Modern cameras and smartphones capture high-quality footage, enabling our video content to look as good as broadcast TV. However, the audio quality of our footage will often let the side down when it comes to our programme’s production values. A key problem sound recordists face is distance. Sound levels reduce by 6dB every time you double the distance between the speaker and the mic. The rumble of wind noise can obscure dialogue, and as soon as you step a few feet away from your camera’s built-in microphone, your voice will become much harder to hear (especially when competing with ambient noise such as passing traffic).
Fortunately, it’s not difficult (or expensive) to capture better quality audio on your smartphone thanks to the Boya mini 2 - a wireless microphone kit that transmits your voice via a 2.4 GHz digital frequency from a transmitter to a tiny receiver plugged into your smartphone. By clipping the mic clip to your shirt, the distance between your mouth and the mic remains consistently close (even when you’re standing far away from your smartphone). This helps ensure that you sound loud and clear from up to 100 metres away. The Boya mini 2 also has a built-in AI noise-cancelling feature, so you can sound more audible in busy urban locations.
