Clarification: you don’t need a subscription to use these mics. Certain features like collaboration, cloud storage, compression, auto sound-check are accessible via their subscription offerings, but not necessary to use basic mixing functionality.
Are any compression features available without a subscription? Would you say compression is worth the subscription or does it sound good enough for social media singing videos without it?
This is one of the first reviews of the audigo with was no obviously a sponsored post. I appreciate the honestly and I’m glad you like the mic! I just received one and I’m excited to use it
Great review. I’m trying to decide between this and the Shure MV88+ for live audio/video recording with my iPhone of gigs with my rock band. Which would you choose, or would you recommend something different altogether? Thanks for any advice.
Ooooo interesting! I havent seen the MV88 before, but it looks like it would be slightly easier because the audio records directly to the iPhone camera app. Audigo records within it's own app and syncs the good quality audio afterwards. I guess it's only slightly more cumbersome, but the audio is exceptional for the size.
Thanks for the review. Question about the hiss noise being about 57 to 59: how much better is that than what I get from my iPhone mic? I’m thinking of trying this device to solve that problem. Thoughts?
Good question! I haven’t tested a phone, but anecdotally, WAYYY better! I really only mentioned that because they would fall short of what I’d consider to be “studio” microphones, but they are gonna be a MASSIVE step up from a phone. I did a RUclips short comparing 5 mics, in there, I used a cellphone and you can hear how bad it is. Should be a massive step up for you!
Just purchased these today. For podcast purposes. I spoke with them via dm. They told me that it is iphone friendly. I asked if i recorded video and audio would i be able to save it to albums and not just a file. As i edit from cap cut. Just wanted to confirm with you if thats true. Other wise ill have to figure out how cap cut can take filea on phone
@@randyrektor yeah, but you just wanna be creative and shoot music and make small edits on the spots, have bars or convenient timeline, otherwise you’re just delaying the creative process. Of they’d do that, they could actually claim much more to be a studio tool…even if there’s a bit of a noise, you can still create really awesome albums, even for professional use. Some accessories like the perfect portable mic stand for it is missing…
Great video. Was really impressed at what 1 of these did for that song recording. Reminds me of the izotop spire, but way smaller ...and lacking the XLR/Jack combo
@@randyrektor How much memory does the audigo have? In terms of: how much music can I record before I have to seek out Wifi and download to the app/phone? Thanks!
Hey Randy! Awesome review! Dumb question though, so if you are using one mic to record singing while playing guitar (for instance) - would you have to record two separate tracks to edit the guitar and vocals separately in post? Or are you recording one take, and can still edit vocals separate from guitar? Hope that makes sense!
Yea for sure! Never a dumb question. You can either record separately, or record together. If you record guitar first, you can hook up your earbuds and record vocals over top! :) if you decide to record both at once, you can either use one or two mics. In my experience, one is more than enough for one person (singing and plying). You really only need two mics if you’re recording sound sources that are further away from one another. Hope this helps!
@@randyrektor awesome! Thanks so much for your response! So when you muted your mic in front of the guitar and changed your wife’s mic to stereo - how were you able to balance your wife’s vocals vs your guitar? I figured one would’ve been louder than the other?
Yeah that would be cool! I wonder if they’ll ever try to take a bite out of this market. It’s a pretty huge sidestep because the app is reallllllly a big part of the experience
Not sure about that loud, but I used it right in front of a PA that was running pretty hot and it handled it well. I already had the gain quite low, so I worry that much louder would be an issue, but it was perfect in my experience
Can you use audigo if you also using a DJI gimbal? I like to video tape my bands rehearsals for social media and was looking to upgrade the sound. I just got the audigo and I’m trying to figure it out. - this set up requires an app for audigo and an app for the DJI gimbal
Ooo interesting! I’m not sure if you’re required to be in either app at any given point. You can definitely use both, as long as one of the apps will work in the background.
@@randyrektor Audigo seems to work in the background. I guess I’ll just need to figure out how to line up the audio with the video after the fact. We’ll see how it goes.
@@randyrektor the gimbal app does record video. It has facial tracking software and other features. However, I decided to just use the audigo app yesterday without the gimbal to see how that would turn out. I’m going to do a lot of trial and error to figure what I like best.
I've been thinking about this since you mentioned it. It would make my point about having a 1/4" DI option challenging because there would't be a way to monitor. Which would mean, you would likely need to use an amp anyways 🤷Maybe a lot of work for the few people like me who don't use amps.
Yea, you can use Bluetooth headphones to listen to the previously recorded tracks or click track. I believe you can also start stop recording from them
How do you approach connecting out in the field in remote places without WIFI? Is it still possible? Can you transfer back to the phone to listen to your track in the field also without WIFI? Those are the puzzling things to me. I want to record away from WIFI, but be able to check out my recordings.
You absolutely can! If you’re not connected to a home network, the mica actually broadcast their own wifi network! It’s super slick. If you’re on a home network, it will use that. It’s likely faster and less battery intensive. But you can certainly do everything literally anywhere. Hope this helps :)
Great video! Have you tried using it with a DJI gimbal for video recording? I've been wondering if it would be compatible. Also, I'm curious if you've considered repurposing some of your longer videos into shorts. It's a great way to reach a wider audience and get more views. I offer a service that can help automate this process, so you can focus on creating more content.
I haven't but someone else gave it a go and said it worked! One of the apps needs to be able to work in the background, and I think I remember them saying the DJI was able to run in the background, but I'm not positive. Also yes! I've just started doing that to post to my socials. I don't love uploading unpolished cutdowns to my RUclips channel that aren't made specifically to be shorts, but maybe something to experiment with!
@@randyrektor yeah.. ok. may be need to research more on that regarding DJI. Glad to know you are already into uploading shorts. And yeah.. trimming short videos out of longer ones actually help you to introduce your longer content to the audience that mostly watch short videos. You can add the original longer video into 'related video' section to do that.
Yeah, I don’t know if it did it justice in the video, but you can use all of the functionality with the basic purchase (minus the compression, delay, collaboration, and cloud storage)
@@randyrektor Thanks for the clarification - while I still would want to see the compression as part of the basic feature, it does make sense that cloud storage, etc. is part of the subscription.
Clarification: you don’t need a subscription to use these mics.
Certain features like collaboration, cloud storage, compression, auto sound-check are accessible via their subscription offerings, but not necessary to use basic mixing functionality.
Are any compression features available without a subscription?
Would you say compression is worth the subscription or does it sound good enough for social media singing videos without it?
This is one of the first reviews of the audigo with was no obviously a sponsored post. I appreciate the honestly and I’m glad you like the mic! I just received one and I’m excited to use it
Awesome! They are really cool units and very interesting tech! I hope you enjoy 😀
Great review, was so confused when I got it in the mail. Thanks for the detailed video of features.
Glad the video was useful!
So do you use a separate camera while you recording so you don’t have to put it in software and sync the two?
It has its own camera implementation! You can record video right in the app
Great review. I’m trying to decide between this and the Shure MV88+ for live audio/video recording with my iPhone of gigs with my rock band. Which would you choose, or would you recommend something different altogether? Thanks for any advice.
Ooooo interesting! I havent seen the MV88 before, but it looks like it would be slightly easier because the audio records directly to the iPhone camera app. Audigo records within it's own app and syncs the good quality audio afterwards. I guess it's only slightly more cumbersome, but the audio is exceptional for the size.
I have the Audigo and love it! I wish you could use cinematic mode video and maybe turn up the saturation on delay/reverb features.
Yeah, that would be awesome! They seem to be working really hard on the app, so there’s hope!!
Great review do you think it would work if it was attached to the guitar could I turn down the guitar in the app if too loud? Thanks
Oh interesting! I bet it would work pretty well! I wonder if handling noise would be a challenge. Cool idea though!
Thanks for the review. Question about the hiss noise being about 57 to 59: how much better is that than what I get from my iPhone mic? I’m thinking of trying this device to solve that problem. Thoughts?
Good question! I haven’t tested a phone, but anecdotally, WAYYY better! I really only mentioned that because they would fall short of what I’d consider to be “studio” microphones, but they are gonna be a MASSIVE step up from a phone. I did a RUclips short comparing 5 mics, in there, I used a cellphone and you can hear how bad it is. Should be a massive step up for you!
Can you use the audigo mic with the smule app?
Just purchased these today. For podcast purposes. I spoke with them via dm. They told me that it is iphone friendly. I asked if i recorded video and audio would i be able to save it to albums and not just a file. As i edit from cap cut. Just wanted to confirm with you if thats true. Other wise ill have to figure out how cap cut can take filea on phone
Yeah for sure! You can export the files and import them into CapCut to edit!
@@randyrektor thank you ! Great video thanks for the response. Super excited to elevate my podcast with these mics!
Can you record more than one video for each song/project?
I want to use this to record solo grand piano. What do you think? Would a single mic do the trick?
Totally I think it would work great!
The worst con for them is that there’s no way to work on the App like in a daw, it’s more for a direct live performance.
Totally, it’s a little limited at the moment. But you can always send the recordings to a computer if you really need to.
@@randyrektor yeah, but you just wanna be creative and shoot music and make small edits on the spots, have bars or convenient timeline, otherwise you’re just delaying the creative process.
Of they’d do that, they could actually claim much more to be a studio tool…even if there’s a bit of a noise, you can still create really awesome albums, even for professional use.
Some accessories like the perfect portable mic stand for it is missing…
But then again you throw in a daw and do what ever you want with it
Great video. Was really impressed at what 1 of these did for that song recording. Reminds me of the izotop spire, but way smaller ...and lacking the XLR/Jack combo
Oh dang! I've never seen that before! Just checked it out. Looks pretty cool too. Thanks for stopping by man
i like this product, but i hate it because it so hard to buy this in my country, they need to think about distributing this to more country
Ahhh that’s too bad 👎🏻
Hi, can you save recorded files straight to iphones internal memory? So that you could have all data backed up automatically.
From what I understand, it needs to be exported from the app
@@randyrektor How much memory does the audigo have? In terms of: how much music can I record before I have to seek out Wifi and download to the app/phone? Thanks!
@@leeconnah4128 About 40 hours (32GB). longer than the batter life would allow
@@randyrektor Wow, that's impressive! And thank you for the very informative video!
@@leeconnah4128 My pleasure! :D
Hey Randy! Awesome review! Dumb question though, so if you are using one mic to record singing while playing guitar (for instance) - would you have to record two separate tracks to edit the guitar and vocals separately in post? Or are you recording one take, and can still edit vocals separate from guitar?
Hope that makes sense!
Yea for sure! Never a dumb question. You can either record separately, or record together. If you record guitar first, you can hook up your earbuds and record vocals over top! :) if you decide to record both at once, you can either use one or two mics. In my experience, one is more than enough for one person (singing and plying). You really only need two mics if you’re recording sound sources that are further away from one another. Hope this helps!
@@randyrektor awesome! Thanks so much for your response!
So when you muted your mic in front of the guitar and changed your wife’s mic to stereo - how were you able to balance your wife’s vocals vs your guitar? I figured one would’ve been louder than the other?
Just balancing as performers :) it sounded pretty balanced just naturally
Also mic positioning helps!
I wish zoom would just make this functionality in one of their full fledged recorder/interface handy recorders.
Yeah that would be cool! I wonder if they’ll ever try to take a bite out of this market. It’s a pretty huge sidestep because the app is reallllllly a big part of the experience
How does this device perform in a live band situation, in excess of 110dB? Looking to replace a dying portable digital recorder for rehearsals.
Not sure about that loud, but I used it right in front of a PA that was running pretty hot and it handled it well. I already had the gain quite low, so I worry that much louder would be an issue, but it was perfect in my experience
@@randyrektor thanks for the reply. Appreciate the video, too.
Can you use audigo if you also using a DJI gimbal? I like to video tape my bands rehearsals for social media and was looking to upgrade the sound. I just got the audigo and I’m trying to figure it out. - this set up requires an app for audigo and an app for the DJI gimbal
Ooo interesting! I’m not sure if you’re required to be in either app at any given point. You can definitely use both, as long as one of the apps will work in the background.
@@randyrektor Audigo seems to work in the background. I guess I’ll just need to figure out how to line up the audio with the video after the fact. We’ll see how it goes.
Ohhhh I see! Does the gimbals app record the video? Cause you can record video in the audigo app!
@@randyrektor the gimbal app does record video. It has facial tracking software and other features. However, I decided to just use the audigo app yesterday without the gimbal to see how that would turn out. I’m going to do a lot of trial and error to figure what I like best.
No direct monitoring with a headset?
Not that I can tell. You can add tracks or a metronome to play along to, but you can’t direct monitor.
I've been thinking about this since you mentioned it. It would make my point about having a 1/4" DI option challenging because there would't be a way to monitor. Which would mean, you would likely need to use an amp anyways 🤷Maybe a lot of work for the few people like me who don't use amps.
Do you think these would be good for recording the audience in a tiny comedy club?
Heck yeah! I think they’d be great for that application
Thanks! I’ll probably try one and end up with two lol
"Hello, can it be used with Bluetooth headphones at the same time?"
Yea, you can use Bluetooth headphones to listen to the previously recorded tracks or click track. I believe you can also start stop recording from them
good quality m/s recording for $250 is pretty crazy. Duplicating that setup with traditional mics would cost way more
Totally. I actually just checked Sweetwater, and the absolute cheapest I could build it is ~$225 before cables, stands, and a recorder.
@@randyrektor actually I'm surprised at that price too! I must be out of touch with the latest prices for figure-8 mics 😅
Sort Lowest to Highest Price is not my usual way of mic shopping haha! A couple figure 8s around $150. But probably get what you pay for lol
@@randyrektor 😂
How do you approach connecting out in the field in remote places without WIFI? Is it still possible? Can you transfer back to the phone to listen to your track in the field also without WIFI? Those are the puzzling things to me. I want to record away from WIFI, but be able to check out my recordings.
You absolutely can! If you’re not connected to a home network, the mica actually broadcast their own wifi network! It’s super slick. If you’re on a home network, it will use that. It’s likely faster and less battery intensive. But you can certainly do everything literally anywhere. Hope this helps :)
@@randyrektor Thanks for the insight and detailed review!
Absolutely my pleasure!
Great video!
Have you tried using it with a DJI gimbal for video recording? I've been wondering if it would be compatible.
Also, I'm curious if you've considered repurposing some of your longer videos into shorts. It's a great way to reach a wider audience and get more views. I offer a service that can help automate this process, so you can focus on creating more content.
I haven't but someone else gave it a go and said it worked! One of the apps needs to be able to work in the background, and I think I remember them saying the DJI was able to run in the background, but I'm not positive.
Also yes! I've just started doing that to post to my socials. I don't love uploading unpolished cutdowns to my RUclips channel that aren't made specifically to be shorts, but maybe something to experiment with!
@@randyrektor yeah.. ok. may be need to research more on that regarding DJI.
Glad to know you are already into uploading shorts. And yeah.. trimming short videos out of longer ones actually help you to introduce your longer content to the audience that mostly watch short videos. You can add the original longer video into 'related video' section to do that.
Post your musician handle below!👇👇👇I want to check it out
I am waiting for their Android version supposed to come out in 2025.
Worth the wait imo! Nobody doing a recording/mixing app this well.
Just seems like a pretty good social media recording device. Not for legit recording.
Totally!
Seems like a great hardware and app combo... but yeah... can't get past the subscription.
Yeah, I don’t know if it did it justice in the video, but you can use all of the functionality with the basic purchase (minus the compression, delay, collaboration, and cloud storage)
@@randyrektor Thanks for the clarification - while I still would want to see the compression as part of the basic feature, it does make sense that cloud storage, etc. is part of the subscription.
BANANA!
STOP SUPPORTING COMPANIES FORCING SUBSCRIPTIONS! and btw at 7:00 it sounded SOOO much better... oh... because it was a studio mic, lol!
They don’t force subscriptions though 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Also different mic, different purpose.