VIVE Surround Sound Microphone

Had a problem with the first one that was sent but the vendor acknowledged my problem and shipped me 2 (two) replacement units. This microphone is FANTASTIC. I thoroughly recommend it!!

This is a great microphone for your camera or camcorder.It takes a 2023 button cell battery which doesn't last long, don't forget to turn it off, you'll find that you are spending a lot for batteries.Be careful with this microphone, the attachment to the hot shoe plate is very delicate, I have tried Velcro, hot glue and now rubber cement.I would only recommend this to a few people, people that know how to modify from the original.I have had mine for 4 months now and have gone through so many batteries, I am thinking of modifying it to one 18650 battery ( 3.6v ) from the 2023 battery at 3.0 v.I use this for wildlife videos and it really records nature at it's best. The only thing to consider is where the playback will played, so far, the internet does not play surround sound. 5.1Would I buy another.... Yes. But I only give this 3 stars for making me repair and modify it.I also made a wind screen ( dead cat ) this microphone is very sensitive.

Decent unit for the price. Records as well as the built-in microphones for my Canon HF10 with the added benefit of surround sound. The only reasons I gave it 4 stars were because I had to "shave" the foot to fit in the Canon's shoe, and because the rear channels tend to blend a bit (probably because the two mics for the rear are so close to each other they each pick up a lot of what the other one does). Just nits, I'd still buy this again.

Good quality audio. Records Surround Sound as promised to a Zoom H4N recorder.http://www.freesound.org/people/gezortenplotz/sounds/316849/

Features and pros:1) This is an excellent surround sound microphone with inbuilt Dolby Prologic encoder.2) The microphone houses four electret mics and powered by a button cell.3) The whole system is very tiny and sits on top of your video camera in Camera Hot Shoe mount.4) The Mic hot shoe mount also has an inbuilt shock mount.5) The encoded audio output is available through a stereo headphone jack which you connect to your camera aux. or mic. in to record in your camera just like any other external microphone. Apparently this may look like a normal stereo sound signal, but it is actually a Dolby Prologic encoded audio where multiple channel data in encoded as phase shift audio. When you play back the sound through your surround sound system, it decodes dolby Prologic and you get surround sound output.6) The sound quality is excellent and there is very little noise in the mic. circuit.Cons: The construction is very light and fragile, so careful handling is required. No wind screen is available yet.Recommended: Yes, this is an excellent mic. for its capabilities and price.