Audio interface with phantom power for iPad?

[4.33]

i'm quite a loud singer, but the walls in my apartment are paper-thin, so I'd like to be able to grab an iPad, get in a car (nice vocal booth!) and record vocals via a nice condenser microphone.

But here's a catch, actually two of them:
- which interfaces do not require drivers and still can are recognized by iPad?
- phantom power actually relies on power, so is there an interface that takes a sufficient amount of power from iPad itself?

Came across Apogee One, should do the job, but wonder if there are any alternatives?

[javierf55]

You can take a look at Tascam's options for iOS including Iphone, Ipad, even Ipod...

http://tascam.com/applications/recording/iphone/

This one specifically has Phantom power

http://tascam.com/product/ixz/

and the price is not bad

http://www.amazon.com/TASCAM-iXZ-Instru ... 273&sr=1-1

[4.33]

awesome! i wasn't aware of these, thanks

[4.33]

still, it seems ixz still needs wall power to utilize phantom power, but it works on batteries, so can be a solution

[Angstrom]

I would suspect most solutions need external power.
I spotted this cheaply option recently

http://www.alesis.com/io4

I was considering it purely for podcasting purposes, where it's limitations would be less exposed.

[savyurrecords]

You can buy a power inverter for the car to convert the 12volt to house current to run whatever you want if you will be in a car. They don't cost much.

However the acoustics of a car are probably one of the worst places I could imagine.

[4.33]

^ nice one!

well, the car acoustics should be far better than in untreated room, especially when using a cardioid condenser

oughta give it a try anyway

thanks!

[javierf55]

still, it seems ixz still needs wall power to utilize phantom power, but it works on batteries, so can be a solution

The Tascam ixz does not need wall power as it has batteries. I don't know if its a battery eater but the unit looks great and does what 4.33 wants.