THAT, even. Clean channel only of course...I don't think there's anything that could keep a mic from howling were it plugged into an amp's dirty channel...Now I'm no sound man, so maybe the intended purpose wasn't to plug mics directly in, but I didn't know that. But even pushing my luck with it that way still works.
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I'm not sure. My problem was you can't hear out of the mic. If your quiet and there isn't any noise around you then you can hear
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I use it to record through, and can say I have no evidence of a hum. A hum is usually a sign of a ground loop, so I would suggest trying an decoupler (hum buster) if it persists when connecting your devices.
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You need something that provides phantom power for this mic. It may be included in the recorder you are plugging into (or amp/speaker), but otherwise you will need a preamp for it.
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Check in the MixControl utility that you installed with the drivers and make sure that the channel your mic is plugged into isn't muted. If it is not, my guess is that it is an issue with the setup on your recording software. Depending on the program you are using, there should be an option in the audio preferences to hear your input signal.