RODE SC4 3.5mm TRS to TRRS Adaptor

This little cable is a game changer for recording audio from a professional mic to your iPhone. You will need it.

In order to save money, I ordered this as recommended by an audio engineer at my local Guitar Center, in order to see if I could connect my Arturia Microbrute synthesizer to my Macbook Air's headphone jack, and record onto my computer WITHOUT AN AUDIO INTERFACE. With a little experimentation I was able to get the computer to recognize my synth as an external microphone, by plugging one end of a 3.5 mm patch cable (the kind typically used for CV) into the headphone port on the synth, and the other end into the TRS portion of this adaptor, which is then plugged into the computer's headphone jack. It's a very finicky setup, as I had to keep adjusting and twisting the cable just right until the computer could recognize the synth, and, even then, it didn't always work. A couple times, my computer reacted in a weird way, like pausing and playing my iTunes whenever I pressed a key on the synth. When it did work, it worked pretty ok, and with decent quality. Because of the difficulties, however, I think it will be worth investing in a good audio interface in the near future! It's worth noting that the female TRS portion of this adaptor wasn't deep enough to fully and securely plug in a 3.5 mm cable, both for a normal TRS aux cable and the CV patch cable I used. Because of this, part of the metal conductor was exposed, and the cable could fall out of the adaptor more easily. For me, this wasn't a major problem, but was a little annoying.

Did not work, had to return it