I am not the only reviewer to criticize the Hype Mic’s weak monitoring capabilities. (The slang term in Castilian is cascos which literally means “helmets”.) The moral of the story is that if you want to purchase a Hype Mic and need to monitor a combination of your own voice from sound coming from the host computer/phone/tablet (be it a remote guest or panelist, or a sound bed being played to you as you record in sync with it), you should either be using isolating headphones that are even lower impedance than mine (lower than 32 ohms) or purchase an outboard inline headphone amplifier like the M-Audio Bass Traveler, which is battery powered (≈US$39 Amazon- B&H) to go between the Hype Mic’s weak headphone output and your favorite “cans”. This situation would only be worse if your headphones were the very popular Sony MDR-7506 which is officially 63 ohms, although Ken Rockwell measured it to be even higher. When setting the Blending option to any other option, the monitor volume was so low to become unusable. Using my favorite CB-1 isolating headphones (which are rated at 32 ohms, shown above, reviewed here), the output level in my headphones was barely adequate when the Blending option (which is only for monitoring, and does not affect the recording or live broadcast) was set to monitor only the microphone (no blending). Instead, that is delegated to the host device (computer/smartphone/tablet). However, the Hype Mic does not offer any volume control for that output. This solves the issue discussed in my 2015 article TS/TRS/TRRS/TRRRS: Combating the misconnection epidemic (illustrated above). which was necessary with older equipment. I say “foolproof” because the Hype Mic intelligently ignores any microphone that may be present if the user connects a TRRS headset, instead of just a TRS stereo 3.5 mm. Foolproof but weak latency-free monitoringįortunately, the Hype Mic features a “foolproof” 3.5 mm output which offers latency-free monitoring. See my 2015 article 48 reasons why GarageBand is kryptonite for video production illustrated above. On macOS, first select in the Audio MIDI Setup (illustrated above) and then in your desired recording app, (Stay away from the native camera app or GarageBand, which only support 44.1 kHz, which is kryptonite for video production and certain audiograms.) Auphonic, FiLMiC Pro, FV-5 Cinema) or use an app that uses 48 kHz exclusively, like the RØDE Reporter app.
#HYPE PRO 3.5 ANDROID#
In addition to our standard 48 kHz and the whopping 96 khz, the Hype Mic also offers 44.1 kHz (which I would never use for the reasons stated in Enter the 48 kHz Alliance), and 88.2 kHz (which I would never use either, since it isn’t a multiple of 48, but of the dreaded 44.1 kHz).Īs I have covered in prior articles, to set your audio sampling on Android or iOS, simply select it in any of the recording apps that offer such an audio sampling selection (i.e. For musical instruments you might justify a higher sampling frequency. (96 is exactly 48×2.) I could only justify recording such a high a sampling frequency for vocal recordings if you plan to use slow motion as you edit your audio recordings (or audio/video recordings). The Hype Mic offers up to 96 kHz/ 24-bit. I am happy with the variety of sampling rates and resolutions available in the Hype Mic, although I only tested using our standard 48 kHz/24-bit (see Enter the 48 kHz alliance). It is extremely unusual for a microphone of this price level, but there is no frequency response spec or graph published by Apogee.
#HYPE PRO 3.5 WINDOWS 10#
See my article: Windows 10 LTSC: better for production & sanity than Home or Pro).Įven though Apogee makes no mention of official Android support for the Hype Mic, I confirmed that it also works fine with my Google Pixel XL with Android 10 recording at 48 kHz using the Auphonic app for Android (reviewed here for Android and the updated version for iOS here). Officially, Apogee supports the use of the Apogee Mic with iPadOS, iOS 9+, macOS 10.9+ and Windows 10 (including Windows 10 LTSC. Multiplatform compatibility, connections and power Here is what you get with a Hype Mic (US$349, Amazon - B&H). Ahead you’ll read my detailed observations and can listen to eight audio clips. In the case of the Hype Mic from Apogee, the inboard compressor is analog, so when it’s active your signal remains analog until after being dynamically compressed: Only then does it become digitized. Some readers will recall that in the past, I tested a microphone with an undisclosed hardware limiter, but not a compressor.
Here is my review of the US$349 Apogee Hype Mic, the first microphone I have ever tested with an inboard compressor.
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