RØDE recently released an innovative product called smartLav.
It’s a lapel microphone that makes it easy to record to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch via the headphone jack.
Take a look at this beauty:
RØDE smartLav
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The smartLav can be used in many productions like weddings, lectures, and movies, it is a portable recording solution without any additional hardware. It features an omni-directional microphone which records sound in 360 degrees.
This microphone can be used with the RØDE Rec or RØDE Rec LE apps and ships with a foam wind shield that can be used as pop filter and it also comes with a mounting clip. The RØDE smartLav is a perfect solution for beginning filmmakers and experienced ones who don’t want to have an added expense of additional audio hardware.
I highly recommend this microphone as an additional mic when recording audio. The current retail price is $60 US and $5.99 US for the iPhone app. To find out more by visiting the smartLav website.
How do you record audio when you shoot video?
Do you utilize a separate system?
Tre Lawrence says
Available for Android too… this is great. Wonder how much noise cancellation (like from pulpit/platform) is able to achieve?
Chip Dizard says
Tre I don’t know, but this mic is very good. I gave a presentation at a church and it worked just fine. Listen to it on my dropbox.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5080976/changethinking_feb2.mp3
David Bourne says
Hey Chip,
Thanks for this video. I want to get one of these for Asheville’s homeless ministry that I help promote with web media.
The pastor has an iphone and we want him to record sermons and stories and upload it himself to the congregation’s SoundCloud page. Keeping it simple for non-techies can help get the messages out. This is huge.
Because so many people have smartphones, this lav will allow us to get high quality media from several sources. CD recording in your pocket is pretty cool stuff!
I like these benefits: high quality, no battery needed, several recording apps and it works with lots of phones.
I’ve made recordings with another lav and my Zoom H4N, but I hope this Rode mic will make it easier.
You can check them out here: http://soundcloud.com/haywoodstreetavl/
Peace, DB
Chip Dizard says
That’s great David! The only drawback I see is that you are not able to monitor the audio, but other than that, the microphone works well.
Rudy says
Has this been released yet? I pre-ordered one ages ago on B&H but it’s still on backorder. I’ve looked online and I can’t find anywhere that have them in stock.
Chip Dizard says
It has been released but the demand is much that the items are shipping out slowly.