Using iPhone as microphone?

#1

16jacobj

0 Frags – +

People keep telling me that my current clipon mic is quiet no matter what I do. I was considering just buying a male to male aux and using my iPhone for mumble shit. Does anyone have any experience using an iPhone/smart phone as a mic? Is it worth it?

#2

strazyyy

-3 Frags – +

wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a regular mic

#3

skeez

6 Frags – +

tell them to download the mumble 1.3.0 snapshot and boost ur individual voice

#4

16jacobj

-2 Frags – +

strazyyywouldn't it be cheaper to buy a regular mic

Than just the aux? I wouldn't think it would be cheaper, and from what I understand iPhone mics are pretty solid in terms of quality.

ProSkeeztell them to download the mumble 1.3.0 snapshot and boost ur individual voice

Not really gonna work for pugs.

[quote=strazyyy]wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a regular mic[/quote]
Than just the aux? I wouldn't think it would be cheaper, and from what I understand iPhone mics are pretty solid in terms of quality.

[quote=ProSkeez]tell them to download the mumble 1.3.0 snapshot and boost ur individual voice[/quote]
Not really gonna work for pugs.

#5

basket

5 Frags – +

Protip: Any decent pair of headphones can function as a mic. Just plug it into the the mic input, wear it around your neck, and you're good to go. The air pressure to electricity via magnet/membrane process is totally reversible so in a sense there is no difference between a speaker and a mic.

#6

M4ngoL

-1 Frags – +

in mumble you can tweak the input volume. put it to max

#7

fr3fou

1 Frags – +

I use my iphone as a mic, download the app Megaphone free from the app store and connect a headphone cable to your mic jack on yor pc. Then in your control panel choose the other option for a mic.
And the quality/sound is pretty decent

#8

STOGE

1 Frags – +

Have you already boosted your mic? Assuming you're using windows go to recording devices, right click your mic, go to properties, levels and now boost it gradually and ask people if it's better.

Had to put up with the same sort of shit in my own team

Have you already boosted your mic? Assuming you're using windows go to recording devices, right click your mic, go to properties, levels and now boost it gradually and ask people if it's better.

Had to put up with the same sort of shit in my own team

#9

bearodactyl

1 Frags – +

16jacobjProSkeeztell them to download the mumble 1.3.0 snapshot and boost ur individual voiceNot really gonna work for pugs.

Though it's realistically not a thing you can expect everyone to do, there is literally almost no reason not for everybody to download the mumble developer snapshot (link: http://mumble.info/snapshot/mumble-1.3.0~1303~geb0a2a0~snapshot.winx64.msi
pros:

local volume adjustment control (as an alternative to local muting, you can put people at -10db or in this case put people at +10db if they're too quiet, etc.)
dynamic channel filtering (can toggle it on to hides empty channels, much easier to deal with larger mumbles with dozens of empty channels & you can add exceptions that you always want to see
user list (better management of users, allows for easier renaming--no longer requires the user to disconnect and reconnect in order to use the new name)
ban list (easier to manage bans)
bindable shortcut for changing transmission modes (voice activation, push to talk, continuous).

cons:

funky new ui by default, easy to change (configure -> user interface -> theme -> default)
requires effort to click the download link and hit enter a few times in the installation
will alert you whenever a new version of mumble is released and will ask you to download it (somewhat infrequent)
if you have a shortcut to open up mumble with the "-m" in the launch options it will delete the shortcut on the desktop and replace it every time it downloads a new version of mumble so you have to re-add the "-m" each time(which allows for opening multiple instances of mumble at the same time, very useful for idling in certain mumbles to wait for inhouse pugs to start for example)

[quote=16jacobj][quote=ProSkeez]tell them to download the mumble 1.3.0 snapshot and boost ur individual voice[/quote]
Not really gonna work for pugs.[/quote]
Though it's realistically not a thing you can expect everyone to do, there is literally almost no reason not for everybody to download the mumble developer snapshot (link: [url=http://mumble.info/snapshot/mumble-1.3.0~1303~geb0a2a0~snapshot.winx64.msi]http://mumble.info/snapshot/mumble-1.3.0~1303~geb0a2a0~snapshot.winx64.msi[/url]
pros:
[list]
[*] local volume adjustment control (as an alternative to local muting, you can put people at -10db or in this case put people at +10db if they're too quiet, etc.)
[*] dynamic channel filtering (can toggle it on to hides empty channels, much easier to deal with larger mumbles with dozens of empty channels & you can add exceptions that you always want to see
[*] user list (better management of users, allows for easier renaming--no longer requires the user to disconnect and reconnect in order to use the new name)
[*] ban list (easier to manage bans)
[*] bindable shortcut for changing transmission modes (voice activation, push to talk, continuous).
[/list]
cons:
[list]
[*]funky new ui by default, easy to change (configure -> user interface -> theme -> default)
[*] requires effort to click the download link and hit enter a few times in the installation
[*] will alert you whenever a new version of mumble is released and will ask you to download it (somewhat infrequent)
[*] if you have a shortcut to open up mumble with the "-m" in the launch options it will delete the shortcut on the desktop and replace it every time it downloads a new version of mumble so you have to re-add the "-m" each time(which allows for opening multiple instances of mumble at the same time, very useful for idling in certain mumbles to wait for inhouse pugs to start for example)