I am interested in purchasing this to make videos with my Galaxy S4, to improve the sound quality of live music. Will this microphone work for me?
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I'd hesitate to say this or any other mic can send its sound into an Android phone. REASON: Cellphones have input jacks set up for the four-conductor headphone/mic combination shipped with the phones. They won't work with regular external mics like this Olympus. SOLUTION: Pick up a modestly-priced digital voice recorder that has a mic jack. Plug this Olympus into that recorder. $40 gets you top quality digital. Don't hand-hold the thing during the concert unless you have to. Better idea is to get there early, start recording and duct-tape the whole thing high up on the wall and retrieve it after the concert. I do that with high-school musicals. I'd hesitate to say this or any other mic can send its sound into an Android phone. REASON: Cellphones have input jacks set up for the four-conductor headphone/mic combination shipped with the phones. They won't work with regular external mics like this Olympus. SOLUTION: Pick up a modestly-priced digital voice recorder that has a mic jack. Plug this Olympus into that recorder. $40 gets you top quality digital. Don't hand-hold the thing during the concert unless you have to. Better idea is to get there early, start recording and duct-tape the whole thing high up on the wall and... » Read More I'd hesitate to say this or any other mic can send its sound into an Android phone. REASON: Cellphones have input jacks set up for the four-conductor headphone/mic combination shipped with the phones. They won't work with regular external mics like this Olympus. SOLUTION: Pick up a modestly-priced digital voice recorder that has a mic jack. Plug this Olympus into that recorder. $40 gets you top quality digital. Don't hand-hold the thing during the concert unless you have to. Better idea is to get there early, start recording and duct-tape the whole thing high up on the wall and retrieve it after the concert. I do that with high-school musicals. « Show Less
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No idea. I was "wired" during interviews and certain job activities and my clothes did not "scrub" and make horrible noises so the mic was perfect for me.
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I'd hesitate to say this or any other mic can send its sound into an Android phone. REASON: Cellphones have input jacks set up for the four-conductor headphone/mic combination shipped with the phones. They won't work with regular external mics like this Olympus. SOLUTION: Pick up a modestly-priced digital voice recorder that has a mic jack. Plug this Olympus into that recorder. $40 gets you top quality digital. Don't hand-hold the thing during the concert unless you have to. Better idea is to get there early, start recording and duct-tape the whole thing high up on the wall and retrieve it after the concert. I do that with high-school musicals.
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Yes it would work, however it is important what type of mic you use... a quality mis it the key.
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I think the quality of the audio produced by this camera is very good. I, personally, would not buy an external microphone. It's a decision you would have to make after viewing your video and seeing if the sound quality is what you prefer, but for me..it's just fine.
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i have a created some recordings and have used the mic with some distance and let my normal voice, it sounds awesome! check the podcast i created with that microphone! http://traffic.libsyn.com/crmbuzz/CRMBuzz001.mp3
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unfortunately i do not use it for that. i use it for my Samsung S4 phone. but if you have a audio.mic input n your PC it should work. but please read about it 1st. sorry i could not give you good news
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Does it take other microphones to make the quality of the recording better. If it does, what works?
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Hi Veronica,Sorry I didn't respond any earlier.What kind of recordings are you looking to make? This mic has a rich and natural sound to it.I am happy to answer any questions you have.Looking forward to hearing form you.Regards,Samir
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For acoustic concert, this is a terrible camera. iPhone4 has a better sound quality than this. However, I'm wondering if the sound quality would get better with an external microphone. Anybody has had any experience on this?
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I've never used the mic for chat, but it's quality for audio recording suggests to me it would be fine...especially for the price. I've not used it in videos, but based on my use in audio, it should be fine. Sorry couldn't be more definitive. I'd probably try it for those applications. Hope that helps a little.
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As an Android user I have no idea what will and won't work with iOS sadly. Though I will reiterate, odds are your phone's built in mic is probably just as good as this.
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If you camera has a Mic in port, I assume that it would work. My problem is that there was a lot of crackling noises with the resulting video.
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This isn't the best of quality mic. Phantom power may have something to do with it. Are you using it for video in camera recording? If so don't record in camera alway use external recorders. I have this mic, I don't totally hate it but I know a better quality mic would get me better sound but for the price I paid for this I'm not mad...
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In my opinion it is too sensitive for live performance without feedback being an issue. It is more appropriate for recording in a studio environment. Just my opinion, it may work for you.
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I imagine that it would, but only if you've got a super-High-end Mic. The microphone is usually the quality bottleneck in recording.
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It picks up sound fairly well for an on-board mic. Still not something I would want to use by itself as the quality always sounds spacey. Any mic that has a mini-jack(same size as headphone..can't remember the name right now) will work. I have a rode videomic that I use with mine. It does have a mini-shoe so you'll need to purchase an adapter for that if you're going to want to mount basically any good microphone on it.
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To be honest I'm not sure.... Ihave a Samsung phone that works similar to the S4 (same interface) and it didn't work..... The audio works, not the video. Good luck my friend.
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No it won't work for recording. I even used a mic that was not the Livescribe one and it didn't work well at all.