iPhone 5 compatibility with existing audio input accessories
Since the Lightning to 30-pin adapter arrived yesterday, I have had the opportunity to test several audio accessories with the iPhone 5. The results are presented below.
» Read moreSince the Lightning to 30-pin adapter arrived yesterday, I have had the opportunity to test several audio accessories with the iPhone 5. The results are presented below.
» Read moreToday, I had the opportunity to begin testing the audio input characteristics of the new iPhone 5. As seen in the plots, below, the headset input frequency response matches that of the iPhone 4S, which was presented in the previous post. The behavior of the built-in microphone also seems to match that of the iPhone 4S, suggesting that Apple kept the audio input path essentially unchanged in the new device.
» Read moreWith the release of version 2.2, the Octave tool in SignalScope Pro for iOS can now analyze two input channels simultaneously. This new capability is only available on devices running iOS 5 or later, and it requires a stereo or two-channel dock connector audio accessory. The Octave tool offers whole and 1/3-octave real-time spectral analysis with A, C, or flat frequency weighting and fast, slow, or impulse time weighting. Time exponential averaged level (Lp) and equivalent level (Leq) measurements are both supported. The Octave tool available via in-app purchase in SoundMeter 3.0 and SignalScope 3.2 also offers two-channel measurement capability on iOS 5 or later. SoundMeter 3.0, SignalScope 3.2 and SignalScope Pro 2.2 are all available for […]
» Read moreSoundMeter 3.0 offers in-app purchases of the same tools found in SignalScope Pro.
» Read moreIOScope 2 comes with a new, lower price and offers some of the same new features which were recently added to SignalScope, SignalScope Pro and SoundMeter for iOS.
» Read moreFaber Acoustical has announced the release of SignalScope Pro 3.0. The latest release of Faber Acoustical’s most popular acoustical test and measurement toolset for Mac is now available for purchase in the Mac App Store.
» Read moreWhile the GuitarJack, from Sonoma Wire Works, was obviously designed with music recording in mind, it also works well as an I/O interface for test and measurement apps, like SignalScope Pro and IOScope.
» Read moreNow that I have my hands on the new iPhone, I thought I would go ahead and report on the state of audio I/O on the new device.
» Read more“Which devices work properly with the iPad?” In the table below, I list the devices I have tested with the iPad, along with some observations.
» Read moreThe goal, here, is to enumerate some of the current issues with USB audio on the iPad.
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