Hooking a Cell Phone to an Audio Mixer for Doing Phone Interviews 

You did the best job of breaking this problem down both in cost and instruction. I was all over the web the last few days working on a reasonable solution. Lucky for me I ran into this on a whim. Thank you good sir! Thanks for taking the time.

Thank you for this. I watched a lot of tutorials on this subject, but yours made sense of it.

I appreciate your figuring this out and your VERY clear explabation and demonstrating the canbke types and connections with your Logitech close-ups. It all worked great! This will help me immensely on interviews I hope to do do in the future. Thanks a bunch!

The good things we find on the Internet. Another excellent instruction video. Subscribed.

I found that the feed to the phone is taken from the "effects send" then turn up all effects send controls EXCEPT the input from the phone, this way your phone caller will hear all your mixer channels without their feed. If you just plug the line level output of the mixer into a mic level input on the phone it will over load the input and your caller will hear over modulated sound, probably distorted, you need to drop the level of that signal with an in line attenuator, probably about 40dB or more (you may have to cut a lead and patch in several resistors). I adjusted this on Skype, using the 'microphone test" feature, record your test, listen to it back until you get the level correct. So, not only phone calls but Skype and other voip calls, even video calls allowing your caller to see the studio and better react.

Thank you for this info. I spent too much money on my inline patch when I could have done this. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much for posting this! I figured I could use a splitter, but this shows how to actually do it and make it work!

Thanks a lot for putting this together, Marcellus - very nice video!

Thanks so much man! You're doing podcasters a great service!

Thank you my brother for this video; indeed it has been a tremendous help!

Great video sir! You explained things perfectly and it was super helpful. Thank you.

Top man, excellent tutorial watching all the way from London

Very useful video and you took your time and explained it out so I understand. Thank you for making this sir. Two thumbs up. Keep making vids.

Thanks this really helped me. I was holding up a small speaker to my mic the whole interview and my arms were getting tired every show. Thanks now I can just hook in my phone and tablet for sound

Thanks Marcellus! Excellent video, helped a lot.

Great video! You saved me a lot of work for my talk show!

Great video. I am a newbie at trying to set up a light talk and bumper roundtable in my area, and didnt know where to start. Seeing how the mixer and all integrates as well as the split jack is really going to help. I think the local music store has a similar VERY used mixer for sale cheap, so I can look at that, too. Thanks Marcellus!!! PS--U have great radio voice! Lee

Best and cheapest alternative to a mix minus I've seen!

That was wonderful ! It helped me a lot. It bought me a lot of time. Thanks brother !

20 seconds in and already subscribed! Thanks man!

Marcellus. You did a real good job on this. However, I may have missed one point. I saw the splitter cable and the 1/4" jack for the mono out. And, saw you plug them in....kind of! I'd really like to see a wider shot of connecting the two ends of the splitter to their specific locations on the board and which wires you used for them, please. Thanks. It was a big help!

Extremely helpful, thank you sir.

This was extremely helpful and solved my problem!

The cable is labled as a TRRS male to 2female for those 6 years later wondering. Good insight sir

Great video, saw the other video recommending the Bluetooth interface first. The first thing I thought was it seems like overkill for a phone which has its own physical input and $239 is insane. The other thing is why introduce another point of failure for a live recording...that's an A/V no-no. The phone could disconnect which there isn't much you can do about that but if the Bluetooth drops your interview is delayed trying to get it to reconnect, etc; The aux sends was a nice touch as well. Well done.

Hey thanks for the video. Could you tell me what other cables and adapters I would need in order to hook this up? I bought the first split cable one you showed, but totally confused at the rest of the cable setup. Thanks!

Thank you very much Marcellus, very helpful.

Thank you brother you have just given me an idea in my career.

This is a genius solution i never considered. Now I can say screw the complicated mix-minus setup and do a skype call on my ipad

Just caught this video. Great job.

Nice video. I’ve got a related question. I have an iPad and iPhone (no computer). I’m planning on purchasing a usb mic (rode usb-nt mini) that has a headphone out. What I want to do are recorded remote interview podcasts. So If I connect my mic to my ipad via usb-c, and headphones to my mic, I assume I can have a skype call with another person and use my mic to talk to them. The question is this - I want to record this conversation on skype but skype (or any related app on iPad) does not support recording on iOS. I am thinking of trying to split the audio from the headphone out port on the Mic, connecting one of the splits to my headphones. As for the other split, I am thinking if I connect it to a trs (pin with 2 black lines) on one end, and then the other trrs end (3 black lines) to my phone headphone port. I then plan to load up garage band or voice recorder on my phone and hoping the trs to trrs cable will send audio into my iphone and allow me to record the ipad skype conversation. Do you think this will work or do you have another solution I could try with my setup? I want to keep it simple and not use mixers and such since i need a travel friendly solution and I travel with just one backpack.

Hey Marcellus, thank you so much for this informative video. For the Mono Out from the board to the Mic in on the cell phone, did you use a MONO 1/4 to MONO 3.5 adapter or a STEREO 1/4 to a STEREO 3.5 adapter? Thanks!

THANK YOU, Marcellus .

Nice video! Thank you! Very helpful.

Thank you very much for the tip. Was struggling with this. Sub'd!

Just got mine working!!!! This is a tip and a half. Thank you!!!

Hey Marcellus, Thanks for the tips. Finally, an affordable alternative. I was wondering how this setup would also work with FX Send if a mixer doesn't have a mono channel, and what specific cables (aside from the 4-pin to 2x 3-pin) that you use to accomplish this setup

Dude, you ROCK! Thankx

I was VERY tempted to cop the BlueDriver-M3 until I saw this vid. Appreciate it a lot, man!

I just to a mixer today. First time playing with a mixer. Mine doesn't have the MON output. I just figured out how to make this work without a MON output. Just pan the channels. So you have main mix R connected to the mic input on the phone. Channel 1 (where the studio mic is) is panned hard RIGHT. The audio from coming from the phone goes to a line input channel. Which is 4/5 on my mixer. So 4/5 would be panned hard LEFT. Having the audio sources panned like that should work. Once I get the splitter cable you showed I should be able to test it out. This is just what I need. I want to make youtube videos of a conversation with a friend. My original thought was skype. Going through the mixer would be simpler since there is nothing special he has to do on his end. Thanks for this video. Your solution doesn't work for my mixer. But it gave me an idea of how to make it work. Thanks for cluing me in to the adapter. Time to go order the adapters and cables I need. :)

Thanks for the video! Great help!

Good explaination. Thanks for the help.

This is great! I can't wait until my new iPhone7 comes so I can try it out!

Thank you for this video, I just recently began to get interested in developing my own podcast, and this video answered a lot of questions.... Not to mention saved me a ton of money. Again, Thank you kindly good sir.

Does the 3.5 mm into the splitter need to be mono?

thank you, great video

thank you so much for the idea sir

Does the 1/4" to 3.5mm adapater from the monitor port have to be mono as well?

Thank you so much! This is where I was stuck today! Quick question though- did you find any problem using TRRS or TRS (3 or 2 rings) going from the left/right into the splitter? I got a trrs thinking I would plug directly into the phone. Probably works either way, but you already tried!

What adapter called where you plugged that 3.5mm to phone jack?

I love your video it is so informative

nice job! subscribed

Hello sir. Do you know how to record live music like that.

Can I use TRS instead of TS cable for the monitor out to phone mic input ?

I just set up my phone with a similar brand new mixer and the correct chords. The calls come through but I am getting a static/pop sound throughout the call. By any chance do you know what the reason for this may be? Thank you.

Thank you that was helpful

Man I'm glad I saw you vid I ordered the parts I needed now I'm just waiting on them to come

Great video! Thanks.

Hello. question: I have behringer line 2 usb cable + otg cable for android phone live facebook transmissions. where do I insert the two behringer line2 usb jacks into the soundcraft efx 8 mixer? thank.

Great video! Any suggestion on how to duplicate this process on a Behringer 502 mixer ? I'd appreciate the help just starting a podcast.

The information is pretty good but a easy way to remember all this is to take the headphone female connection end of the adapter cable and use a male trs 1/8" on one end cable and a (trs stereo, tr mono) 1/4 male trs on the other end into a channel to want to make part of your recording main out. If you "don't" have a line input port on your board along with the standard XLR inputs for each channel then you will need to use a channel that has RCA female inputs. You will then need to use a cable that has male 1/8" male trs on one end and connect to the adapter cable and red and white RCA male on the other end so you can connect to your board. Then take the mic female connection from the adapter cable and use a 1/8" tr male cable on one end 1/4 inch tr male on the other end and connect into a "AUX out" port on your board. You can then adjust the dial AUX knob on your mic channel to get the proper level so the person making the call to you can receive a comfortable volume level. You can also add other other mic channels or even music and use their AUX send dials on those channels so the caller can hear everything what you want them to hear. To avoid feedback NEVER use the AUX send dial on the channel input you used so you can hear the caller. Just like another person said, the sound quality of the recording you make all depends on the quality of the phone the caller is using. You can buy modest priced quality phone mics for i phones / android and the recording quality goes WAY up.

Very nice, Marcellus... you look like a very good guy! I got one of the newer iPhones that have a iightning port only, and i'm reading all kinds of stories of people having some mixed results with these TRRS to 2xTRS adapters into the Lightning adapters... looks like it's not as straightforward today as it was before :(

Great video bro! Lost you on the red knobs though...Is there any possibility to help me adjust the red knobs? I am kinda new using a mixer and need some help.

Hello Marcellus.... I have the old mixer Gemini pdm 7008.....what do i need to connect my cell phone on it?i needed for live internet radio and incoming calls....thank you!!!!!

Solid information

helpful! but that superman stance is amazing!

Thanks for this video. 💛🙏

Hey Marcellus, I need to hook to a mixer for sound for Facebook live. I want all the sound to go into phone because it's our church service. will this cable work for that and how would the hookup change? Thanks..DC

Can you tell me how to hook it up to a behringer xenyx qk1202 USB please boss

Phenomenally great video guy! I plugged the iRig2 TRRS end into my desk phone which uses a Google Voice account and noticed none of my sound effects like pitch change, echo and delay get passed from my mixer to the ATT Wireless caller. When I plug the TRRS into my cell phone the sound effects get passed through to the same person's cell phone I called. Do you know if Google Voice and other services "normalize" audio back to something unaltered with affects? Thanks man! I'm using an iRig2 between my phones I mentioned and the Yamaha MG10XU mixer fyi.

Is there anyway to use this on a Zoom R16 8 in 2 out? Thanks man

Hello is it possible the A4 mixer can use for Smule?

Good Job Marcellus

I would like to do a live recording of me playing my keyboard, using a drum machine and singing as well through my behringer Xenyx 1222 mixer. I intend to use my Samsung S7 for the video, so am I right to connect my monitor out straight to the S7 using this StarTech MUYHSMFF splitter? Or am I better off getting an Irig 2 or something like that? I'm guessing the quality of the audio recording on an Irig would be better?

Great tutorial. I can't believe you didn't put the amazon link in the description.

Question, what are you using for a video switcher. My Logitech webcam produces pretty clear 1080p video and I'm considering using it as opposed to my DSLR or other.

Fantastic!

for some reason, I plug it into the aux sends? but no response. Am i plugging into the wrong port?

I lick the quality of your mic it sounds very very pro

Great idea. If your mixer you can use aux send channel to setup a mix minus?

Hi Marcellus I followed your instructions and I can get the phone into my mixer with a good level; however, the phone caller can't hear the output from my mixer. If I increase the out put audio from any source from my mixer they may hear a little noise. Then the audio would become over modulated in the main mix out. I was wondering if I need a post/prefader switch for each channel? My mixer has aux send and fx send. I have the Behringer Euroroack UB12222 FX-Pro. P.S. My Skype mix minus works fine, however that is a different cable set up. Your instructions were very good. There must be something on my end. Thanks

very nice and prof. tutorial

Thanks for the video Marcellus. I don't have a monitor send on my mixer (I have the Xenyx Q1202). It's does have FX send and also Main Out (L & R). Would any of those work for your setup?

Marcellus: Once I have the StarTech cable, how do I hook up the microphone to my Behringer X1204 USB mixer? Thanks for the video, Tom

What will happen if i have connected 3.5mm TRS (stereo) cable to the microphone input

Question: You mentioned that those on the other end can hear sound back at them(I've been told it's an echo or people hear themselves). Does the splitter cause that? I see that you referred to the headphone jack as where you had them plugged. Little confusing as you mentioned the mono out when referencing the headphones. Can you clarify? Help!

I have a Behringer q502 for Facebook debate where two people are on two separate phone. They can hear me and I can hear them as well but the problem is that they can here each other when either of the two ask each questions. Please any help?

I basically need to know the exact cords to use. I have the splitter

Thanks, Marcellus! I have that exact same cable. I had tried to get it working with the same or a similar mixing board. I don't remember what my issue was. I had it MOSTLY working, but there was an issue that made it not usable. I'm going to go back and follow your directions and see if I can get it right this time. We have had to use a landline with an old and large device. A nice benefit is that the director can answer the call and put them on hold, and then press a button to make the call live when the host is ready for them. How would you recommend doing that here? Just unplug the cable for the director to take the call; then plug it in when ready to send it to the host and put it live; and just make sure that that input is turned down until after you plug it in so that you don't get a loud popping noise?

What type of microphone are you using, and how is the audio board setup to produce the rich sound of your voice.

Nice video. Thx!!

hmmm. im still having a dillema. Im trying to do away with using skype with virtual audio cables thru sam broadcaster. It's a bang up setup you can have as many ppl call in at the same time you want but my skype was hacked 2yrs ago and now everytime i call someone its shows im calling from russia. so my dilemma is if i run this setup. i'll be hearing myself in a 30 sec. delay which throws my game off. any way around that?

Very helpful video but idk what cord/splitter to purchase for my iPhone 11. Got any ideas ?

hey this is by far this is the easiest most effective way, so that the caller doesn't echo you have to make a minus mix. i got in the habit of monitoring the minus-mix too, just because sometimes you're on skype with a group the whole time and you want to hear what you're sending them as well

What kind of microphone cable is he using?

What microphone boom is that

Thanks for this video. We do a live internet radio show and want to add guest via cellphone. You have made this possible so please keep up the good work helping out shows like ours.

ok i hooked it up its a 224 though its not picking up my mics at all for some reason its playing through the phones mic can you help me please i ussaly do pcs not cell phones im useing a karaoke app called star maker and i play guitar but it sounds so bad how do you shut off mics on the cell phone how are you getting sound come through your mic to the video i know there somethen not set right god bless

Hello, thanks for sharing this hookup. I have a question. I do live dj on facebook on my android phone. Mostly when i go live i point my speakers to my phone so people could hear the music at their end. I'm looking for a way to connect the mixer i have, 10 track yamaha mixer, headphone out to the cellphone so people could hear the music clear and not sounding far away like in a hallway. So I wan't sure if that connection you have can do the trick. What do you recommend or what you think should I go about in connecting to the phone.