Reading a HIDraw device on serial port

Question

I want to read a microphone (class 1 from NTi), which is connected to auxiliary power source (Phantom 48V power supply) and then the output is teed through it. The sensor has a XLR connector and I got a XLR to USB cable and connected it Pi 4.

It shows under /dev/hidraw3. I don't know how to read hidraw and I could barely find any information on internet about it.

lsusb shows this for the mic:

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0d8c:0014 C-Media Electronics, Inc. Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A)

ls - l shows this:

crw------- 1 root root 244, 3 Mar  1 14:09 /dev/hidraw3

I am able to change the permission and at first I thought its a serial port and tried reading it with a serial read script but it throws error. I found that this is a completely different connection and not serial.

I am wondering can I somehow read this microphone as a serial device on Pi, maybe with a usb to serial converter or writing a script for that? Is that even possible or the sensor output itself is not serial? Any guidance regarding this is helpful.

Edit 1: I tried to use it on windows, it records voice. Then, I thought of trying it on raspberry for voice recording and to my surprise, it is able to record voice on pi i.e. it is being read as an audio device.

Answer 1

I figured it out, if all you want in the end is audio information in whatever format (which is my use case), you can use follow the steps here and here, make sure you change the files according to your OS and rasp Pi model. After making the default card number change in the config file, you should be able to save a recording in whatever format and duration with the help of arecord command. Feel free to contact me if you need help with any of this.