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Adapt a SONY ECM-MS907 microphone

eliantoniadi Posted messages 4 Status Member -  
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Hello,
after spending 2/3 hours on forums looking for answers (in vain), I am posting my first question on a forum.

I bought the SONY ECM-MS907 microphone that has a jack cable (TRS). I should clarify that I am not at all a pro in audio, so I am discovering this world which is much more complicated than it seems.
Anyway, the seller told me that I could plug it anywhere thanks to its jack plug (computer, camera, camcorder, ...) without any problem, which is totally false. I got home and after hours of searching, I realized that I necessarily need a minidisc or a recorder in addition, which doesn't come cheap.
My father also advised me to buy an external sound card that I could plug into my computer and that doesn't cost much.
So I have two questions:
- Regardless of the external sound card I buy, will it be suitable?
- Do adapters for iPhone like this one work or am I totally off the mark? : https://www.amazon.fr/R%C3%98DE-SC4-Adaptateur-jack-trrs/dp/B00L6C8PN0?th=1

I am sure that something more practical must exist but I am afraid of buying something that is not compatible with this microphone which is not very recent either.
Ideally, I would like to find an adapter that allows me to record outdoors on my phone or on my computer (which I should mention is a Mac, which often complicates things).
Thank you for your answers,
E

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    T3chN0g3n Posted messages 69 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 217
     
    Hello,

    See a brief explanation with an affordable solution here → https://fr.audiofanzine.com/microphone-divers/sony/ECM-MS907/avis/r.108191.html It seems that this mic requires a stereo audio input.
    (And don’t forget the battery :p )
    Some setups with a small preamp also seem to work (but in mono?).

    Best regards.
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    1. eliantoniadi Posted messages 4 Status Member
       
      Thank you! I had already read this explanation and the given link, but I wanted to make sure there wasn't anything else and I also wanted to know if the iPhone adapter link I posted in my first message was a possibility.

      Could you explain to me what a "stereo audio input" precisely means when you say that this is what the microphone requires, as well as what a "mounting with a small pre-amp" is.

      I'm really not a pro in audio and I don't want to end up spending 300€ on equipment. In any case, thank you very much for your answers!
      E
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    2. eliantoniadi Posted messages 4 Status Member
       
      So I looked into what a preamp setup is, and clearly, even though it's a solution, it's really not ideal for me since I'm looking for something simple to carry around. Especially since with a preamp, I can't record anything on my laptop.
      Thank you anyway,
      E
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      1. T3chN0g3n Posted messages 69 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 217 > eliantoniadi Posted messages 4 Status Member
         
        This microphone has a stereophonic capture which requires two channels, or three contacts (common, right, left)

        You didn't specify which device you wanted to connect it to, actually :p On a smartphone, you need a headphone jack splitter to two separate jacks, and then see if you can get a recording (mono...)
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  2. eliantoniadi Posted messages 4 Status Member
     
    I'm sorry, I thought that "Ideally, I would like to find an adapter that allows me to record outdoors on my phone or even my computer (which I should mention is a Mac, which often complicates things)." would be enough to describe which device I would like to connect it to.
    Furthermore, I don't really see the point of a headphone splitter and why this: https://www.amazon.fr/R%C3%98DE-SC4-Adaptateur-jack-trrs/dp/B00L6C8PN0?th=1 might not work.
    Do you have an answer to this question?
    Thanks again,
    E
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    1. T3chN0g3n Posted messages 69 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 217
       
      Yes, I was indeed a bit hasty in my reading!
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    2. T3chN0g3n Posted messages 69 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 217
       
      For the adapter, the "TTRS" jack of a phone is for stereo headphones + mono microphone; I don't see how you can input a stereo microphone signal into it. If it works, it will be mono; it can serve as a temporary solution (if the rest is compatible! → if the signal is too weak without amplification, even with compatible wiring, you won't have a usable recording), but you are limiting the microphone's potential...
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