RØDE VideoMic GO II Helix | Ultra-Compact On-Camera Shotgun Microphone with Both 3.5mm and USB Outputs for Filmmaking, Content Creation, Podcasting and Video Calls (3rd Gen)

No complaints. It's worked great since it arrived

Este microfono es buenisimo, su calidad de audio y portabilidad. Su tamaño es adecuado para llevar en el bolso. No me gustaron la mayoria de sus funciones de software, pero esto no es problema, el tratamiento y la edicion es de cada quien. El hecho de no necesitar una bateria lo hace mas interesante.

lo mejor buen microfono, perfecto!

I shoot talking head, instructional and run ’n gun video in an urban center filled with radio station towers and high-rises topped with cellphone microwave transmitters. I own several good on-camera mics but am always looking for improvement, especially in terms of RFI resistance. Hence, the VideoMic Go II landed on my doorstep.This is a tiny mic compared to pro shotgun mics. It appears optimized for close indoor and v-blogging use, rather than news crew or movie style set use. Included accessories are spartan: mic, shock mount, foam windscreen and a TRS to TRS cable for cameras or audio recorders and a TRS/TRRS cable for phones. No deadcat, storage bag or USB-C cable. This aluminum clad mic is extremely light and well crafted. The shock mount has a metal shoe. Bravo! On the negative side, cables are thin and cheap and poorly shielded (see remarks below about RFI). And, yeah, a deadcat is sorely needed in Hawaii tradewinds. The foam is almost useless. I made due with a deadcat from my Deity D4.The VideoMic Go II sounds great for talking heads—natural and uncolored—but needs to be .5 meter or nearer or it sounds thin (bass drops off a cliff). It picks up my acoustic guitars amazingly well, sounding full but with nice crispy highs. I also used it for a voiceover using the USB-C output. It doesn’t require any special drivers on the Mac and I could record straight into TwistedWave, Logic Pro and Final Cut pro. Gain is controllable from the System panel. If you choose to use the Rode Central app, you can set low cut (75Hz or 150Hz) and treble boost. I prefer buttons on the mic for these settings. Unfortunately, settings are not retained when you mount the mic on a camera via TRS. The Connect app seems pointless: basically a simple recording app with no editing features and easily beat by GarageBand or TwistedWave.Okay, now the big gotcha. RFI—radio frequency inference—is a constant aggravation in urban centers. I live a block from a radio tower for a class rock station. Almost any analog device sound device—mics, electric guitars, audio recorders, home stereos, etc.—can act like a radio receiver. Unfortunately the VideoMic Go II is not RFI resistant. Using the Rode, that radio station signal is recorded loud and clear on the audio track of my Canon R6 MK II (built-in mics are somehow immune). Incidentally, there were no RFI problems while using the mic with USB-C. Wish cameras allowed USB audio.I’ve dealt with RFI enough I’ve developed a few workarounds. One is to use a wireless transmitter. No luck with Rode Go wireless. Same classic rock station in my tracks. Next, I tried different cables. Cables behave like radio antennas and need to be as short as possible and well shielded. The included Rode TRS to TRS was the worse of the bunch. My other straight cables were almost as bad as the Rode. Finally I tried a blue coiled cable from my Sennheiser MKE 400 and, voila, it worked: RFI free at last. It’s a locking cable but the locking jack seats fine on the VideoMic Go II. It’s called the Sennheiser Pro Audio Sennheiser CL 35 Locking 3.5mm TRS to TRS Coiled Cable if you need one.

Quality piece of gear. I used via USB-C with my Galaxy phone and it increased range ... for example when I used Merlin bird ID app it picked up many more birds than with the phone alone. I also used it to capture wedding audio from 30' away. Easy to use.

Awesome on camera mic, works well in windy situations aswell

So I am using this for Discord. I mounted it on top of my monitor, using an old phone stand that let's me adjust the angle up and down, the mount for the mic itself allows for left and right. This lets me sit back in my chair, angle the mic towards myself and talk normally without a boom mic hanging out near my face getting in the way or blocking my view. The fact that this is a directional mic prevents it from picking up all the other sounds in the room, I mean it will pick up other loud sounds, but overall it's great, solving a problem I've had ever since I stopped using a headset mic for coms while gaming or doing teams calls. I'm a huge fan of this mic set up.

So, you purchase your new Rode mic because you want to hook it up to your iPhone a capture better sound. You select Prime shipping because you need fast for a project that has a deadline. But when you purchased it there was no recommended options to buy the cable you will need to make this work with your device. You get it and now you can’t use it. And forget running to Best Buy to purchase a cable, because you need a special Rode cable. Rode should have a section written exclusively just to call out the variety of cable options required. Instead, they don’t. Why? Do they think that people won’t buy their mic if they know that they will need to spend an extra $25 on the cable? Maybe so, but I feel that this is something they should clearly mention because I definitely would have still bought it. Now, here I am… stuck. I have a mic that I cannot use and a project starting across the country on Monday. They don’t offer prime shipping on the cable I need and the fastest I can get a cable from them is Tuesday. Too bad I jump on a plane on Monday. I’m pissed off that they try to hide the fact that their Mic requires a proprietary cable that is required. They should have recommended this item instead of the fuzzy hairball wind blocker. C’mon guys. Customer service should be number 1, starting with explaining exactly what a customer needs to operate your equipment. If you are reading this, and want to use this mic with an iPhone, the mic requires one of two Rode cables to operate (headphone jack style or USB Lightning). From what I can see, this mic does not have an on/off switch either, as it gets power directly from your device (when connected). And it sounds like you cannot use another manufacturers cable. So… I’m SOL for this project. Bummed out.