XLR for iPad

[Bruce Watson]

A company I'd never heard of called Griffin has announced an XLR interface for iPads, along with an XLR to 3.5mm adapter that provides phantom power.

Thought some of you might find it interesting.

 

[David Saraceno]

Griffin has been making Mac and PC peripherals for years.

Pretty good company and pretty good products.

 

[GaryNattrass]

Cue the "how can I use my I-pad to record production sound with my DSLR" threads etc ! ;0)

 

[recordingwhiz]

just wait for the "how do I mount a Vid Mic Pro to my Ipad while mounting on top of my DSLR?"....

siliness in 3...2...1...

 

[j1clark@ucsd.edu]

just wait for the "how do I mount a Vid Mic Pro to my Ipad while mounting on top of my DSLR?"....

siliness in 3...2...1...

If the HDMI connection was bidirectional on the iPad... that would be great...

 

[sebben]

You can use a mix pre d into an Ipad.

 

[Allan Black]

Check this new rig out .. http://www.ixymic.com/

Cheers.

 

[GaryNattrass]

Actually I think most of the DSLR brigade can now not bother with those expensive stills camera's and just do it all with the i-pad or i-phone, well it's got an HD camera hasn't it and you can now record the sound too.

It will also cut out any upload time as you can edit with it too and then upload your results direct to vimeo or Yoo Toob.

Problems solved and maybe someone can start up a new forum for all the "why doesn't my i-pad/i-fone look like a RED or Alexa" and leave us all in peace! ;0)

 

[John Willett]

A company I'd never heard of called Griffin has announced an XLR interface for iPads, along with an XLR to 3.5mm adapter that provides phantom power.

Thought some of you might find it interesting.

Yes, but only for old iPads - if you have the latest one you will need the iPad Lighning adaptor to the old connector.

 

[Richard Crowley]

If that new Rode gadget is anything like my NT-4, it seems top-heavy and may have more weight/mass than the iThing it is attached to. I worry about the 30-pin connector. OTOH, the new Lightning connector has no analog pins anymore (audio or video) and not the same control pins, so unclear whether you can do this with the new iThings.

However, the glimpse of the application in the video shows a MUCH more professional and usable user interface than any of the other iThing audio recording apps I've seen. The others look like they were designed by people who design silly games or vapid "social media" junk. And have no working understanding of recording audio.