![]() ![]() A large stereo line level output, allowing you to connect the playback to a hi-fi or PA system.A small stereo line input jack, to allow connection to any professional audio device.A large mono input jack socket, for connecting a guitar or keyboard audio input.The Sonic Port has four audio connectors: (Of course, make sure you have Enable Interface Input switched on in Songzap’s App Info/Settings menu). A moment or two after plugging in you’ll see the light on the top of the Sonic Port light up, and, if using Songzap, a message will pop up to show that you are now using an audio interface as the recording input device. The device is ‘bus-powered’ which means that it takes its power from the iPhone, and hence shares the iPhone’s battery supply. The Sonic Port comes with its own lightning cable, so plugs directly into the iPhone with no additional adaptors required. The Line 6 Sonic Port is a digital audio interface designed specifically for iOS devices with a lightning port connector – this accounts for almost all iPhones on the market and all-but the very newest iPads at the time of writing in 2022. It’s also exceptionally cheap and affordable, and 100% portable, and enables clean microphone recordings to be made – so is a no-brainer for musicians who want to expand their Songzap recording options! Connect your preferred microphone and headphones and record away into Songzap. The Go Vocal is extremely simple to use, you just plug in and switch on. You’ll find that condenser microphones are used almost all the time in professional studios for recording vocals and acoustic instruments, so phantom power is a necessary addition if you are wanting to use a professional studio mic with Songzap. It’s great that the Go Vocal has phantom power, which is required to be switched on for use with condenser microphones. There’s also a Gain control which allows you to set how much amplification is applied to the microphone signal before it reaches the iOS device. The switch on the side of the Go Vocal has three positions Off, On, and On with phantom power, and you’ll see the lights on the top of the interface light up as you move through the settings. The device also requires a standard 9 Volt battery to deliver power to both the headphone amplifier and to provide phantom power if your microphone requires it. The Go Vocal has an XLR connector which allows you to plug in any kind of microphone. ![]() You will need to use a jack-to-lightning adaptor (a standard Apple headphone adaptor) to plug the Go Vocal into most iOS devices, then you can plug your headphones directly into the interface’s own headphone port. Because the Go Vocal is technically identified by the iPhone as a headphone connection with incorporated microphone, ensure that you’ve switched on the Enable Headphone Mic setting in Songzap’s App Info/Settings menu before you can use it for recording. Now this difference doesn’t matter too much, the main thing to know is that it 100% allows you to use a professional quality microphone with the iPhone/iPad and Songzap. The TC Helicon GO Vocal device isn’t technically a ‘digital audio interface’, more correctly it’s a ‘headphone mic adaptor with a phantom power preamplifier’.
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