This is a brief excerpt from DSLR News Shooter
By site editor Dan Chung:
RØDE microphones today announced an interesting looking microphone for field recording using an iPhone or iPad.
The iXY is a plug in stereo microphone module that promises high quality recordings up to 24-bit/96kHz. Importantly for video shooters the accompanying RØDE Rec app that runs on the iPhone or iPad is capable of recording at a more video friendly 48kHz too – which should make for easier syncing in dual-system sound setups. Rode are pitching the iXY at DSLR shooters in particular because of its small form factor that should allow it together with an iPhone to be mounted easily on top of a camera. They also suggest feeding the headphone output of the iPhone or iPad to the camera to provide a scratch audio track.
Rode describe the iXY as a “matched pair of ½” cardioid condenser capsules, fixed in a perfect 90 degree ‘near-coincident’ alignment resulting in immersive and true-to-life stereo recordings, captured in incredibly high detail”. In other words the stereo mics are positioned in a similar way to built in mics on the popular Zoom H4n and Tascam DR100 recorders. It doesn’t look like external mics can be plugged into …
By: Dan Chung
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