The mic is great and at this price the sound quality is beyond expected.
However, if any of you end up buying it, you can spare yourselves the time of
trying the Rode Rec app. It is utter crap and crashes more often than it works.
Definitely not usable for when reliability is required (which is pretty much
all the time and any situation). The app is not a shiny light in the Rode
firmament, it rather is the skeleton in the closet. What a shocker!
I've tried a couple of other apps but some just can't get the audio quality of
the Rode Rec (when it is working the sound quality is good). For example the
app AudioShare has terrible self-noise, which I don't understand because the
hardware is in both cases the same.
Anyway, the app that I finally settled on is called Voice Recorder Pro. It has
a free, ad-supported version but the ad-free version only costs $2.49 or so.
However, the most important thing is that it has the same great audio quality
of the Rode Rec app, and unlike the Rec app it is stable and features many more
export options.
So Rode Smartlav+ & Voice Recorder Pro are a great combination.
Hope this helps anyone out there,
Eric
http://www.feeltherelaxation.com
On 06/11/2014, at 10:54 AM, Eric Fassbender <> wrote:
> Thanks guys,
>
> I ended up buying a Rode Smartlav+ with extra wind furs. Hopefully it'll do
> the job.
>
> Thanks for the tips :)
>
> Eric
>
>
> On 06/11/2014, at 1:16 AM, [naturerecordists]
> <> wrote:
>
>> > Does anyone have a recommendation for a lapel microphone that can be used
>> > with an iPhone and that has good sound quality (i.e. low self noise), is
>> > good for using in windy situations (i.e. comes with a mini-dead-kitten or
>> > similar solution), is around the 50 dollar mark and readily available (so
>> > no exotic microphone that is hard to get).
>>
>> Martin,
>>
>> I've got a tip from my Film Unit days which date back to when lapel mics
>> first appeared, or rather had to be "disappeared" as they were not allowed
>> in shot.
>>
>> I used to tape them under suitable material like a shirt or behind a tie
>> with a square of gaffer tape. I'd put double sticky tape across it as well
>> leaving the business end exposed of course. The shirt acts as a windshield
>> especially if it is smooth and the gaffer tape gave a "boundary" effect
>> before that became a noun.
>>
>> Cardioid lapel mics pick up every movement and are very prone to wind, so
>> stick to omnis.
>>
>> David Brinicombe
>>
>>
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