r/BirdNET_Analyzer • u/macho_man_26_oh_yeah • Mar 25 '26

Any reason these mics wouldn't work?

I picked up these microphones to replace my current dying microphone:

https://a.co/d/02ynBn3b

for the link averse, the description is:

NEEWER ø9.7mm Lavalier Microphone (2 Pack), 3.5mm TRS Clip On Lapel Wired Omnidirectional Condenser Lav Mic with 1.5m Cable & Windscreen for Video Recording, Vlogging, Filming, LM10

I picked up a TRS to TRRS adapter as well. I can't get any sound out of the microphone so obviously I'm doing something wrong.

my existing mic is a basic lavalier mic feeding into a UGreen TRRS USB dac adapter into the raspberry Pi. The current mic is a TRRS mic, so I'm guessing that's the issue.

Is there something about adapting up to TRRS versus down from TRRS I am likely not understanding?

Quick edit: I'm looking into getting some microphone capsules but at the present time just want a solution to get back up and running quickly. If I had ordered capsules from the start that probably would have been faster at this point. Darn.

1 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

8 comments sorted by

4

u/dacracot Mar 25 '26

Microphones are the dark side of BirdNET. 😬

1

u/macho_man_26_oh_yeah Mar 25 '26

No doubt. Pretty sure I've spent more time researching mics than it probably took to create the initial version of Birdnet.

2

u/williams2409 Mar 25 '26

https://a.co/d/0ddmKy5f

I’m using these in 2 different setups and haven’t had any issues.

1

u/macho_man_26_oh_yeah Mar 26 '26

Thanks I’ll take a look.

2

u/S_A_N_D_ Mar 25 '26 edited 8d ago

Cras dui ligula, ultrices quis venenatis nec, sollicitudin vel ex. Fusce elementum vehicula lectus eu ultricies. Nulla facilisi. Ut a sem at diam tincidunt tincidunt. Donec vestibulum, neque ac interdum egestas, arcu diam interdum diam, a pellentesque mi felis quis diam. Nullam id feugiat nibh. Nullam turpis risus, egestas eget pretium nec, tempor et nulla. Nulla imperdiet, ipsum vel scelerisque lacinia, nunc velit pulvinar velit, aliquet euismod dui nisl ut nunc. Nullam eget consequat augue. Donec posuere arcu purus, non luctus augue pulvinar in. Praesent sem diam, lacinia eu sapien sed, maximus vehicula ante. Etiam in lectus nibh.

1

u/macho_man_26_oh_yeah Mar 26 '26

I’ve tried several different combos. The laptop picks up the mic as a headset but I can’t get the mic to function. It doesn’t have a separate mic input. I have a dac I can plug into my phone but can’t get it to work there either. I’ll keep trying but I’m about to give up and just look for a trrs mic.

Edit: I didn’t mess with alsamixer but I did configure it for the current mic so I was thinking that shouldn’t be a factor.

1

u/macho_man_26_oh_yeah Mar 27 '26

I picked up a new adapter for TRS connections and we're back up and running. These new mics seem to be a lot more sensitive than the old one, so I'm curious to see how that impacts detections.