Latin America. Whether you're a journalist looking for an easy audio solution for field interviews, a teacher who wants to record a conversation, or even a parent recording their child reciting a poem – Sennheiser and Apogee's new digital lapel microphones help capture professional sound.
ClipMic digital and MKE 2 digital combine Apogee's A/D conversion experience with Sennheiser's microphone design know-how to offer users optimal sound quality in their recordings. Specially designed for iOS devices, both microphones feature a "Lightning" connector to connect directly to the iPhone®, iPad or iPod touch, thus creating high-quality, ultra-portable solutions for voice recordings.
Analog lapel microphones need a microphone preamp and audio interface to be able to record the signal. All iOS devices are equipped with a built-in analog input and micro preamplifier that are optimized for phone calls and not for professional-quality audio recording. Apogee's mic preamplifier and A/D conversion circuit are integrated into the digital flap micro and digital MKE 2. This special circuit gives you maximum gain with minimal noise. The A/D converter offers up to 24-bit/96 kHz resolution.
While connecting Sennheiser/Apogee digital lapel microphones to the Lighting port of iOS devices, we can use the headphone output to monitor audio in real time.
Apogee's MetaRecorder is the first audio recording app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch for intuitive recording, tagging and file organization for any field recording scenario. MetaRecorder features 24-bit/96 kHz recording quality plus software control of mic input levels and recording presets.
Apply metadata tags such as keywords, favorites, bookmarks, and more to your audio files during recording, and then share the Final Cut Pro audio files and XML files via Dropbox, directly from MetaRecorder. When you import files into Final Cut Pro on Mac, it greatly simplifies the process of organizing and analyzing your audio data, greatly speeding up the post-production workflow.
The main actions of MetaRecorder can be controlled from Apple Watch - start and stop recording, add a shot to favorites, add bookmarks or set the microphone gain level.
The free version of MetaRecorder is available on the Apple App Store. Users are limited to 60 seconds of continuous recording until the full version is unlocked, either by connecting to an audio interface compatible with Apogee or Sennheiser or by purchasing the app.
Take your recordings a step further: MKE 2 was designed for the professional who wants to make field recordings and who demands maximum audio performance: a natural frequency response, wide dynamic range and excellent transient response.
This clamp microphone is equipped with Sennheiser's "Umbrella" diaphragm. In this proven design, an acoustically inactive membrane extends through the active acoustic diaphragm, preventing moisture from entering the capsule's high-performance acoustics, thus creating a robust construction.
