Microphone for smartphone or digital camera

[Shlafenflarst]

Hi everyone !

I occasionally make small videos that I share with friends or on facebook, I'm not planing to create a youtube channel or anything like that. I just use the basic video mode on my phone or my dslr. The image is good enough, but I'd like to improve the sound a bit, without having to record it separately, that would be much more complicated, especially since my computer has a lot of problems. Also I don't always do this at home, hence the phone.

So I'd need something with a TRRS 3.5 mm jack, [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. Do you know microphones like this one but that can get low frequencies well ? That one is just a random example, but the frequency response starts at 75 Hz, not really appropriate if I want to record a 5 strings bass tuned in low A, is it ?

Thanks in advance !

 

[dlb1001]

Something like this?
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[Shlafenflarst]

Thanks ! I've seen things like that, and also USB-C ones, very practical for the phone, less practical for the DSLR... but the TRRS one with a proper cable and a solution to hold it, still possible.

But my main concern for the moment is frequency response. Are these any good at recording low freqs ?

I've also seen this, which is very interesting... but definitively impossible with the DSLR.

 

[grouse789]

I’m in the process of getting a shure mv88 mic for my iPhone. Will report back later in week. I do have a Rode shotgun mic for my Nikon dslr. It’s good, but I find I need to switch the low cut switch on.
plebty of videos on the shure mv88 check em out

 

[Luckydog]

I thought about getting an MV88, but some reviews said it was only marginally better than the iphone X integrated mic, the form factor isnt great, and phone battery drain and delay are issues. I really wish there was industry standardization so that a normal person could easily combine sound from something like a Zoom or Sony PCM field recorder (excellent audio), with video from smart phones or digital cameras.....without having to rely on software to fix the time differences.

 

[DirkP]

Hi everyone !

I occasionally make small videos that I share with friends or on facebook, I'm not planing to create a youtube channel or anything like that. I just use the basic video mode on my phone or my dslr. The image is good enough, but I'd like to improve the sound a bit, without having to record it separately, that would be much more complicated, especially since my computer has a lot of problems. Also I don't always do this at home, hence the phone.

So I'd need something with a TRRS 3.5 mm jack, [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. Do you know microphones like this one but that can get low frequencies well ? That one is just a random example, but the frequency response starts at 75 Hz, not really appropriate if I want to record a 5 strings bass tuned in low A, is it ?

Thanks in advance !

Frequency response starting at 75 hz isn't a problem, cause you will just need the second and third order harmonics and do the mix well. How many of the people watching your iPhone videos will do it on monitors in a large treated room that can handle those frequencies adequately? Or even with headphones?
Pardon me, but: On Facebook????? Really???? I see all the people watching your videos with Sennheiser HD650 phones or Neumann monitors in a professionel treated room.
Facebook will compress and smash your video and it's audio part to pieces anyway.
Focus on the 2. and 3. order harmonics (88-400 hz).

I own the Lewit DGT 650 for my iPhone: Really good, but not inexpensive and a bit hard to set up. Only usable on an iPhone or usb devices.
I own the Shure MV88: very good, only usable on iPhones and usb smartphones.

The Sennheiser MKE 600 is very good to use with a DSLR, esp. cause it is minimizing the problems with the low-quality noisy preamps on most DSLRs. It has it's own preamp. I use it with a Sony 6400. It is not that expensive (<300,-). Haven't tried it on my iPhone but should work with a TRRS to lightning port adapter.

The highest quality recordings I do with timecode using a SoundDevices MixPre, the HDMI out of my cam with timecode and the mics suiting my needs.

 

[Crater]

The bass tones we're used to hearing on recordings is usually a D.I. signal and/or a microphone placed very close to the bass cabinet. No camera-mounted mic, no matter how good, will capture the sound in that way. And mics for video use are made primarily for voice pickup and roll off super low frequencies because wind noise and rumble are problems when shooting video outdoors.

My suggestion would be a stereo recording interface for your phone, and then use a SansAmp or similar "amp sim" DI box. Simpler and more consistent than trying to close-mic a bass cab, but you can do that too once you have a recording interface.