**Testing the DJI Wireless Microphone**
I'm here at Bernheim Forest, taking the DJI mic for a test drive. I'm probably 100 feet away from the iPhone right now, so this is what it sounds like. As you can see, I'm very far away from the iPhone, but it's still able to pick up my voice. Sorry, the ducks are in the background going nuts, um, but this just gives you a good idea of what to expect. It's extremely cold out here; it's freezing out here for sure, no doubt.
The 2.4 GHz frequency band gave me a rock-solid connection, didn't drop out at all. Granted, I was in a fairly secluded and open area, so the name of the game with the DJI mic is flexibility. You can attach it to your shirt just like this using the built-in clip. You can reverse it and attach it like this for a little bit more of an inconspicuous look. Obviously, this thing is still noticeable but it's smaller than some of the competing offerings from brands like Rode Super Popular Microphone, but it's a little bit larger than the DJI mic as you can see here. But both of these mics can accommodate a live mic so if you want something a little more traditional looking you can connect a lavalier just like that.
But the DJI mic has another trick up its sleeve and that is the clip magnet attachment which allows you to attach it to pretty much any reasonably thin article of clothing. Great for those times when the clip just isn't an option. The DJI mic can also be connected to a Mac and work as a wireless microphone for your Mac once connected, you simply change your Mac's audio input settings to the DJI mic.
Now, what about when you want to access the audio files that you've recorded directly to each individual transmitter? Well, it's just a matter of connecting via USB-C to your Mac or to your iPad going into the Finder or the Files app and then accessing the 24-bit lossless WAV files that it stores there.
**Comparison with the Rode Wireless Go 2**
Now, let's compare the sound quality of the DJI mic with one very popular microphone, the Rode Wireless Go 2. This is the Rode Wireless Go 2 and I'm up close and personal to the mic; there are no effects applied, I'm using a windscreen to prevent any plosives, and I have to say, I think it sounds pretty good. What do you guys think?
Okay, so this is the DJI mic with the same setup up close and personal, using the windscreen to prevent any plosives or explosives, no effects applied or anything like that just like on the Wireless Go 2. And I have to say, I think the DJI sounds just a little bit better than the Wireless Go 2. The Wireless Go is by no means a bad sounding microphone; it's actually really, really good for its size, and the DJI mic is as well in fact, I think the DJI mic sounds a little bit better in my opinion.
But I'd like to hear what you guys think. Let me know down below in the comments. As you can probably tell, I'm a fan of this microphone; it's not perfect, I really dislike the hot shoe mount and you can't monitor via headphones when connected to your iPhone. There's also no stereo support when connected to an iPhone, and that's probably something to do with the lack of a dedicated DJI mic app. But on that same note, the fact that there is no required app download is sort of a good thing in my opinion. It's also not exactly cheap at $329, but for me, those problems I can overlook because of everything else it brings to the table.
**The Benefits and Drawbacks of the DJI Wireless Microphone**
Firstly, if you're serious about iPhone videography, this is an easy way to quickly boost your production value. Secondly, it's easy to use; well-built, petite, and has plenty of storage for long recording sessions. But what do you guys think? Do you currently use a wireless microphone for your Mac or your iPhone or for your camera? Let me know down below in the comment section.
Also, check out our two new videos – one is a walkthrough of my recent desktop setup for 2022 and another new OWc Hub that's really changed up my setup for the better. See you guys in the next video! This is Jeff with Nine to Five Mac
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso this is the dji mic why might an iphone user consider this well one reason is sound quality take a listen the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog this is recorded straight into the iphone up close the quick braille fox jumps over the lazy dog this is recorded directly into the iphone about 10 feet away the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog this is recorded using the dji mic now there are several reasons why someone might consider a microphone system like the dji mic but as you just heard for iphone users it can mean a big increase in sound quality if you appreciate videos like this be sure to hit that thumbs up button and subscribe for more alright so now let's talk about the dji mic a made for iphone accessory that's super flexible all right so we have the dji mic in hand we're going to go ahead and unbox it right now so inside the box you're going to find quite a few items you're going to find the charging case of course a couple of transmitters the receiver lightning and usbc adapters and more so we have our accessory box here here is the charging case we'll get to that in a second inside the accessory box you're going to find the dji carrying pouch and inside you'll find documentation a couple of windscreens a usb-c to usb-a cable for charging the charging case and a camera audio cable so let's go ahead and unwrap the charging case which is in my opinion the star of the show we'll talk about that here in a few on the front you'll see some battery indicators you have your hinge and your usb c port on the back and here it is next to the iphone 13 mini just to give a sense of scale so when you open up the charging case you see everything inside very earpod like this case will recharge your transmitters and the receiver up to 1.8 times for a total usage of about 15 hours of battery life the cool thing is that when you remove the transmitters and the receiver then it is paired automatically so there's no finagling you have to do to get these things paired it automatically does so you also have a hot shoe adapter you have these two adapters for lightning and usbc connections for connecting to your mobile devices like an iphone now inside the charging case you see the pogo pins these are responsible for charging your transmitters and your receiver so here's one of the transmitters with the built-in microphone on top you also have your input for a lavalier microphone if you want to add one of those but this thing is tiny and it weighs just 30 grams its main competitor would be something like the rode wireless go 2 but this thing is even smaller than that we'll talk about that a little bit later you can see the linking button and the dedicated record button you have your usbc port your power button your pogo pins on the bottom for charging and of course the dedicated microphone and microphone input you also have your clip and your magnet on the back for attaching to your clothes and then you have the receiver which we'll go in depth on here in just a bit but as you can see it does have a touch screen and that is really one of the cool things that separates that from something like the rode wireless go so everything fits nice and neat inside the charging case and like the air pods you get that satisfying snap sound when you close the case it's open close yeah now to be clear dji is not the first company to create a wireless microphone system that features a charging case which houses everything that you need for instance if you just do a search on amazon for wireless microphones you'll find quite a few different options in this similar style but the dji mic has the build quality the connectivity the ease of use and that's what we're going to talk about here so for instance when i take the second transmitter out of the box notice the receiver it automatically updates right there links that second transmitter and it's ready to go now i currently own two wireless microphone systems i purchased a rode wireless go to not too long ago also have an older sennheiser avx system and i can quickly tell you that i i prefer the dji mic over these two because well number one the dji mic is smaller as you can see next to the rode wireless go which is already a small device and obviously next to the much older sennheiser avx system it's a smaller device now the rode wireless go i don't want to make it seem like i'm like disparaging this microphone because it's actually a really good product and the avx system although i no longer really use it was awesome during its day as well but besides the size the problem with those systems is that you had to charge all the various components independently whereas with this system you have a single charging case you charge that charging case and then everything goes inside the box and is charged and when you open the box and take the transmitter and receivers out you don't have to power on anything they're automatically owned they're automatically paired and then you put them back in there and they shut off and on the receiver side look you get a touch screen interface you can see your levels you can initiate a recording stop recording you can mute the microphone or unmute you can use it to format if you want to see how much storage space you have remaining in other words you can manage everything directly from the device pretty much no other apps necessary that's a big win in my opinion so you see your levels you swipe down you can modify your audio setup so you have mono here you can change over to a safety track or you can change to stereo mode which gives you a dual channel setup with each transmitter and you can swap left or right just by tapping that button there pretty cool so swipe up to get back to the previous menu you can adjust receiver gain you can change the volume of your headphones and then you can go over for more settings you can change the vibration notification which occurs when you start recording and things like that you have your low cut you can turn that on or off link your device change your transmitter gain for each transmitter adjust the brightness of the receiver change up language date and time factory reset etc etc but then you get your levels here and then when you have both transmitters running you get levels for both transmitters and indicators when both are recording so on the transmitter the green light indicates your power and link status the red light of course is your record so if i press the record button i can toggle recording so stop and start and if i double press the power button it will actually mute the microphone so let's go ahead and just do a double press here and you'll see the tally lights slowly start to flash now the cool thing about these transmitters is that each contains 8 gigabytes of onboard memory and you can record directly to the transmitter just by pressing the record button so the onboard storage gives you a total of 14 hours of recording time so this magnet will actually work as a clip for your clothes but it can also be used as a stand as well if you want to stand up the mic on a desktop surface pretty awesome and then on top of course you have your microphone and your input for a lavalier if you want to connect a live mic to this and record using that so this little guy right here is your hot shoe adapter which connects to the receiver which allows the receiver to then connect to a camera sit on top of a camera the problem i have with this guy is probably one of my biggest issues with the dji mic is just insanely hard to remove once you have it installed on the camera now you also get the two adapters which connect to the expansion port on the bottom of the receiver and that slides in just like the hot shoe mount so just slide it in like that and put it into place so that the pins come into contact with each other so there we go we're ready to connect to our iphone but what if you want to connect to an android device or an ipad well you also get a usbc adapter which connects to the expansion port so you just slide it in like this and that allows for a quick and easy connection to an android device to a mac even to an ipad and what's cool is that all this is included in the box you don't need to buy any other extra adapters so here is the receiver sitting on top of the canon r5 thanks to that hot shoe mount and that simply connects to the microphone input using the included camera adapter cable so now i reinstall the lightning adapter and i'm going to connect to my iphone you can see it connected to the iphone 13 pro max and i'm running filmic pro and this will give me wireless audio baked into the recording on filmic pro coming directly from the dji mic transmitters in filmic pro if you haven't tried it you owe it to yourself to try it it's an amazing video app for hobbyists for serious filmmakers etc and you can see you can directly choose your microphone in the filmic pro interface now of course you can also connect to an ipad you can see i have it connected to ferrite recording a podcast using the dji wireless microphone so i went out to the forest to test the reception distance and although i didn't go the full 250 meters that dji claims this thing is capable of in an open area devoid of interference it did go fairly far what's up ladies and gentlemen this is jeff benjamin i'm here at bernheim forest we are taking the dji mic for a test drive here's how it sounds i'm probably 100 feet away from the iphone right now so this is the dji mic as you can see i'm very far away from the iphone but it's still able to pick up my voice sorry the ducks are in the background going nuts um but this just gives you a good idea of what to expect uh it's extremely cold out here it is freezing out here for sure no doubt so unfortunately in that example i forgot to attach the windscreen yeah rookie mistake but i was impressed the 2.4 gigahertz frequency band gave me a rock-solid connection didn't drop out at all granted i was in a fairly secluded and open area so the name of the game with the dji mic is flexibility you can attach it to your shirt just like this using the built-in clip you can reverse it and attach it like this for a little bit more of an inconspicuous look obviously this thing is still noticeable but it is smaller than some of the competing offerings from ones like rode super popular microphone but it is a little bit larger than the dji mic as you can see here but both of these mics can accommodate a live mic so if you want something a little more traditional looking you can connect a lavalier just like that but the dji mic has another trick up its sleeve and that is the clip magnet attachment which allows you to attach to pretty much any reasonably thin article of clothing great for those times when the clip just isn't an option now the dji mic can also be connected to a mac and work as a wireless microphone for your mac once connected you simply change your mac's audio input settings to the dji mic now what about when you want to access the audio files that you've recorded directly to each individual transmitter well it's just a matter of connecting via usbc to your mac or to your ipad going into the finder or the files app and then accessing the 24 bit lossless wav files that it stores there okay so now let's compare the sound quality of the dji mic with one very popular microphone the rode wireless go 2. so this is the rode wireless go 2 and i'm up close and personal to the mic there are no effects applied i'm using a windscreen to prevent any explosives and i have to say i think it sounds pretty good what do you guys think okay so this is the dji mic with the same setup up close and personal using the windscreen to prevent any explosives no effects applied or anything like that just like on the wireless go to and i have to say i think the dji sounds just a little bit better than the wireless go 2. the wireless go is by no means a bad sounding microphone it's actually really really good for its size and the dji mic is as well in fact i think the dji mic sounds a little bit better in my opinion but i'd like to hear what you guys think let me know down below in the comments so as you can probably tell i'm a fan of this microphone it's not perfect i really dislike the hot shoe mount and you can't monitor via headphones when connected to your iphone there's also no stereo support when connected to an iphone and that's probably something to do with the lack of a dedicated dji mic app but on that same note the fact that there is no required app download is sort of a good thing in my opinion it's also not exactly cheap at 329 but for me those problems i can overlook because of everything else it brings to the table first of all it's super flexible you can use it in so many different ways and the charging case not only keeps everything charged and ready to go but it also helps you to keep up with everything as well secondly if you're serious about iphone videography this is an easy way to quickly boost your production value lastly it's easy to use well built petite and has plenty of storage for long recording sessions but what do you guys think do you currently use a wireless microphone for your mac or your iphone or for your camera let me know down below in the comment section and also check out our two new videos one a walkthrough of my recent desktop setup for 2022 and a new owc hub that's really changed up my setup for the better see you guys in the next video this is jeff with nine to five mac\n"
