I've only ever had to connect one phone without a headphone jack, too, a student, who had lost her dongle, was really angry about the whole situation, and will resolve it by not getting an iphone next time.
It has resonances with the thing that happened with Final Cut X maybe ten years ago, where the new version removed the option to connect an external reference monitor, which means it flatly could not be used in a professional context. A lot of video editors (independent professional level, people whose small businesses completely depended on the combination of equiment and software they'd invested all their money back into) were really angry about that too. I know that a lot of them just stopped using Final Cut. (Don't know whether that situation still persists, admittedly).
If you're regularly dealing with iPhones without headphone jacks, why don't you just get an AirPort Express and use AirPlay? Or have a dedicated input cable with a lightning adapter glued onto it so it doesn't go missing?
FCPX did not remove the ability to connect an external reference monitor. Initially hardware interface manufacturers had to develop new drivers for the new software, but Apple did not "remove" the ability.
2011:
Complaint: Can’t connect an external monitor. Pros work with Final Cut on the Mac screen, but they prefer to view the actual edited video on a dedicated second screen. While Final Cut Pro X works just fine with a second computer monitor — you just choose Window -> Show Events on Second Display (or Window -> Show Viewer on Second Display) — there are complaints that it can’t connect to an external video monitor (TV), which pros feel offers better color fidelity.
Answer: Just as before, you need a Mac Pro with a video-output card in order to connect a TV monitor. Apple expects that the output-card companies will soon offer the necessary drivers for FCP X; AJA, one of the major makers of these boards, already offers beta versions of such drivers. Apple is working with Black Magic to offer drivers for its boards.
For a company which lured us all in with promises of being optimised for creative use, marketed exactly at people stepping up from amateur to pro, giving them the equipment they need to become pro, this feels concerning. It's as if they've completely abandoned professional users.
If you're a professional musician you sure as hell won't scoff at making sure your bus interfaces are being saturated. Sorry, but typical home studios are > $5k in equipment.
Most quality Audio Interfaces are already USB-C ready 3.1 interfaces with USB-C to USB-A and USB-C to USB-C cables included.
Example: Focusrite Clarett Lines. If you're a professional, the odds of spending < $600 on an Audio Interface for live performances seems non-existent.
That’s amusing.
As a professional musician who also plays live, I can tell you that the iConnect interfaces are pretty widespread (none of which are $600 AFAIK), and the Radial Key Largo Mixer/interface is considered the bee’s knees and “high end”, at $500.
I use Metric Halos and RMEs in the studio. The needs of a live musician and of a recording engineer are very different.
Incidentally, Metric Halo just upgraded their entire line to the “3D” architecture, finally dropping FireWire in favour of USB-C.
That is, USB2 over USB-C.
Their interfaces start at $1500. The upgrade alone (which includes USB-C) is $600.
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FCPX did not remove the ability to connect an external reference monitor. Initially hardware interface manufacturers had to develop new drivers for the new software, but Apple did not "remove" the ability.
2011:
Complaint: Can’t connect an external monitor. Pros work with Final Cut on the Mac screen, but they prefer to view the actual edited video on a dedicated second screen. While Final Cut Pro X works just fine with a second computer monitor — you just choose Window -> Show Events on Second Display (or Window -> Show Viewer on Second Display) — there are complaints that it can’t connect to an external video monitor (TV), which pros feel offers better color fidelity.
Answer: Just as before, you need a Mac Pro with a video-output card in order to connect a TV monitor. Apple expects that the output-card companies will soon offer the necessary drivers for FCP X; AJA, one of the major makers of these boards, already offers beta versions of such drivers. Apple is working with Black Magic to offer drivers for its boards.
https://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/professional-video-editors-weigh-in-on-final-cut-pro-x/Today:
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH12783?locale=en_US
Strongly disagree.
As a professional musician who also plays live, I can tell you that the iConnect interfaces are pretty widespread (none of which are $600 AFAIK), and the Radial Key Largo Mixer/interface is considered the bee’s knees and “high end”, at $500.
I use Metric Halos and RMEs in the studio.
The needs of a live musician and of a recording engineer are very different.
Incidentally, Metric Halo just upgraded their entire line to the “3D” architecture, finally dropping FireWire in favour of USB-C.
That is, USB2 over USB-C.
Their interfaces start at $1500. The upgrade alone (which includes USB-C) is $600.
I seem to have seen some comments elsewhere that this was resolved.
Can anyone confirm?