This is the all new LARK MAX.
It's Hollyland's latest lavalier microphone system that will take the audio in your videos
to a whole new level!
As a matter of fact, all of the talking that I'm doing here in this video today is being
recorded with the LARK MAX transmitter clipped onto my collar and the receiver hooked up
to my Sony A7IV!
Test, 1, 2.
Test 1, 2.
How does it sound?
From what I've heard back before, this thing sounds really, really good!
I've used many Hollyland mics over the years from the LARK 150 to the LARK M1 and LARK
C1.
All of those are excellent mics but the LARK MAX here kicks things up a notch.
It features a similar portable, plug and play, AirPods-style design, a 1.1" AMOLED touch
screen on the receiver, MaxTimbre Mic Tech for studio quality audio, Environmental Noise
Cancellation features to tune out ambient noise, a magnetic back clip on the transmitters
to clip onto things like your shirt like I have here, up to 820ft of range, up to 22
hours of battery life per charge with the charging case, the ability to be used as a
standalone audio recorder with 8GB of internal storage, backup recording capabilities and
an insane amount of versatility.
This mic can easily be used with your phone, computer or camera and it comes with all the
cables to do it.
Now I'm not going to just be testing this system in my studio here, throughout this
video, I'll also be taking this mic outdoors to test that ENC and to do a 2 person test
with Webs with both transmitters.
Before we get to that though, let's rewind to a quick unboxing and setup!
So when you get the LARK MAX, it's going to arrive in some really nice packaging.
Hollyland sent me a limited launched edition here so what you get could be a little different.
In the box, you'll find some documentation, a carrying case with the mic, some really
cool magnetic pendants with lanyards, which I think are only found in this limited edition
and of course, the LARK MAX itself inside that carrying case.
This thing has a good amount of weight to it.
It feels premium and very well made.
What I have here is the Duo model, which along with the receiver, comes with 2 transmitters.
Hollyland also has a Solo kit available with just one transmitter.
Each transmitter has a power button, a 3.5mm mic output, a record button and a button to
turn on that ENC.
There's also the receiver, which we'll talk about more in a bit.
Also in the carrying case, you'll find a bunch of cables along with 2 furry windscreens.
This whole package here is very well presented.
The LARK MAX looks as good as it sounds!
Now it's time to head on outside and we are going to test the ENC and also do a 2 person
transmitter test.
Let’s head on out there.
Alright so here we are outside now with the Hollyland LARK MAX I have the furry windscreen
on and I also have the Environmental Noise Cancellation on we just had a plane fly overhead
we have we got trains we got traffic we got a lot happening here in New Jersey all the
time so I figured this would be a cool way to test this noise cancellation mode not to
mention it is windy outside as well we can also test out the range I’m not going to
do 820ft because that is pretty far but you guys get the point you know this is a really
good microphone that can go far away from the receiver and things like that now my setup
here is the iPhone 14 Pro with the Insta360 Flow gimbal and I have receiver of the LARK
MAX on the arm of the gimbal this is a really cool setup that gets you high quality audio
and high quality video in a small package that could literally fit inside of a sling
bag or even in your pocket if you try hard enough now one of my favorite things about
this microphone is its versatility I love that fact that I can jump from my camera to
my phone to my computer must by plugging it in this is an excellent plug and play microphone
the next thing I wanted to talk about is the menu system I like the menu system on the
LARK MAX however I do feel like it there are too many taps to adjust the gain for the audio
which is kind of unfortunate the menu system is very sleek don’t get me wrong and it’s
only two taps but I feel like it should be front and center in order to just adjust the
gain I feel like it should be something that’s right front and center ready to go nonetheless
the menu system is easy to navigate around it’s easy to find what you’re doing it’s
easy to set recording you know you got that 8 gigs of internal storage to get 14 hours
of recording time so that is very cool as well now we are going to head on over to Webs’
place and we are going to do a two person test with two of these transmitters so lets
head on and see what we can do!
Alrighty guys so we made it we got Webs right here she’s chillin in the car she doesn’t
want to come out of the car it is too humid too humid yes yeah it is kind of hot out I
don’t do humidity I don’t care about the heat I care about the humidity that is true
you know where there is no humidity where is there no humidity the desert in the desert
and you know where the desert is Arizona you know where we should go back yeah we can go
back we just got back from there to Arizona yeah we could just go back why not it was
a good time but one of the cool things about the LARK MAX we’re going back to the LARK
MAX she’s got one on her in the car sitting there and I have one here too as well I’m
using an external microphone with the transmitter I’m really glad that it’s not internal
me too but this is one of the cool things about this microphone is that you can use
external microphones with the transmitter so that is a pretty cool touch with this LARK
MAX here another thing I want to talk about is the charging case you can get 7 hours out
of the transmitter here but with the charging case you can get like 22 hours of recording
time that is a really long time but one of things is I wish that it had a little spot
for a cable you know for like your camera cable for your phone cable just a little bit
of storage space in here so you can have a cable always with you but it is what it is
oh well you can’t win them all right no just like I can’t win with this humidity
hahaha
To start closing this video out, I really like the new LARK MAX.
It's an awesome lavalier microphone system that's easy to use, offers incredible sound
quality, impressive noise cancellation features, convenient internal recording and backup capabilities,
solid range, big battery life and outstanding versatility.
This mic is as plug and play as it gets.
I love that you can easily use the LARK MAX with your phone, computer or camera just by
swapping the cable.
This is a very useful tool to have in your kit and it’s going to perfectly suit a wide
range of filmmakers and creators.
Sure, it has its quirks like everything else but the LARK MAX is all around outstanding
at what it does.
If you're in need of a new microphone, it doesn't get much better then this!
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