RØDEWireless ME Ultra-compact Wireless Microphone System with Built-in Microphones, GainAssist Technology and 100m Range for Filmmaking, Interviews and Content Creation

The mics are great quality with good battery life . The app works well too and I love how portable these are. They feel pretty durable and robust, though I wouldn’t want to chance dropping them.I’ve not had any connectivity issues at all so far and I’ve been using them for a while.I record videos of me out in the field going field recordings so wind protection was something I was concerned about. However, I’ve found these to be very forgiving in wind with the little dead cats supplied with them. Obviously, you have to have the limits if it’s extremely windy and try to find a location less windy to film whilst you are talking if possible on stronger wind days.I tend to set my levels at the medium mark and have had no issues with clipping - this is probably assisted by keeping my voice at a relatively consistent volume and also the gain assist function doing its magic. Sudden shouting or loud noises would definitely result in clipping. If I was a videographer working in unpredictable environments where levels can peak suddenly (say at a wedding for example) I would probably plump for the newer 32-bit float rode offering for peace of mind as you can recover loud signals in post with no distorted audio.As it happens though, these are perfect for my requirements & the gain assist does an impressive job.Sound quality is good. It’s also impressive at capturing the voice in quite noisy environments without picking up too much of the surrounding ambience.You can improve the quality further by using a Lav mic plugged into the transmitter - I have done this on occasion. I tend to do this when it is a little too windy for the inbuilt mics to cope because I have wind bubbles I can use with the lav mics that are more robust.The only gripe I have is that clipping the receiver on to your phone never seems particularly secure. Also, if you have the phone on a gimbal and the receiver attached to the phone the weight can be a bit much for the gimbal. I’d have loved the cable to be longer so that you could have one end plugged into your phone and the other end to the receiver which you could then clip on your belt or something.Also, the transmitter can be a bit weighty if clipped to a shirt etc. I’d recommend an external lav unless it’s attached to a pretty robust surface otherwise it tends to “flop” your clothes and point away from you all the time.The clips seem really robust. I particularly enjoy clipping the TX to my belt and feeding a lav mic up under my Tshirt to clip on my shirt / coat etc. I can clip it onto my belt without worrying it will drop off.I like that it comes with everything you need right out of the box to plug it directly into various devices - DSLR’s, Action Cams, Android and IOS devices are all covered. This is a great move from Rode as it allows flexibility to use them across a wide range of devices.Overall I’m incredibly pleased with these - they suit me down to the ground and make life that little bit easier than having to record audio from a lav to a recorder and then having to sync that up in post. I already do this with my field recordings, so having my voice embedded into the video in crystal clear quality and in sync perfectly every time saves me a lot of extra editing time.

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These are fairly expensive wireless microphones. However, they are from a professional, market leading brand and their quality does not disappoint. These are fast becoming my "go to" wireless microphone system.I use these when filming video for my youtube adventures.This wireless microphone system comprises a transmitter unit and receiver unit.I connect the receiver with the supplied cable to my Sony AX43 (4K) camcorder.I connect a small, discrete "tie clip" lav mic to the transmitter and put the transmitter into my pocket.These wireless microphones are not perfect, but heir advantages far outweigh their disadvantages.Advantages:-Fantastic build qualityGood combination of connecting wires supplied in the boxThe transmitter has an external (in my case lav) mic input socket.Once set up, they just work and connect with each other faultlessly. No faff.The audio quality is superb.Disadvantages:-Getting the dead cat wind muffs installed is a major challenge. Doesn't matter to me as I use an additional lav mic."Settings" can only be changed by connecting with a wire to a phone or PC. Not a problem to me as the settings only need to be set once.One thing to be aware of is that whilst the batteries built into these microphones do allow for several hours of use, if you are planning to have a session of all day filming, then you will need to recharge these.I would definitely buy these again. I would not consider wireless microphones from any other brand. I am perfectly happy with these. The only thing I would change is that I would pay the extra money for a charging case.Rode is an Australian company which has acquired a new fan.Cheaper wireless microphones are available, but if you know what you are doing, these Rode Wireless ME will not disappoint!

The media could not be loaded. Bought this for my husbands tech channel to do a review on but sadly this had some sort of issue because on nearly every test recording the Rode wireless ME produced a horrid clicking noise and cracking type of noise, which NO other wireless lavalier microphones that my husband tested (including the first original Rode wireless Go) had any type of noise like this produced.Secondly when GainAssist was turnt off the adjustable gain from one to three did absolutely nothing and sounded like it was stuck on the highest gain setting !!Thirdly as for the sound quality against Rodes's first original wireless go, he noticed no sound quality difference whatsoever.GainAssist did very little when it came to clipping reduction also .... hence why he strongly thinks that this unit had an issue.Returned for refund and unsure if we will risk buying another one due to this unit performing the way it did.I will place a video up of one of the testing video very soon once my husband finds the test folder

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This looks like an excellent product, my only dislike is that I had to destroy the packaging in order to get into it. That makes returning the product difficult. My own lack of research also made me think that the TX unit would record a copy of the sound file onto the TX unit itself, but it has to be paired to a phone or laptop during use, and the recording is then made there using Rode's own app. That's fine, it just adds an extra point of potential failure during a live recording. However this is my own fault for not reading about it thoroughly. Given the packaging has been destroyed I can't return this unit and get the more expensive version. Ho hum, I'll have to live with it as it is.