Blue Microphones Mikey Professional iPod Recorder
With positional/directional design and stereo capability, you can record your rehearsals or gigs. Other features include a mono confidence speaker, variable gain control, overload protection, recording status light and up to 1.5 hours continuous recording. It’s never been easier to record your world. Meet Mikey, Blue’s new iPod recording device that makes recording lectures, voice notes, live music, interviews and more – Mikey can capture it all with audio quality unheard of in a hand-held device. But hey, you’d expect that from a company with years of experience designing and engineering award-winning studio mics! Mikey features Blue’s superior quality stereo condenser capsules, 3-position user selectable gain settings, and built-in speaker for playback. You can fine-tune Mikey to record everything from the barest audible sound to extremely loud sources without losing audio fidelity. Mikey’s unique user-positionable head swivels 180 to provide maximum flexibility and usability, allowing you to position Mikey towards sound sources in various directions. Record up to 1.5 hours continuously Compatible with iPod nano 2G, 3G & 4G; iPod classic; iPod 5G & most cases
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Clear Sounding mic
I like this mic. I think it is ideal for using with almost anything after just messing around with it for five minutes. I recorded my brothers violin and voice and it sounded a lot better than the regular ipod nano 4th generation video camera mic. It was even better than my dads canon XL microphone. WOW. It was very clear sounding although it has a very soft and quiet speaker, I suggest using headphones to listen to your recordings. The connection was firm and wasn’t lose like some have said.
Its definitely a cd quality mic but I think the way you record matters a lot more than getting a more expensive mic. It doesn’t sound professional like a David Cook cd where everything sounds like a concert or you are right there hearing it. If you want to record something professional I would go to a studio because a professional sound takes professional engineer, recording equipment and professional work. That is what my brother says who is a recording engineer {his degree}. I hope this helps.
4 Stars Great for Lectures, Podcast Quality
I teach college classes and use the Mikey to record my lectures. (Ultimately, these lectures end up as podcasts.) To record, I simply connect the Mikey to my iPhone 3G in Airplane Mode (to avoid any radio interference and to silence my phone so that it doesn’t ring or ding during class). For best results, I set the switch to the single-wave position and try to speak no more than six feet away from the Mikey. But even if I move to the other side of the room, the Mikey still picks me up at a good volume.
Before publishing them, I use Freeverse’s Sound Studio for Mac to compress the difference between the quiet and loud portions of the recording. You can use any similar software that has a dynamics compressor filter.
I used to use a Blue Snowball and a MacBook to record each lecture. The quality for that, especially when you set it to the omnidirectional mode, was terrific, but I hated carrying all that extra weight in my bag, since I often bike to class. Using this with an iPhone or iPod makes for a great portable and inconspicuous solution to recording lectures.
5 Stars Great portable mic solution for the iPod
I have used this device in a number of recording situations. It’s never let me down. Another solid product from Blue.
5 Stars AMAZING!
This mic is truly high fidelity. I’ve used it in several situations and the sound is clear and strong. Couple this with the free fIRE app for the iPhone and you have a full fledged recording device. The customer service is FANTASTIC. They have bent over backwards to help me with my novice questions. This is the best solution if you need high quality recordings on your iPhone or iTouch.
5 Stars Works great with the IPod Touch 3rd Generation!
I’ve had this mike for a short time, but already I’ve been impressed with its capabilities. As a professional musician (cellist), the ability to bring music into the IPod Touch is of paramount importance to me, and with this device I am easily able to do so. Just today I recorded the Hallelujah Chorus with a very large pipe organ cleanly at the middle sensitivity setting. I also use it for tuning and with the large Ipod display my students think it’s very cool to tune to. I use a silicon cover and have no trouble inserting the mike into my IPod, the blue light lets me know I’m attached well. For the about $50 that Amazon charges, one is able to have a very capable field recorder, and doing it on the IPod Touch makes one the envy of both young and old.
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