StarTech.com Headset Adapter, Microphone and Headphone Splitter - 3.5mm Male Aux to 3.5mm Female Audio & Mic Combo Jack Y Cable for Laptop / PC (MUYHSMFF) Black

I got this so I could record audio with my phone from an external mic, a small analog synth, and other gadgets/toys. I also want to use software synths on my phone in conjunction with a hardware synth, and try out some Android DAWs. It all works! You just have to connect everything to the cable then plug the male end (out) into your phone's headphone/headset jack. Always plug it into your phone after everything is connected and before you open whatever app you want to use to record or manipulate audio. It even works to monitor a recording, ie: I was able to hook a Stylophone GenX 2's phones out to the mic in, and headphones to the headphones in...And then plug the whole thing into my phone. This allows me to record and monitor quite easily totally anywhere. You also can just plug in a mic or audio source and leave the headphone part empty if you don't need to monitor your recording. Small mics can also be used to gather samples, field recordings, etc. This works with little, cheap lavaliers and powered shotgun mics for DSLRs that have a TS/TRS/TRRS plug I've tested. The only mics that probably won't work are XLR mics and/or mics that need phantom power. Audio quality isn't on the level of a Scarlett USB audio converter or anything (obviously), but for quick, dirty fun it's fine. Some apps let you specifically select high quality recording, ie: 44100 sample rate, etc. Some even have manual gain, too. There are plenty of apps that recognize things as an external mic and record them fine. You do have to test each app and play around with it, as none I've seen have settings to actually tell the software to ignore the mic on your phone, and only use the line in from a "headset"...But some do work. You just have to plug it in, and try. It's pretty easy to determine where it's recording from with tap tests and just having a long enough wire (3-5 feet or so) so you can keep your mic/source far away from the mic on your phone itself. Many apps I tested recognize a "headset mic" plugged in and do recording from that instead of the mic on the phone itself....But some will try to use both or one or the other, and sadly, you just have to learn this as you go. This little Y-adapter is so useful to anyone who wants to experiment and learn sound design, music, sampling, etc. Very affordable and very portable. It's seriously all you need, plus an Android phone that has a TRRS input.

I got the new 2013 iMac to replace my monster of a Windows rig that I built 6 years ago. Figured I'd try out a Mac. I knew it would force a lot of upgrades and replacements of peripherals, but I did not know that the new iMacs use the "smart plug" 3.5mm audio jack that combines the audio output (headphones) and input (mic) into one, single jack. This made my Windows style headset useless, but more than that it made my audio system setup inoperable. I have my computer connected to my 5.1 surround sound stereo system, both for output listening to iTunes and other audio as well as input from other devices connected to the stereo for recording. I needed a solution that would undo Apple's "bright idea" of combining all audio functions into one plug. I can understand such decisions when space is a premium such as laptops, notebooks, cell phones, and tablets... but a 27" desktop iMac computer??? Really? Anyway, this little gadget does the trick! It splits out the audio output from the audio input beautifully and once again gives us 2 different jacks serving different functions to plug in our various audio devices. This is NOT an audio output splitter or y-adapter. You would not plug in 2 headphone into this. Instead, it once again gives us a plug for a microphone and a second plug for a headphone. I was a little worried that this StarTech adapter would not allow stereo sound, but it does. Very nice! It's a great product! Just FYI, I've done this with my system. After plugging the StarTech jack in, I plugged an 3.5mm stereo audio y-adapter into the headphone jack to split the audio output so that I could plug my stereo system and my headphones into the iMac and hear sound from both. It works great! There is a little picture of a microphone on one of the StarTech jacks, and a little picture of headphones on the other jack. It's a little hard to see since it's all the same color, black, but that's fine. I then plugged in the microphone jack from my headset into the StarTech microphone jack. Once you have all the connections plugged in you may need to re-boot or re-start your computer so that the "smart plug" notices that there is now a microphone attached and allows sound to be inputed into the iMac and the mic to work. Also, just in case you are new to the iMac like me, it seems the the iMac's built in mic continues to function even if headphones are plugged into the headphone jack.

Works great. It's sturdy as well.

I just received this today for use on a MacBook Air (why they only give you one audio port on a laptop puzzles me). First time I tested it, it didn't work- but then I figured something out. It's more of a Macbook issue than an adapter issue. I plugged the adapter into my MacBook with the headphone plug already plugged into it, which worked fine. Then I plugged in the microphone to the microphone jack and... nothing, it didn't work. I went into the sound settings and there was no option to configure anything to fix the issue, the only sound input that showed up was the built in mic. I unplugged the adapter from the Macbook. The second time around, I made sure both the headphone & external mic cords were first plugged into the adapter and then plugged the adapter back into the Macbook. This time the Macbook recognized the external audio input, I selected it and it worked fine. Years ago a mic plug was a mic plug. Now they're all "smart" plugs that try and sense what you've got connected and configure themselves automatically based on what they think you need to do. As a result, you've got to make note of the order of how you plug them in. The multi conductor nature of the male plug does make it kind of delicate & susceptible to breaking off, so I make sure to be careful when plugging and unplugging it. At $10 the price is a bit high IMO. Overall not a bad adapter.

This adapter is very misleading, since the microphone side works only on some devices. What is wrong is that not all of the wires from the "three ring" male side are connected to the two female sides. This adapter is supposed to be what's called a "TRRS to TRS/TRS" adapter. The TRRS refers to the "three ring" male side, where you see four metal bands: T for tip, R for ring, R for another ring, and S for sleeve. Most companies have the TRRS metal bands used for LRMG, meaning L for left headphone channel, R for right headphone channel, M for microphone, and G for ground. Apple, of course, is LRGM, switching the mic and ground just so you have to buy their special adapter which costs more -- yes they are that cynical. Anyway, this adapter does not connect on of the MG lines to the microphone. Some devices will tolerate this and compensate, depending on how its connected (e.g., the ground may be connected elsewhere). But for many, it just means that the microphone side will not work at all, or that it may have terrible quality. That's the root of most of the 1 star reviews on here -- the "it does not work" variety. I had this problem and had to order a different one from a different company. But I was in a huge hurry, so I ended up having to cut this StarTech one apart and solder a new wire in for the MG. I attached a couple pictures for anyone who also has this problem, doesn't mind soldering, and is in too much of a hurry to wait for a new one to be delivered. Suffice it to say, StarTech is being extremely misleading by not mentioning this in the advertising. Now I can't trust them and will not be buying any more StarTech products.

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I've had good luck with other Startech products, so when looking at the options for an adapter to connect a 3.5mm TRS mic to a 3.5mm TRRS wireless bodypack, I chose the Startech over several different options. The quality is very good, the connections are tight and noise-free even on moving subjects (important when recording video), and it looks like it will last a long time. I've used the adapter so far to plug my JK Mic-J 044 lavalier mic to an Azden PRO-XD digital wireless microphone system and a Monoprice 2.4GHz wireless microphone system, as I much prefer the Mic-J to the mics included with these systems. I also used the adapter to connect a lav mic and headphones to my iPhone 6 (using the Rode recording app) and my Samsung S5 (using RecForge Lite), and it works great. My only minor issue is the icons on the input jacks are hard to read without putting-on my reading glasses. But I can't blame Startech for my old eyes. I put a small section of red adhesive-lined heat-shrink tubing on the mic input jack and problem solved. Very pleased with the adapter and recommend it to anyone who needs to convert a mic with a 3.5 TRS plug to a smartphone-style 3.5mm TRRS jack.

I tested this splitter on a solidly functioning Early 2009 MacBook Pro 17" without issue. Worked great and allowed selection of both the outbound and inbound ports/devices appropriately. I then tested this on a Mid 2012 (purchased in 2013) MacBook Pro 15" and only the outbound audio selection worked. Inbound audio never detected the "External Microphone" adapter. I then tested this on a Late 2013 iMac and had the same results as the Mid 2012 MBP 15" - only the outbound audio selection worked. Inbound audio never detected the "External Microphone" adapter. All systems are running OS X 10.9.1 latest updates. Obviously not a fault in the device as it works on the older system but there needs to be a modification on this item's description to denote these issues and the manufacturer may wish to create a newer version of this item to work with Mid 2012 and newer Mac systems.

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Without bragging too much, I've just recently bought a new Dell laptop. i7 processor, Solid State Drive, lightweight body. BUT: where my previous laptop had double 3.5mm sockets for my headset/Skype phone, the Dell only has one. Having been sold a totally useless splitter by a music shop overseas (which was only designed to allow two people to listen to one output, not the other way round) I was getting a bit desperate but then remembered my usual mantra - 'Try Amazon'. Trust me, there aren't many single 3.5mm (or USB that I could find) headsets around these day (certainly not for a 'reasonable' price) and I could see myself doomed to using my old laptop for teleconferences, webinars etc. And there are even less splitter adapters. Well I did try Amazon, and for £4.63 got this wonderful product that works like a dream. It even has the headphone and mike plugs marked like they were on my old laptop - fair enough, it took me a while to actually find that out: trial-and-error had worked up to then. Truly lovely. ALSO, and I'm going to add this to all the reviews I'm hoping to do for the other 13 things I bought at the same time, I have to really commend Amazon on their Collect + pick up system. Having been overseas working on one job and just passing through London to another one, I had a problem getting the order delivered to home (especially as I have absolutely no faith in the Royal Mail to do the job, no matter how much you pay them) and so tried the Collect + system. Luckily, my local BP garage has both this and the Locker system. Unfortunately, the latter only allows three days before pick-up whereas Collect + gives you ten. This suited my ordering window - especially as the delivery was still mainly being done by the said unreliable Royal Mail. Apart from some plaintive reminders that I hadn't picked up the orders, it worked brilliantly. Top marks to Amazon once again - and up yours to the British Government.

Works well

Ich Skype gerne mit Hilfe eines Head-Sets mit meinen Freunden im Ausland und mein alter Samsung Laptop hatte 2 Buchsen für Kopfhörer und Mikrofon. Mein neuer Lenovo hat nur noch 1 Buchse. Daher benötigte ich einen Adapter um weiterhin mit meinem Headset zu skypen. Dieser Adapter arbeitet einwandfrei, die Eingänge / Ausgänge sind gut beschriftet und man kann beim Anschließen eigentlich keinen Fehler machen. Ich bin zufrieden, mein Head-Set funktioniert mit diesem Adapter wieder einwandfrei. Ich würde genau diese Adapter wieder kaufen. Ich habe in den gängigen Elektromärkten nach so einem Adapter gesucht, aber nichts unter 25€ gefunden, daher den 5. Stern für das sehr gute Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis.

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