DJI Mic 2 - 8 Things I LOVE and HATE

The DJI Mic 2 is one of the hottest audio products out there. With its rich feature set and 32-bit float recording, there's a lot to be excited about... but is the DJI Mic 2 actually worth the hype?

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0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Some Backround
0:35 - Favorite Thing 1
1:52 - Favorite Thing 2
2:52 - Favorite Thing 3
4:46 - 32 Bit Float (Yay!)
5:12 - 32 Bit Float (Boo)
5:52 - Does it Sound Good?
6:08 - Mic Comparison Tests
7:11 - Noise Reduction Test
8:46 - My LEAST Favorite Thing
9:50 - Is it worth it?

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[iainmitchell]

Hey, a small piece of gaffers tape stuck in to the cold shoe mount gives enough resistance for the receiver to stay in place 👍🏻

[blackmamba]

The noise reduction is useful when you're live streaming where it isn't possible to remove the background noise in post.

[SorenmyValdez]

This video review has been one of the best, real review I have ever seen.

[BraxtonHolley]

Yes definitely need the best lav mic video Please!!

[jesselam]

Such a good review, and yes it’s almost always better to process things in post, for the same reason it’s better not have electronic stabilisation on and to do it in post.

[Trailer_takeoff]

Neewer UA030 cold shoe adapter works great and holds both dji receiver or transmitters.

[askpauld]

Great video! Did you ever do a review of those lavs?

[dirkdoetdingen]

Thank for this! The new active hotshoe attachment that prevents the use of a cable makes me lean to this one over the Rode Wireless Pro. But still kinda on the fence about them... If you use the coldshoe; there are these cold shoe quick release locking baseplates by the way!

[CarryORBury]

Please do an aftermarket lav mic video you sir would be a lifesaver for a new content creator!! You earned my sub and like today. Thank you for the honest and well made review. 🎉

[PizzlesTechTime]

This is actually how I should have put my video together. 😊 I just wanted to make a first impressions video and I don't think it is being received well. I was a little bit too emotional and I may have to copy paste your format here

[ce]

Put thin felt in the cold clip to make fitment tighter

[sahilrevenge]

Great video. Just wanted to know if I select 32 bit and record on receiver then do I still need to make any audio gain adjustments or am I good to go?

[danieldesouza]

I wish I had a fast filter to lower the music levels on this video... future YT should have the option to silence music and keep only the voices..

[philpritchard]

put some gaff tape in the cold shoe to thicken it up and also add grip, it works for the mic 1 receiver

[jirkadvorak_]

You can switch to S5 IIX, it is working with hot shoe there perfectly! :D

[SCINEMACREW]

I sanded the little numbs on my original dii mic cold shoe adapter down a bit and it clasps on better, you could also try tape, but I wanted a more permanent solution

[rickbiessman]

The cold shoe thing is really good to know. Even with the solution that Iain suggested, it’s good to know a cold shoe on its own won’t hold the mic in place, which is really, really unfortunate.

[CulturaPanda]

I want to buy this microphone, in the simplest option where I only receive the transmitter... my doubt is whether the intelligent noise cancellation works without the transmitter... what I think would be possible was to record the sound and in editing sync it with the image... that way I'll have the best of this microphone?

[WillyMouna]

Do you prefer DJI mic 2 compared with the rode pro? I need one of them for recording my lectures around 2 hours long. Using the camera wireless with the reciever.

[telecamfilms]

Overall a great system but a few things need to improve:

- TX automatically goes into record when powering on. I'd like to have an option to turn this feature off.
- No visual indication on the RX display when the TX Lo Cut filter is ON
- The new MI Shoe Adapter is working great with Sony FX6 but not the Sony FX9, not sure why...
- Although not an issue in post, the audio delay while monitoring is a bit annoying and a bit offsetting.