Quick and Dirty Lav Mic from iPhone Headset

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Quick and Dirty Lav Mic from iPhone Headset

In a pinch, you can clip the earbuds off an iPhone headset to get a quick and dirty lav mic. Add a safety pin with a little hot glue and camouflage it with a smattering of sharpie and youโ€™re good to go. If youโ€™re curious about the quality of the audio produced with such a setup, check out the above video from maker Levi Allen, where he runs through a build while capturing the audio with his iPhone. It wonโ€™t win any awards, however itโ€™ll get the job done. Iโ€™d still hunt for a local camera shop to get a proper lav before Iโ€™d cannibalized a working headset, but Iโ€™ve found that thereโ€™s usually a crappy pair in a junk drawer somewhere with a shorted-out left earbud for projects like this. [via cheesycam]

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