Comments on: New iXY Microphone from RØDE is the World's First 24-Bit/96K Apple iOS Recorder

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:22:33 +0000

Point being – yes, it will work with iPod touch, you can download the app that Rode supplies. You just may not be able to monitor real-time.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:17:03 +0000

Erick,
I purchased the iXY for my ipod touch because I using a Sony ECMMS907 to collect field recordings (with special TRRS Y-adapter that allowed me to monitor at the same time with headphones). I thought this would be a great solution for collecting field recordings without any additional hardware (e.g. H4N, which I was also considering for a long time). I wanted to use the devices I already had. The iXY does have a sturdy connection, so long as you don’t stress it, but you’ll find that in all ipod touch models, the headphone jack is too obscured to get anything plugged in…so you won’t be able to monitor real-time (which is very handy when adjusting compression, EQ, although you can always add that later with the software). To monitor, you’d need a very flimsy headphone adapter (one that could bend significantly) or ideally, a very low profile 90-degree elbow jack that could fit under the iXY. I haven’t seen anything yet that looks low enough. Perhaps I may make my own with bare-bones insulation. The other alternative is to add a dock extender – either the single piece hardware that projects the female dock connection out about an inch (makes it more flimsy) or the dock extender cable, which would mean the iXY is now mounted on the end of a cable which you’d be holding by hand…depends on your situation which one makes sense to use.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:11:47 +0000

flimsy connection seriously? Dave do you really own this or work for plastic fantastic Tascam, this is a tank and my connection is rock solid – the iXY is freakin’ incredible! seriously everybody is making plastic audio accessories for the iPhone, Rode are musicians and obviously love the iPhone so they’ve created something serious and professional they themselves would like to use – the iXY is magic – I take back everything I said above about this it is truly amazing!
10/10 Rode!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:49:25 +0000

Levels seem really low. I think the sensitivity may be insuffient for applications I’d hoped it would be good for. And the connection is really flimsy. Wish I’d bought a dedicated recorder.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:35:19 +0000

The worlds first iOs recording device at 24/96? – Auria has had 24/96 it for awhile and is great!

I have a Zoom H4n and a Rode NT4 and a Shure VP88 I love these mics I’ve had them for around 6 years but the cheap plastic mics on the H4n sound better than both the Shure and the VP88.

This iXY mic is ashame really – I can’t think of a worse element than Stereo, it’s not right for vocals, interviews, stereo is nice for accousic guitar and recording your local riot ambience – I think the new Apogee ONE iOs version would be a better buy ashame it doesn’t plug in to the lightning connector then again this doesn’t either.

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By: Russell S

Russell S — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:51:03 +0000

@Christian Anderson: don’t let the prosumers get to ya. ;-)

By: Russell S

Russell S — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:47:50 +0000

All due respect, 32-bit audio is a waste of bandwidth, its mathematically inferior to 24-bit and is *not* the standard used by the majority of working audio professionals. Don’t let yrself fall into that trap. Just sayin’. :-)

By: Zan Shin

Zan Shin — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:17:46 +0000

I’m confused by the vast number of people here who apparently take calls and talk on their phones whilst simultaneously recording audio and video. We simply don’t do that in my world. Cells off, thanks — don’t need your GF/BF/BFF ruining a few thousand dollars worth of interview recording.

By: Zan Shin

Zan Shin — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:11:26 +0000

I don’t believe Zoom H4n built-in mics are equal to the Rode stereo mics. Rode makes value-priced, high quality mics; Zoom makes value-priced mini-recorders of so-so quality, with who-knows-what mics attached.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:59:26 +0000

I like it. Like someone else said, saves having to take an extra device. If it’s just for casual use I rekn it would be great, otherwise if you’re actually running a business you would probably need your phone for calls rather than having it strapped to a camera.

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By: Guido

Guido — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:15:24 +0000

You mean like the iXZ?
http://tascam.com/product/ixz/specifications/

By: Yannovitch

Yannovitch — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:20:04 +0000

USB Class Compliant, not USB Common CLass, my bad.

By: Yannovitch

Yannovitch — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:19:20 +0000

Oh, and moreover, that’s not the first 24bit 96Khz device out there able to record on iOS. Not even close.
Look here : http://auriaapp.com/Support/auria-audio-interfaces

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Totally wrong.
There is not a lot of Android recording apps, multitrack recorder or things like that, because there has been a lot of work on the USB Audio specification ( which is part of all the USB specifications ) only in the latest Android OS, to allow the OS to work in realtime, with latency under 10ms.
If the latency is over 10ms, you can begin to feel a delay between, for example, the time you sing, and the time you hear what you’re singing.
With iOS, as there is no Java virtual machine, there is a direct access to the hardware, so the latency is down to 5ms for a long time.
Moreover, if you want to use a USB audio interface, your android phone or tablet must support the USB Host mode ( often referred to as “USB OTG”), and your USB audio interface must be able to work without driver (referred to as “USB Class Compliant” or “USB CC”).

By: Yannovitch

Yannovitch — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:12:45 +0000

Totally wrong.
There is not a lot of Android recording apps, multitrack recorder or things like that, because there has been a lot of work on the USB Audio specification ( which is part of all the USB specifications ) only in the latest Android OS, to allow the OS to work in realtime, with latency under 10ms.
If the latency is over 10ms, you can begin to feel a delay between, for example, the time you sing, and the time you hear what you’re singing.
With iOS, as there is no Java virtual machine, there is a direct access to the hardware, so the latency is down to 5ms for a long time.
Moreover, if you want to use a USB audio interface, your android phone or tablet must support the USB Host mode ( often referred to as “USB OTG”), and your USB audio interface must be able to work without driver (referred to as “USB Common Class” or “USB CC”).

By: Robert Bryant

Robert Bryant — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:22:18 +0000

Clever, but too expensive. The recording app should be included in the price. Priced at $100, I’d consider it. At $50, I’d buy it right away.

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:33:33 +0000

I forgot to mention. Noticeably more expensive, too.

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:32:11 +0000

This reminds me (conceptually) of the Tascam iM2. Though, this seems, noticeably better (the actual sound quality, can only be decided, though, after hearing them both).

http://tascam.com/product/im2/specifications/

By: Erick

Erick — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:10:11 +0000

Can u plug it into a new ipod touch?????