wiring stereo jack to mono board, want to use with stereo mic.

[engelusnacht]

I have an Akaso Brave 4 action camera that has a tiny button sized mono microphone inside of the thing that does a terrible job picking up audio. I want to remove the mic and replace it with a jack. The microphone I want to use is a stereo shotgun mic with 3.5mm connector. (I already have a stereo jack) How should the wiring be to make it work? the mic will be outputting a stereo signal and I want it to pick up both channels and cram it into the one.

 

[americanaudiophile]

You will need a mixer to do that.
https://www.azdenproshop.com/product/cam-3-mini-microphone-mixer/
If you wanted to build something this link might help
http://www.instructables.com/id/Passive-Audio-Mixer-w-Channel-Volume-Control/
I'm not sure that it's compatible with mics. There is an ask question button there so you could find out,
You could also simplify it by using two resistors instead of a pot for each channel.

 

[engelusnacht]

You will need a mixer to do that.
https://www.azdenproshop.com/product/cam-3-mini-microphone-mixer/
If you wanted to build something this link might help
http://www.instructables.com/id/Passive-Audio-Mixer-w-Channel-Volume-Control/
I'm not sure that it's compatible with mics. There is an ask question button there so you could find out,
You could also simplify it by using two resistors instead of a pot for each channel.

Hmm that may not be the best solution, do you perhaps have any experience using only the L channel of a shotgun mic? would using it mono even matter? if I used it mono how could/should I wire the jack in to be mono?