New Shure Mics but with a rider

[sanveer]

I saw the ADs for the Shure Motiv Range of Microphones for the iPhones a few months back and I was extremely exicited till I realised that it's ONLY for the Apple Family. I hate the whole idea of monopolies and I hope shure allows this to be compatible with Android phones too. The range looks very promising especially considering the features and the sheer number of microphone for mobile phones. 

 

 

I downloaded an app named 'Smart Voice Recorder' for Android and apparently it records in WAV format. Also, I recorded some streams and the quality of sound is as hoodgood as the zooms. This was about 6 months or more ago. With a cheap Dead Cat (Fluffy Winter Socks), on a wifi stick, this could Easily be used for Indie Filmmaking.

lemme know what you think about the Sound Quality.

p.s. I am unable to upload the file I recorded. :-/

[jax_rox]

As far as I can tell, there's only one out of the whole range that is limited to iOS device only - and that is purely because it connects via a Lightning adapter built into the microphone itself.

All the others can be used on pretty much any device.

I'm not really sure how useful they are for real filmmaking though. The lavaliers might be cheaper than traditionally expensive wireless lavs - but the phone preamps are rarely going to be any good.

[Cinegain]

Yeah, jax has beaten me to it. The MV88 looks nice for on-the-go, but clearly states it's iOS devices only indeed (kinda same idea as the i-XY: http://www.rode.com/microphones/ixy ). The rest of the range should be compatible from what I get from the broshure ( http://cdn.shure.com/brochure/upload/78/motiv-brochure-english.pdf ).

Anyways. That aside. About your own little solution. Now, how does that actually work? What is your used brand/type of mobile phone then? And just to get this straight... you're then using the smartphone's mic? And where does 'a wifi stick' come in play exactly?

Perhaps you can upload it using https://www.mediafire.com or https://soundcloud.com for example.

[sanveer]

Yeah, jax has beaten me to it. The MV88 looks nice for on-the-go, but clearly states it's iOS devices only indeed (kinda same idea as the i-XY: http://www.rode.com/microphones/ixy ). The rest of the range should be compatible from what I get from the broshure ( http://cdn.shure.com/brochure/upload/78/motiv-brochure-english.pdf ).

Anyways. That aside. About your own little solution. Now, how does that actually work? What is your used brand/type of mobile phone then? And just to get this straight... you're then using the smartphone's mic? And where does 'a wifi stick' come in play exactly?

Perhaps you can upload it using https://www.mediafire.com or https://soundcloud.com for example.

I have a few mics for recording sound (Rode NTG2 with a preamp, Shure VP83F and lavs). I used my phone the Samsung Note about a year back, in the car, for ADR. Then later, out of curiosity I used the phone tk record streams in a national park. I bought a wifi stick out of curiosity and then used it with an old sock (as a wind muff), to use it as a boom mic. It was quite effective but I don't remember those files are.

 

Thanks. Hopefully I will be able to upload the files on SoundCloud or some place. 

[sanveer]

here is the sound cloud link. I uploaded one track of a stream. My connection suddenly got damn slow. Also, apparently I am unable to sign in from my mobile.