“Which mic do you recommend?” The short answer is that you can connect just about any kind of microphone you want to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac through a suitable USB audio interface. The means that choosing a mic must be done with your own specific needs in mind. The suggestions below offer an answer to this question which addresses various needs and budgets.
» Read moreIf you would like to make accurate sound level measurements with your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, then proper calibration of your microphone sensitivity is an important step to success. With the right equipment, calibrating a microphone can be a very simple process.
» Read moreAs requested by our Pro Audio customers, SignalScope X Meter, Octave, FFT, and Spectrogram tools can now optionally display voltage levels in dBu.
» Read moreThe UMIK-2 connects to an iPhone or iPad via USB with Apple’s Lightning to USB 3 camera adapter. When it is connected, SoundMeter X will recognize it and prompt you to enter the serial number which is printed on the UMIK’s label. Once the serial number has been entered, SoundMeter X will download the factory-supplied sensitivity information from the web and apply it immediately for factory-calibrated sound level measurements.
» Read moreSignalScope X has arrived for download on the Mac and iOS App Stores. Version 11.1 has been built as a universal app that will run natively in macOS Big Sur on both Intel and Apple processors.
» Read moreSoundMeter has been validated by professional researchers as “the app best suited for occupational and general purpose noise measurements.” With a continued pursuit of accuracy, precision, and reliability, Faber Acoustical announces SoundMeter X as the newest version of SoundMeter for iOS.
» Read moreFaber Acoustical introduces SignalScope X as its new flagship dynamic signal analysis, data acquisition, and acoustics app for iOS. The culmination of nearly 10 years of iOS development experience, SignalScope X offers in-app subscriptions to replace and exceed the functionality currently found in other apps from Faber Acoustical, including SignalScope, which was available in the iPhone App Store on its opening day in 2008. SignalScope X is now available on the App Store as a free download.
» Read moreThe Faber app updates released this week address the issue with the built-in iPad microphone input gain in iOS 9.3.1 and later.
» Read moreIf you rely on SoundMeter, or one of our other apps, for regular sound level measurements, you might want to consider holding off on updating iOS until a solution is available. For those who have already updated, the workaround of connecting and disconnecting a headset microphone offers a solution for continuing to work with the built-in microphone as before.
» Read moreThe FFT-based spectrum analyzer in SignalScope Pro 6.2 allows arbitrary upper and lower frequency bounds (Fmax and Fmin) to be specified for the spectrum display.
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