Why Is This Cool? | Shure MV88+ Video Kit mobile microphone review.

An independent review of the extremely clever Shure MV88+ all-in-one mobile microphone kit for iOS or Android. Includes audio demos of voiceover, selfie field recording, and mid/side mic technique in the studio with an acoustic guitar.

Is this one of the smartest mics ever made? Whether you’re a beginner or a professional, vlogger, podcaster, musician, or filmmaker, this mic has something valuable to offer. Even just to improve your Zoom video conference meetings!

This is my first video, so it may be rough around the edges ;) My apologies in advance. Wanted to showcase what makes this such a genius product, and hopefully spark some creative ideas in all you budding content creators! I needed a versatile mic to start making videos and this was it 💪🏼

Please like and subscribe if you found this video worthwhile. Cheers! – SV

0:00 Intro
0:29 How and why did I choose this mic?
1:34 Description of the mic
1:59 Background info about MV88
2:11 ShurePlus MOTIV app description
2:43 ShurePlus MOTIV Video app description
3:20 UNBOXING | what comes with it?
5:30 IN USE | Voiceover
6:01 Outdoor selfie demo, with different polar patterns, using MOTIV Video app
7:14 Studio setup, demo of mid side recording technique.
8:54 Mid side audio demo with acoustic guitar
9:49 THOUGHTS | Reaction and caveats
12:17 WRAP UP | Final thoughts and recommendations

UPDATE (Sep 19, 2020):
Hi all! Wanted to add some clarifying info to the issues I encountered when using the mic:

1. Shure does in fact make a longer 3ft/1m Mini USB-Lightning cable. You can find it here, although at time of writing it is backordered:
https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/accessories/amv-ltg

2. The Shure cables are MFi certified–an expensive Apple license–which means they’re guaranteed to work with iOS devices. Most likely, my other cable is not certified, which resulted in the error message. Not surprised to learn that Shure did it right ;)

3. Shure also pointed out that you can use an adaptor like this Belkin to charge your device while using the MV88:
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HKKP2ZM/A/belkin-lightning-audio-charge-rockstar

4. For mid/side recording: in the video I recorded into Cubasis 3 on my iPad, but I forgot that it’s a universal app, so you can record directly into that on your iPhone too!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cubasis-3/id1207839273

5. The iPad Pro incompatibility is to do with how apple chose to implement audio output via USB-C. For an in-depth look check out this article:
https://www.imore.com/usb-c-audio-and-ipad-pro-everything-you-need-know
My hopes for an update to fix this have dimmed somewhat, since it seems to be a hardware limitation. Perhaps there’s a USB dock workaround. Hope so, since I’ll be needing an iPad Pro rather soon-ish…
9/28/20– from the latest MOTIV release notes: “When connected to iPad Pro via a USB-C cable, the MV88+ will pass audio and gain can be adjusted. However, the MOTIV apps will only display ‘external mic’, and the settings screen will not be available. Shure recommends using another device to configure the settings before using with iPad Pro. No adjustments can be made in real time (except gain) on the Shure MOTIV apps when using an iPad Pro.”

6. (9/27/20) Looks like the Video app is live on the Google Play store as well!

In any case, I just wanted to make it clear that these are not product shortcomings; just things you need to be aware of. Like knowing that a Ferrari needs oil changes, and you should maybe drive really slowly if you intend to go off-roading with it ;) Should’ve said it that way!

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Buy it here: https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones/mv88plus

AMV88-FUR dead cat accessory: https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/accessories/amv88-fur

MV88 User Guide: https://pubs.shure.com/guide/MV88PLUS/en-US

ShurePlus MOTIV app:
iOS - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shureplus-motiv/id938264337
Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shure.motiv

ShurePlus MOTIV Video app:
iOS - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shureplus-motiv-video/id1171422095
Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shure.motiv.video

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Reference links:
Mid/side recording: https://www.uaudio.com/blog/mid-side-mic-recording
Alan Blumlein (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Blumlein

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All footage and music written, filmed, produced, edited, recorded, composed, and whatever else you can think of, by me.

Shot entirely on iPhone 11 Pro Max using FiLMiC Pro.
Edited on iPad Pro using LumaFusion.

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