![]() As neat and impressive as the case is, there’s no room in it for the cables that come in the kit, or the two lav mics either – and few of us will have the necessary qualifications to re-insert them into their original packaging box successfully once they are out. The case itself is charged via a USB-C port, while each of the TX/RX units has its own USB charging port. The case has its own 3000mAh battery built-in and every time we drop the transmitters or the receiver into their places in it they automatically begin charging. The Saramonic Blink 500 Pro B2 kit comes in a very neat hard case that doubles as a charging station. In fact, the pouch isn’t really big enough to hold the kit comfortably, and the metal cable ends are forced much too close to the smooth glossy surfaces of the microphone units. The Rode Wireless Go ll kit consists of the two transmitters, a receiver, three fluffy windshields (one spare), three USB-C charging cables, a receiver-to-camera cable and a soft fold-over pouch to hold it all. ![]() But Rode has to be better because it costs more - right? What you get in the kit Again Synco offers a pair of lav mics as well as the TRS cable but manages to bring the kit in for $100/£100 less than the other two. ![]() The third brand here is Sycno, with its G2 A2 kit. In fact, the Rode Wireless Go ll kit is actually the same price as the Saramonic Blink 500 Pro B2 kit but Saramonic includes two wired lavaliere microphones that cost $160/£120 when bought separately from Rode, as well as a TRS cable for using the system with your phone – which would cost a further $15/£11. Rode is clearly the better known brand within this little group, and commands the higher price. Having two mics in these kits allows a conversation to take place, or for a voice to be recorded on one mic and some environmental sounds captured by the other for some background scene-setting. ![]() The audio is then recorded onto the video file in the same way audio from a normal mic plugged into the camera would be. These three systems consist of two small TX (transmitter) microphones that can be placed close to the mouth, which send the audio wirelessly to a RX receiver plugged into your camera. The three wireless microphone systems under the spotlight here are designed to solve exactly that problem by getting their pick-ups as close to the source as possible, but without creating the dramatic visual distraction a normal mic would if it appeared in-shot right by the mouth of your subject. The closer you put the microphone to the mouth of the speaker the more likely it is to pick up the intended voice without the distractions of all the other ambient sounds in the environment, whether that’s traffic, the chatter of by-standers, the rustling leaves, the hum of the air conditioner or just the echo of the target voice in the room. On a basic level there is one principle reason your distant mutterings don’t resonate with clarity and a full range of tones, and that is that microphones on the camera are just not close enough to where the sound is coming from. If you’ve ever tried to record yourself or someone else talking via your in-camera microphones or with a mic in the hotshoe of your camera you will appreciate that neither of those two methods deliver the quality we are used to hearing on a TV show.
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