in today's video we're gonna be looking at the movo double mic
di so without further ado let's proceed with the unboxing
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and that's the whole content of the box so together with the movo double mic di you get
two furry windscreens and two foam windscreens and the hard shell case that seems pretty robust
now at first sight this might seem a bit too large for such a small microphone but i actually believe
all this extra space has a purpose you can fit inside additional accessories like headphones
or cables or whatever you use while vlogging from your phone so you don't have to carry them around
in your pocket and if you are wondering why would you need headphones for vlogging i'll
get to that later on and this is the movo double mic di the microphone itself is really easy to
use really straightforward you do get an user manual with it but unless you're looking for
some technical specs like frequency response or bitrate or any of that nerdy stuff you probably
won't be needing this so let's go ahead and talk about some of the features of this microphone
the mobile double mic di has two capsules with a cardioid polar pattern placed on each side of it
hence it's called double mic the on top of it there is a free position dial that allows you
to select between the front capsule the front and the rear capsule or just the rear capsule
the mfi certificated lightning connector allows you to plug in your mobo double mic
di straight into your iphone or ipad without the need for additional accessories like adapters
power cables or batteries another switch allows you to adjust the gain level of the microphone so
if you are not happy with the quality of your sound you can increase or decrease your signal
strength by plus or minus 5 decibels and finally there is a 3.5 millimeters headphone jack socket
which allows you to monitor the quality of your sound in real time the build quality seems really
great but obviously no one is going to pay nearly 100 dollars for the way microphone is built so i'm
going to run a few quick audio tests and see how it stands against the built-in microphone from an
iphone 10r since the mobile double mic di is meant mainly for vlogging not really sure what vloggers
do so here i am in my back garden recording with my iphone 10r and the built-in microphone
and this is what it sounds like now i've just connected the movo double mic to my iphone and
this is what it sounds like with the front and the rear capsule engaged and this is what the
front capsule only sounds like while holding the mic at around 50 centimeters away from me
there's not that much ambient noise so i'm just using the foam windscreens right now
but i want to take this test a bit further and find out how it sounds like in windy conditions
so here i am driving with the windows down we should create that windy effect i am recording
right now with the built-in microphone of my iphone 10r and this is how it sounds like the
movo double mic ti is now connected and this time i'm also using the furry windscreens
so this is what the mic sounds like with the front and the rear capsule switched on and this is how
the mobile double mic sounds like with the front capsule only facing towards me it's quite noisy
in the car and i'm not really sure how this will turn out all right so i've just checked this video
and the sound quality doesn't seem that great so i wanted to give it another try with the gain level
decrease to minus 5 decibels and this is what the mic sounds like after modifying its settings
okay so i've just watched all the videos i recorded right now and even with the gain
level decreased to minus 5 decibels the quality of the sound is just not as good as i was expecting
and i believe there are two reasons why this is happening first of all the gain level of
the apple's native camera app is way too high so in order to make good use of this microphone
you should record with some app that allows you to decrease the gain level lower than -5
decibels the second reason why the sound quality is not that good i believe is because of these
tiny furry windshields which do not offer enough protection the fur material should
be slightly longer in order to prevent the air friction next to the microphone's capsule
now i know this mic was built mainly for vlogging for outdoor activities and things like that but i
don't see why you couldn't use this as a regular studio microphone so i wanted to take a quick
last test in the room where i normally record my videos and this is what the built-in microphone
from my iphone sounds like i am recording right now using the movos double mic front capsule only
with the microphone placed at 30 centimeters away from me and this is what it sounds like now to
make a quick recap i like this microphone for its simplicity for its ease of use the double cardioid
capsule makes it ideal for multiple use cases so for example if you are recording an interview you
can use both the front and the rear capsule if you want to capture some outdoor footage you can use
the rear capsule or if you want to record yourself while speaking you can just use the front capsule
only the mfi certificated lightning connector allows you to plug in your mobile double mic
straight into your iphone or ipad without the need for additional accessories like
adapters power cables or batteries like for example i still use an iphone to record most
of my videos so if you are like me you can turn your setup from something that looks like this
into something that looks like this which is more tidy easier to set up and with less cables in the
way but my favorite feature has to be this 3.5 millimeters headphone jack socket which allows you
to monitor the quality of your sound in real time so you don't have to record and play every video
all the time to see how it sounds there are however a few things that i don't like that much
like these tiny furry windscreens for example from my experience with other microphones i know
that the fur material should be somewhere from three to four centimeters or longer in order to
create less air friction near the my capsule and these ones i believe they are just not suitable
they don't do the job they were meant to do and the price it seems a bit too high it just doesn't
provide enough value for me to want to spend nearly 100 for this microphone when there are
cheaper alternatives out there so movo if you are watching this sort it out overall i do like this
microphone and i truly believe it's worth buying as long as they fix these furry windscreens and
lower the price tag if you are looking to buy this microphone i'll leave a link in the description
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