Hollyland - LARK A1

The best way to get high quality wireless (or wired) audio into the Ultra system is via the USB-C socket on the pod. Yes, you then have to have the camera in the pod, but if you want the best audio that's what you have to do. Examples that should work are the Rode Wireless Micro or the Hollyland Lark A1, both of which come with a very small receiver which connects to phones, or to suitable cameras. And there are probably about 100 similar systems out there, but those are two which I use (not with the Ultra which I don't have, but with cameras from another company). The advantage of going that route is that the audio link to the camera is much higher grade than bluetooth, and the range is far longer. Also, you can use wired USB mics, and as the Ultra is supposed to support stereo, a stereo mic should work well. Actually you should be able to use wireless mics connected via USB in stereo too - both the models I mentioned give fantastic immersive audio when clipped either side of a baseball cap, to match the fantastic immersive video from the camera!

Rode Wireless Micro kit (which can be connected to an audio recorder 3.5mm input now that they offer a free receiver for that purpose - or to a phone via USB-Co or lightning), or Hollyland Lark A1, for connection to phone or any other device which accepts USB audio input. You clip the tiny mics either side of your baseball cap or similar - even inside it with the slim A1 mics - set to stereo, and you get good results from a rig nobody is likely to notice, with no wires. But - if there's any significant wind, you have to fit the fluffy muffs, which do make it a bit more obvious.

I have now made a video on the general subject of why we need stereo audio in action cameras - see [https://youtu.be/C9Gf5iE4wFM](https://youtu.be/C9Gf5iE4wFM) Meanwhile it has been demonstrated that the Hollyland Lark A1 mics - inexpensive - can be used as a stereo pair with its tiny receiver connected to the Ultra, so long as the camera is in the pod. You can put these tiny mics completely inside a baseball cap, above your ears either side, which then does a good job of wind noise reduction, and it seems to have only slight effect on the high frequencies of incoming sound. That can be fixed in editing. Nobody would know they are there. I do think that is likely to be the best way to get stereo audio into the Ultra without huge cost or significant bulk.

I second this. Using an external mic on your phone helps a lot. I just did an interview last weekend with just my phone and a hollyland lark a1.

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.

I went with the hollyland and took the panda mics too

You could use something like the Hollyland LARK or DJI Mic and leave the receive inactive, just trigger the local recording on each transmitter as you put them on the speakers. It might be a bit of a hassle to sync up all of those recordings in post but it would work. They'll still be trying to transmit, there would just be nothing at the other end to receive. If the venue techs will worried about that, then I'd look into carrying a small bag of something like the Tascam DR-10L recorders - on-body recorders with no transmission capability. They'll be a bit bigger and have no remote monitoring option but have no antennas or chance of causing interference.

I own both the Larks and the RODE Wireless GO (Pro and regular) - they’ll all do essentially the same job, but none of them will let you turn the transmitting off. So that’s the only real concern.

Yea, I have a Hollyland lapel kit for my phone when I do IRL streams and they're great. The transmitter is about the size of a pack of gum. But, there are wired versions