Peterson Phone Accessories iPhone/iPad/iPod touch Musical Instrument Adapter Straight Cable
- Small & Compact & Affordable interface for guitars, basses or microphones with your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
- Impedance matched for correct signal detection
- Can be used with any application requiring an audio input.
- Will not interfere with charger connector.
This adaptor cable has been specifically designed to function with your iPhone or iPod touch (2nd Gen. and up).Connect an instrument or microphone with a 1/4″ plug directly into your device using the headphone jack.The perfect accessory when used with iStroboSoft App by Peterson Tuners.Directly plug in your guitar or bass for tuning or use an external microphone (required for iPod touch) to tune brass or wind instruments.Can be used with any application requiring an audio input.Will not interfere with charger connector.NOT FOR USE WITH 1ST GEN. IPOD TOUCH.
List Price: $ 12.99
Price: $ 10.59
Originally posted 2015-12-02 19:13:53. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
good for using the iPhone as a guitar tuner, but limited if you want to use it to record (no headphone jack!),
I purchased this little adapter so that I could plug my guitar into my iPhone 3GS and record my musical ideas in the early morning/or late at night without waking up everyone in the house (I use Moe’s Notes for this purpose, great app!). You plug your guitar into one end, and plug the other end into the headphone/microphone jack on the iPhone. However when I ordered it, I didn’t realize that it doesn’t have a headphone jack or any output, so you can hear what you’re playing into it! (I guess that’s why it is one of the more inexpensive ones for this type of thing) I decided to hold onto it because for my purposes, I don’t mind because I’m not really using it to do multitracking & can hear what I’m playing on the electric guitar without the need for an amp. However, if I wanted to record some instrument such as a keyboard that doesn’t produce its own acoustic sounds, I would need to add a “y” cable to the mix to monitor what I’m playing. And if I do want to get into multitracking, I would need something that has an audio output so I can hear the other tracks I’m playing along with. So I will probably eventually one of the more expensive cables (or make my own) that do have audio output. However for now I am fine with this, the direct in sound quality is nice and clear (clear enough where I can import the recordings into Cubase or Cakewalk on my PC and do overdubs later if I so choose). For now I am happy with it, it’s fine for recording simple ideas with an electric guitar or bass really fast – just plug in and go, you don’t even have to mess with putting on headphones! I imagine you could plug a drum machine, guitar/keyboard and vocal mic into a small mixer and plug that into this, then monitor using the headphone jack on the mixer. But like I said if I need to get more fancy I’ll get an input with audio out.
So anyway this is decent for what it is, just realize it has that limitation of no headphone out.
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|Cheaper than other options; works fine,
After using it for a while, I also bought the app for Peterson’s iStroboSoft, a digital strobe tuner. I like using it, but it’s very touchy, and depending on the instrument I’m using, it doesn’t always pick things up well. I suspect that’s more about the instruments and less about the adapter, though. I don’t know whether iPod mic jacks are high- or low-impedance, and I don’t know whether this adapter does any impedance matching, although I suspect it doesn’t.
Bottom line, it works. I can get good-quality archive recordings of what the band sounded like, and I can use my iPod as a high-quality digital tuner. That’s worth the price of admission for me!
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|good adapter to use with iStroboSoft app,
this is meant to be used to connect your guitar (or instrument) cable to your iPad or IiPhone for the purpose of using an app to tune the guitar (or instrument). I’ve used it a few times now and it works without any hassles. it’s an adapter cable, so it’s not as if there are any parts to worry about messing up, right? lol! this is my preference, as I trust the signal through the cable much more that relying on the built-in mic of the iPhone to be as accurate without other interference in the room. but not this adapter, it’s great for that purpose.
one of the very handy features is that the mini plug that goes into your iPhone or iPad has a small enough ‘grip’ or ‘base’ area around it so that it does not interfere if you have a thicker cover/protector like an OtterBox. when I originally looked for an adapter at the local electronics ‘shack’, the ‘base’ around their selection were too thick and wouldn’t clear the opening in the OtterBox. but that is not the case with this one.
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