Hollyland - LARK A1

Hollyland Lark A1 & Lark M2s have receivers that plug into the iPhone and record in stereo so you can adjust the audio separately. The mic/transmitters are small. The disadvantage of the A1 is that you put a magnet behind the shirt or blouse and put the mic on it on the outside of the garment. Two problems: that might not be practicable with some clothes, and somebody's going to pull the mic off and lose the magnet in their clothes. The M2s has the mic on a clip. As I recall, the A1 is about US $40, and the M2s is about $100, depending on which set you get.

Hey so i've done a LOT of playing around with microphones on a iPhone 13 for a different project. In addition to a Galaxy S23. The microphones I used were cheaper but still reasonable quality USB desk mount microphones. They DO NOT play well with mobile devices. My theory is that the USB controller chip in the microphone doesn't negotiate well with mobile devices. iPads while considered a mobile device are treated differently by Apple in terms of still allowing them to do multi media production that's closer to a laptop. My advice go with a cheap wireless microphone. It will significantly reduce setup and production problems. This means you can return really all the other stuff. Good options: Hollyland Lark A1 (2x mic, 1x receiver, 1x charging case) should be about $29 on Amazon US store. Neewer KM23 (2x mic, 1x receiver) should be about $23 on Amazon US store.

Take a look at the Hollyland Lark A1, or the max 2 (which I currently have and honestly it’s amazing and simple to use)

I would go to a mic company for mics and a camera company for cameras iykwim? I’ve had great experiences with Hollyland so far and their technology really impressed me, and I haven’t tried the mic air yet so I can’t say. But if I had to pick, I’d go w a dedicated mic with dedicated support

The new one from Hollyland is so tiny it's as small as a lav. Problem is the audio quality isn't quite good enough (their bigger version sounds better). But soon we'll actually have good sounding and cheap lav mics that are their own transmitter. Pretty cool.

hollyland lark solves these issues

I use Hollyland Lark A1, I’ve got the combo with 2 mics. Work amazingly and the price is low for the quality. It even splits the audio from each mic so I can have more control when editing

https://a.co/d/hHFaJtT I was using a hollyland lark. But somebody pointed me towards this one because the receiver can go right on the side of the camera and doesn’t show up on the invisible stick. And it works pretty dang good. Down the road if Insta360 ever allows you to have two of their air mics in operation at the same time. I may switch over to those. At the moment, I’m pretty happy with this one.

Yeah, but that's not comparable. You're kinda talking apples and oranges here. I've got a couple NTG1s that RODE sent me and I agree that they're great, but you need to set them up on a boom stand, run XLR cable to camera/recorder - then in terms of position you have to watch out for background nosie. In a controlled environment I'd probably prefer it to lavs (although I'm starting to shift a bit on that position) The nice thing with these modern wireless mic packs is you just pop them on, send the signal back to the camera and they have their own backup recording on board. I prefer the Hollyland Lark personally... but this is such a leap ahead from the old ENG wireless gear like Sennheiser G series and Sony wireless sets (and these mics in a two bundle vs. only a single channel of those old wireless systems that cost about 3 times as much).

Oh nice… must’ve been an update… I know the Hollyland Lark works

Any of the Hollyland Lark series is great if you wanted something more versatile than a desk mic.