The Sennheiser Memory Mic is a wireless microphone and audio recorder for smartphones. It has its European premiere here at the IBC 2018 and is now shipping worldwide. We talked to a Sennheiser representative about this interesting product. With this new product, Sennheiser reflects on the trend that many journalists and reporters have lately started using smartphones for their work. The key drawback of this solution has been sound quality. Filming an interview with a smartphone often required using a conventional external audio recorder or a regular cable microphone in order to get some good and usable audio. The Sennheiser Memory Mic features a lightweight, small body and offers wireless broadcast-quality sound. The microphone works with both, Android and Apple smartphones via the free accompanying app. The mic can be attached to clothing via a magnetic clip and weighs only 30 grams. The Sennheiser Memory Mic features one-touch synchronization of audio and video via bluetooth. It records the audio by itself, just like a regular audio recorder and it can therefore work at any distance to the smartphone. After recording is finished, the mic connects to the smartphone and transfers the audio file via wi-fi while the Sennheiser app synchronizes it with the recorded video. When recording with the Memory Mic, the integrated microphone of the smartphone is active too and works to concurrently pick up ambient sound. Using the dedicated audio mixer of the Memory Mic app, it is possible to select the optimum balance between ambience and the...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 18 September, 2018