RØDE's Studio-Quality 24-Bit/96K Apple IOS Recorder iXY Mic Now for iPhone 5 | No Film School

Over a year ago, RØDE introduced the iXY Microphone for the iPhone 4, the first device for iOS capable of 24-bit/96k audio recordings, which meant studio quality audio could be collected with a device that could fit inside your pocket. However, iPhone 5 users were pretty much out of luck until today. RØDE announced the highly anticipated update that allows you to use the award-winning mic with your iPhone 5, 5c, and 5s. Now fitted with a Lighting connector, the iXY microphone will provide the same quality audio found in the previous version, but on the latest Apple smart phone devices.

Here's a bit from RØDE's press release:

Equipped with the same broadcast audio performance as the original 30-pin microphone, the iXY with Lightning connector features a matched pair of ½ inch condenser capsules arranged in a stacked X-Y configuration, with on-board high-fidelity analogue to digital conversion. This ensures accurate, immersive and true to life stereo recordings.

The iXY microphone is probably most appealing to those who don't want to lug around a bunch of gear; documentarians who are conducting a bunch of interviews or recording in places where being unobtrusive is key, or any filmmaker who is recording in a location where transporting gear is a challenge. Really, given the quality of the audio and the ability to monitor and level the audio with the RØDE Rec app, the iXY is a great option for the price. Obviously, you're not going to get the same audio quality with this mic that you would if you were using a $3000 one with a pro mixer, but the sound you will get is surprisingly clear and robust. You can listen to a bunch of audio samples on the iXY website.

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RØDE also updated their field recording app to increase compatibility and stability on the iOS 7 platform. You can purchase it for $5.99 in the App Store. If you're unfamiliar with the app, check out this intro:

RØDE is now shipping the iXY microphone at $199. (By the way, if you're using an iPhone 4 or iPad, you might be happy to know that the original 30-pin iXY version is now available for $150.)

Link: iXY Stereo Microphone for iPad & iPhone -- RØDE

Disclosure: RØDE is a No Film School advertiser.

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Celebrate the love and hope at the center of Nolan's space epic in the format it was meant to be seen.

If we know anything about Christopher Nolan, he likes to go big. Nolan started with smaller-scale stories (as many of us do) with early noir adjacent works like Following, Memento, and Insomnia, then started going and staying big with his illusionist drama The Prestige. Since then, the scale has been various degrees of massive, with the biggest scope in his time-and-space sprawling epic, Interstellar.

While Interstellarmight not be everyone's favorite Nolan outing, there's no denying it's an impressive feat of filmmaking and his most emotional—if watching Matthew McConaughey's Cooper desperately try to reach his family through quantum space-time doesn't make you cry at least a little bit, what's going on, dude?

With Interstellar'sIMAX release, it's a great time to shed some tears in a public setting in one of the most prestigious film formats around. As we mentioned in our film gauge piece, Nolan loves shooting on film and utilizes 65mm intentionally to provoke a tone of massive scale. In that regard, Interstellar was made for 70mm IMAX. That goes without saying, dawg. That being said, other factors make Interstellar a perfect movie to revisit in theaters while you can.

Let's break down the release further below.

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