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I cannot get any of my external microphones to work with my mid-2012 MacBook Air (which runs Arch Linux). Neither the four-pin-jack headphone that comes with iPhones, nor the Beoplay H9i (three pins). It is clear in pavucontrol that only the internal microphone is listened to. Output works. Any advise?

Toothrot
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More than likely, you are using a non-Apple headphone so the Mic pin is in the wrong location on the TRRS jack

My advice is to avoid using the built in a jack and use a quality USB microphone or at least a quality DAC that accepts standard headphone input I’ve personally gotten better audio quality going the USB route (no pops or hums) versus the built in connector.

Allan
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