{"video_id":"So7tojb2_hU","title":"iMicrophone iPod iPhone iPad Sensitive Microphone Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2012-05-07T14:53:29Z","duration_s":312,"segments":[{"start_s":7.6,"end_s":17.16,"text":"this is the eye microphone no it doesn't go in your eye","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":12.28,"end_s":21.119,"text":"it goes in your eye product so this is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":17.16,"end_s":23.92,"text":"compatible with um iPhones iPads and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":21.119,"end_s":28.519,"text":"iPods it performs it can make it so that they can perform double duty as a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":25.64,"end_s":34.36,"text":"powerful digital voice recorder so what the whoops sorry guys so so what this is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":30.88,"end_s":36.8,"text":"is an incredible High sensitivity 3.5 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can perform double duty as a powerful digital voice recorder so what the whoops sorry guys so so what this is is an incredible High sensitivity 3.5 mm four pole omnidirectional condenser microphone for the iPhone iPad and iPod so pretty much you're replacing the crummy microphone that's built into your IE device with this one for better voice pickup so a great use for something like this would be uh oh yeah look at that they've even got a listing if I was going to say business meetings but they've got that on there ideal for voice recording for example lectures interviews and business meetings um so for example you've got uh Speak Easy has software that allows you to convert recorded voice messages into text so you could use that or speak naturally speak easy dragon something okay whatever someone who remembers what the piece of software is that takes uh your voice and turns it into text please leave that in the comments that piece of software it's cheap it's like five bucks for the iPod um would ideally be able to understand your voice better and convert it to text more easily especially in the context of a multivoice environment like a meeting or lecture or interview okay features incredible High sensitivity RF shielding compact design and premium wind screen is included okay uh specifications are here so you can feel free to pause and read that should you so desire don't take this out when it's too cold outside and we've also got a list of the products it is designed for although I suspect it would work just fine in any microphone Jack so let's go ahead and open this baby up what I'll have to do for you guys is do a couple of audio recording samples where I use the integrated microphone on my iPhone 4 versus the IM microphone so there's the premium wind screen made of foam I screen the wind for you also works for that whatever that is all right and this is the IM microphone itself so it has like a very solid feeling construction to it there's the microphone okay there's the Jack here's what it looks like if you put the wind screen on it oh it's like totally wearing an afro there we go that's on now put that in there now your iPhone has an afro okay I'll do the audio samples in a minute don't forget to subscribe to L's Tech tips for more unboxings reviews and other computer videos so we tested from a distance of about 3et on the IM microphone and besides um it being a lot louder with the IM microphone versus the integrated one the integrated microphone actually was more clear so it seems like we're probably using it in the wrong application we were so close to it in a quiet enir maybe that's not what it's intended for so I figured what if I go further away and do an audio test instead so the IM microphone is sitting there on the table you can just point at it okay and I'm going to go over here and I'm going to say something so this is testing the IM microphone at a distance of however far away this is and this is testing oh okay he hadn't hit it yet and this is tting testing the integrated microphone from a distance of however far away I am right now okay so I'm just going to show you guys the testing here so this is uh one audio clip that has both the IM microphone and the integrated microphone from a greater distance in it go over here and I'm this is with the ey microphone so this is testing the ey microphone at a distance of for far away this is and this is testing the integrated microphone from a distance of however far away I am right now so you can clearly here that the integrated microphone does not pick up as much sound as the IM microphone although what that does mean is it results in a slightly more clear sounding recording but it's all a matter of what is your objective if your objective is to catch more of the Ambient sound overall more sound then yes the IM microphone is far more sensitive in the integrated mic so if you do use your iPhone iPod iPad any kind of IE device for a substantial amount of voice recording then something like this might not be a bad little pickup"}