RØDE iXY 24/96 Studio-Quality Stereo Microphone for iPhone/iPad

haben damit bereits Reden, Gospelchöre in Kirchen und Entertainer auf einem Festbankett aufgenommen und waren immer zufrieden. Leise Passagen lassen sich in Audacity sehr schön anheben. War für uns ein guter Kauf

Lo volevo da tempo, ed alla fine al giusto prezzo l ho preso. Suono chitarra e altro, prestazioni davvero molto soddisfacenti, prodotto solido, ben fatto, spedizione rapidissima, insomma Top!

received in time,quality of product also good.out put also good. I downloaded rode full version app, app have many aptions some what deficult to handle it. There is no user manual or anything. Rode icy Not perfectly fitting to mobile, very sensitive.

With the arrival of the lightning version, this is now an excellent price. I managed to get it even cheaper in one of the deals.For the money it represents great value.I've managed to get this working on an iPod with iOS6 (thanks to the tip by Mr Ons) as well as my iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 (+ adapter) with iOS8.The reason for buying the older model (apart from being half the price) is that it can be used on both 30-pin devices and lightning devices with the adapter. I can squeeze the microphone, windshield and lightning adapter into the protective case. It might look a bit clumsy hanging from an adapter, but the convenience of having this with me at all times and with the ability to use whatever Apple device I have with me is fantastic.The lightning version comes with a slightly larger case, but for me it's large enough to mean I am more likely to leave it at home. I like the size of the case on the older model, it means I will have it with me all the time.I take on board some of the negative comments about the software, but so far it has worked for me so five stars overall.

I've been wanting a really good stereo mic for a while now, and I finally decided on the iXY. I bought it for a concert that I wanted to record and I suspected that, as usual, when I use something for the first time on something important I would be disappointed. I was.All I could do was set up the mic, hit record, and leave it alone so no monitoring. Turns out fifteen minutes into a great recording the app switched from the iXY to my iPhone's internal mic which was not oriented for recording. As a result, the recording was abysmal...except for the first fifteen minutes, of course.Come to find out the bug with the new version of iOS didn't just affect whether or not the phone would recognize the iXY in the first place, but it also meant the phone might stop recognizing the mic in the middle of recording. It took a few tries to get the app to recognize the mic, but once it did I thought I was home free. Not so.The mic is solidly constructed, comes with a very good case, and the foam windshield is nice. The app is pretty easy to figure out, although more detailed descriptions of processing options, setting gain, and other basics that experts probably already know would be nice. I'm not an audiophile, not an audio hardware expert, and I'm sure I got in over my head with little time to prepare. However, manuals for all electronics are notoriously bad: poorly laid out, incomplete descriptions, or downright incorrect. This manual (within the Rode Rec app) is incomplete. What information it contains is useful and seems accurate.Rode should have an alert on their product page to update firmware immediately to assure proper functioning. When you register the product, their confirmation email should announce in huge bold letters that there is a glitch caused by going from iOS 6.0 to 6.1.X so update firmware before even trying to use. I can forgive the manual not being as thorough and clear as I'd like, but when a glitch affects the ability of this device to function at all, they should make a bigger deal about it. Also, it would be nice if Apple had a menu option allowing someone to choose their preferred recording device rather than assuming an order. If you plug in your headphones after you attach the iXY the phone will assume the last thing you plugged in is the recording device. How dumb is that. There should be an iOS option to set your preference for either the headphone jack or the dock connector device. Oh well.And one more thing. Rode, where is the iPhone hotshoe mount? All of your materials show pictures of it. Reviewers received it and claim you informed them it would be out around the same time as the support clamp. There are surprisingly few options for mounting an iPhone to your camera, and it looks like yours would be great. Sell it to me already!Update 6/3/13:I had the opportunity to use the iXY to record a friends newly restored '66 Barracuda and everything worked perfectly. The app never had any problem recognizing the mic on the first attempt and the recordings were very high quality. I learned that you can't be shy about using the gain, and had to go in after the fact using the app editor to increase the gain by about 10dB. The gain slider in the app unfortunately has no indication of what the scale is. Is a notch on the slider 1dB? 10? Fortunately the high quality raw recording can be easily gained up without loss of fidelity.