Microphone and Headphones plug/unplug issues
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:43 am
I'm having a great time using this application and it will prove incredibly useful for song-writing. I am using a 2G iPod Touch and I grabbed a new set of headphones with built-in mic to be able to record. Yesterday, while showcasing the application to my band, I was trying to figure out how to playback a recorded sound without the mic/headphones plugged in. It seems the application refuses to do any playback until you plug in the headphones with built-in mic ONLY. I cannot use my standard headphones or any regular TSR plug, or even playback through the built-in speaker upon opening the application.
I managed to "trick" VoiceBand into playing back without the microphone by plugging in the TSSR plug, loading my recorded song, playing a few seconds of it, then plugging in a TSR connector. This was inconsistent, and sometimes I had to repeat the process to make this work. Occasionally skipping the last step of plugging in a TSR plug allowed me to playback through the built-in speaker, but not always. Twice I unplugged the TSSR plug and immediately the song I had paused on the Music App began playing (Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, oh yeah!) through the built-in speaker. That wasn't a big deal since I was in our band practice room, but that kind of thing could potentially blast Maylene or otherwise at an obnoxious volume in a public place if I unplug at the wrong time. I'm not sure why this happened or why it didn't always happen.
Any insight on these issues? Has anyone else seen something similar?
On a side note, it appears any old TSSR plug, converter or otherwise, will allow a mic to be run in (per what I've read on these forums), so that's encouraging. In my opinion, a built-in mic is simply a poor way to try to record anything, and it's terribly unwieldy, hanging there trying to pull the earphone out of my ear.
I managed to "trick" VoiceBand into playing back without the microphone by plugging in the TSSR plug, loading my recorded song, playing a few seconds of it, then plugging in a TSR connector. This was inconsistent, and sometimes I had to repeat the process to make this work. Occasionally skipping the last step of plugging in a TSR plug allowed me to playback through the built-in speaker, but not always. Twice I unplugged the TSSR plug and immediately the song I had paused on the Music App began playing (Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, oh yeah!) through the built-in speaker. That wasn't a big deal since I was in our band practice room, but that kind of thing could potentially blast Maylene or otherwise at an obnoxious volume in a public place if I unplug at the wrong time. I'm not sure why this happened or why it didn't always happen.
Any insight on these issues? Has anyone else seen something similar?
On a side note, it appears any old TSSR plug, converter or otherwise, will allow a mic to be run in (per what I've read on these forums), so that's encouraging. In my opinion, a built-in mic is simply a poor way to try to record anything, and it's terribly unwieldy, hanging there trying to pull the earphone out of my ear.