RØDEVideoMic Me Compact Directional Smartphone Microphone with 3.5mm TRRS Connector for Mobile Filmmaking and Content Creation

To preface, I'm a professional audio engineer and I've taught music and music production for two years.I used one of these a few years ago when the college I was working at bought some. Initially I was impressed. The improved directionality and 'focus' from what is essentially a mini shotgun mic was notably better than my phone or the college's iPads could capture internally.Since then I've bought a new phone (Samsung Galaxy Note 10+) and its mics are much cleverer than those on the iPad Air, to the point that doing an A/B test of this versus an internal phone mic recording showed very little difference. While it was noticeably better through the Røde, the difference only presented itself through professional-grade reference headphones (when I'm just recording little demos on my phone, I don't usually plug in headphones at all - let alone the big fragile expensive ones).I think that's the main problem with this mic. For the kinds of things I'm likely to record with it it's less convenient to have to plug it in every time - so much so that after a few weeks I think I'd just not bother. Not to mention that my phone (and most others these days) doesn't have a 3.5mm headphone jack, so it's dangling off a 1" dongle cable.As for its main role as a video mic, on a device that has a headphone jack it does clip on nicely and point at your subject, ignoring lots of surrounding noise...but my phone's mic is just as good. The Røde's larger diaphragm definitely helps in terms of frequency range, but for acoustic instruments and vocals it makes little difference.This is not a bad microphone. I got it for £40 and would've kept it if my phone weren't so good as to make it superfluous.

Excellent microphone (would expect no less from Rode) that enables you to focus on sound in front of the phone even when there are people talking nearby. It isn't total isolation and the phone (Samsung S22) has some internal processing that seems to try to cut backchat as well but produces an occasional phasing effect.The supplied 'dead cat' is excellent at defeating wind noise (not yet tried it in really high conditions) but you need a phone where the mic/headphone socket is well away from the camera (it is on the S22). The clip is really good at holding the mic in place and you have a headphone socket on the back of the mic for monitoring. Fantastic.

Honestly, i was hesitating to buy this mic cuz of all the negative reviews on here. When on the contrary on youtube this is the best non-professional mic almost every YouTuber is recommending. I ve watched their field tests and i was impressed.So, i went on and bought this mic despite the negative reviews here. And i am glad i ignored them!First of all i am not giving the full 5 stars because of the deceiving description thus some of the negative reviews. The box states clearly that this mic is meant for Apple products ONLY. I don't know if it has to do with the software but definitely has to do with the position on your mic's jack. So yes it is not meant for phones that the camera is next to the mic jack, when it comes to this feature at least , as i don't know (but probably won't matter but..) what can be the problem with other phone's software to use this mic.When it comes to performance it definitely deserves the whole 5 stars and more. Don't trust someone's hearing ability to decided! Trust your own ears and that is what youtube videos are for. And there is a plethora of reviews for that brand and for the specific mic and they can't ALL be sponsored to support them nor all to be lying nor to be incapable of hearing!I didn't want to spend a huge amount of money for a mic for everyday vlogging and i hate wires! The price is to be taken seriously here as this is not an amount of money you wouldn't be upset to throw down the drain if not happy so do your research depending on your needs! Amazon's policy with returns and all the reviews and test fields from so many people on youtube about this brand made me give it a go.At the end of the day i could have tried it and if not happy return it but that is not happening for me with this mic and i am so glad i went the extra money for a well-known brand so i dont have to return anything now to get the well-known brand at the end!

What I like is it sounds like a cardioid powered mic but it is unpowered analog - and works better in my galaxy s10+ than the akg mic on the included headphones. It has a headphone socket for monitoring.Also its a lot louder than the mics that are built into the phone.It is not stereo like the built in s10+ mics but for vocals that's better for me.It comes with quite large fluffy pop filter which on my s10+ will cover up to 1/4 of the bottom of the screen. SoI only put it on when I've set every volume level to my preference.This pop filter does stop pops well.Tried recording deliberatly sibilant sources and bassy things with no obvious clipping.I like it - it's stopped all the usb mic latency nonsense and 'research' I was wasting my life doing with my phone and made me sound better for peanuts.I'm not finding it picks up rf from the phone plugged into the headphone jack with headphones attached to the rear of it.Be aware it is your app that has to be programmed to push live audio out to the headphone socket terminal to it's rear.It will sit there happily allowing you to play mp3s from whatever app but you won't hear this mic *live* unless your recording app has that specific feature.Worth more than it sells for imo.