RigWig Boy MM1 Pro Double Capsule Condenser Microphone for Camera, iPhone, Android, Smartphone, Tablet, Camcorder, PC, 2 People Recording

Not great unless you have a 4-pole jack input, and even then unimpressive
So, perhaps I just don’t have suitable equipment, but I struggled to make this work on most things, and when I did, it wasn’t that great.The big limitation for me, is that the input plug is a 4 pole 3.5mm jack, fixed to the microphone by a very short coiled lead. The microphone is supposed to have a phone / tablet mode and a camera mode that are selected using a switch. The idea is that the 4 pole plug sends microphone in and headphone out for ‘monitoring’, but that only works in ‘phone mode’. I’m assuming that despite two microphones – front and rear, it’s not actually stereo – at least in phone mode. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to make it work well enough test what happens on camera mode! There’s always a chance that putting it into camera mode, would reconfigure the plug wiring to allow a stereo mic feed, but there’s no information anywhere indicating that to be the case.Now I appreciate that the 4 pole mini TRRS jack is quite common with headphone/mic sets and gaming headsets, but to my mind, what would be beneficial for this microphone is the inclusion of a Mic Splitter 3.5mm Female to 2 Dual 3.5mm Jack Male Microphone Audio Y Splitter Adapter Cable to get direct access to the headphone and microphone connections. Additionally a 3.5mm to USB-C convertor cable would be beneficial.My issue is that all my phones are modern and only accept a USB-C connection. My iPad does have a 3.5″ jack and was one of the few things I could get to work. My windows laptop seemed to recognise a microphone was connected, but I couldn’t make it receive any sound. My Mac Mini initially showed no interest and My MOTU Audio interface wouldn’t take any audio because it only expects a standard stereo jack. None of my camera’s have a suitable socket.After much fiddling, I eventually got my Mac Mini to recognise it. The trick is that it has to be switched to phone mode, and then the microphone is detected as ‘Internal Microphone’. Switching to Camera mode disconnects it. I tried a recording with it and it was just ok. A bit tinny and reverberant for my liking.So focussing on the iPad, which is the only other item that worked for me, when I switched to ‘phone mode’, the input level was pretty low. but quality was ok. You can’t hear what you’ve recorded because once you’ve plugged something in the socket, it thinks headphones are connected, so you have to either unplug the microphone when you play back, or put headphones into the socket on the mic to hear the playback. The instructions say this is to ‘monitor’ the recording, but I didn’t hear anything during recording, only on playback – but that may be specific to the recording software.I also tested in in the iPad on camera mode, and in this case it still worked and the input signal was much hotter, but also a bit tinny.Now I always thought a condenser microphone needed power – usually 48v phantom power, or at least ‘some’ power. there’s no mention of anything in the instructions or as to if there’s any kind of battery in it or not.In summary, I found the build quality and accessories that you get were fine – you get some crumpled wind muffs and a carry / storage case and a mounting bracket, but the devices able to take this microphone without come kind of convertor seem extremely limited without an adapter,The quality of any recordings I got were nothing special and quite low volume. The whole condenser power thing is a bit unexplained and a better description of the plug wiring would be handy.To be honest, the quality and risk just aren’t worth the expense or effort for me of trying to track down suitable convertor cables.In comparison, I have a microphone from DJI, that although more expensive shows how it should be. You can connect via USB-C, 3.5″ jack or bluetooth and it all works seamlessly and is better quality. I also have radio mic with a USB-C receiver that was low cost and yet works much better than this.I’m just left unimpressed having wasted loads of time with trial and error to try and get any useful results, and ultimately the quality just wasn’t all that either.