Hey do you want to know what the best microphones
for iPhone are? In this video I am going to
share my top 3 microphone reviews for recording
video with your iPhone so stay tuned.I'm Sara
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So let's look at 3 microphones that you can
use when recording video with your iPhone.The
1st microphone that I recommend and personally
love and you can see me using it right here
is the SmartLav+ by Rode. I found the sound
of the SmartLav+ crisper than its predecessor
the SmartLav, so if you're tossing up between
the SmartLav or the Smart Lav+, definitely
go the SmartLav+. I really like this microphone
because of the quality of sound that it produces.
It's a great little lapel microphone that
plugs straight into your iPhone and clips
onto your top. The biggest complaint that
I've heard about the SmartLav+ from other
users is that the length of the cable isn't
very long, but you can fix the issue by getting
an extension cable that will extend the length
of your microphone.The other thing that makes
the SmartLav+ really awesome is this adapter
that goes with it that allows you to turn
your iPhone microphone into a microphone that
you can also use with a DSLR camera. So it's
great for your iPhone and for your camera
as well. Let's do a little sound test with
Rode SmartLav+ on my iPhone.So here's what
it sounds like recording on my iPhone without
the Rode SmartLav+. Here's what it sounds
like with the Rode SmartLav+ plugged into
the iPhone. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers. And I am going to be silent now so
you can listen to the white noise.The 2nd
microphone that I recommend for recording
video with your iPhone is the Boya BY M1 and
this microphone is much cheaper than the Rode
SmartLav+ and it still gives you decent quality
sound. The other thing that I like about the
Boya BY M1 is that it has a lot of length
so you don't need to get an extension cable
like you would need to with the Rode SmartLav+.
It's great for iPhones, works on Android and
you can also plug it into your DSLR camera
as well. So let's go over to my phone now
and have a look at the quality of sound that
you would get from the Boya BY M1. So this
is what it sounds like without the Boya BY
M1. And here's what it sounds like with the
Boya BY M1 plugged into the iPhone. The 3rd
microphone that I recommend for recording
video with your iPhone is the iRig Pre, the
iRig Pre itself isn't a microphone but it
allows you to plug in your favorite microphone
into your phone and to use that. So if you
have a microphone lying around and a XLR cable,
it comes together to produce amazing sound
that you can record audio with your iPhone.
So for example, this is an old dynamic microphone
that I have lying around and with an XLR cable
and with the right end, I plug one end of
the cable into the microphone and the other
end of the microphone into my iRig Pre and
then I can plug my iRig Pre into my iPhone.
And together this gives me amazing sound.
Why would you do this? Well think about it.
If you are recording with your iPhone, you're
out and about and you're doing interviews
or you're interviewing people, this is a great
way to use something that you already have
that produces amazing sound with your iPhone.
So let's have a look at the quality of sound
that you can get with the iRig Pre and a dynamic
microphone plugged into your iPhone. So here's
what it sounds like without the iRig Pre and
a dynamic microphone plugged into the iPhone.
And here is what it sounds like with the iRig
Pre and a dynamic microphone plugged into
the iPhone. So the 4th microphone that I'm
going to recommend which is a bonus recommendation
is Rode Videomic Me and I wasn't sure if I
was going to include this microphone in my
reviews because I found the sound of the Rode
Videomic Me to be good only if the microphone
was quite close to you when you are recording.
If you put your phone on a tripod at a distance,
I didn't find the sound to be as amazing as
the Rode SmartLav+ or the other microphones
that I've talked about in this video. But
I'm going to include it anyway and lets go
to a sound test so you can judge for yourself.
So here's what it sounds like without the
Rode VIdeomic Me, I am about a meter away
from my phone. Here's what it sounds like
with the Rode Videomic Me at the same distance.
Here's what it sounds like with the Rode Videomic
Me. I am about 30 to 40 centimeters away from
the microphone. And here is what it sounds
like on the Rode Videomic Me right up to the
microphone and probably about 10 centimeters
away from the microphone now. So there you
have it, a review of some of the top microphones
for recording video with your iPhone. If you
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