DJI’s Mic 3 crams more features into a smaller package

The DJI Mic 3 has shrinked without scrimping.

DJI is making its latest wireless lavalier microphone strategy adjacent smaller without scrimping connected features oregon artillery life. The DJI Mic 3 is fractional the size and value of its Mic 2 predecessor and introduces caller capabilities, including 2 adaptive summation power modes, 3 dependable code presets, and a sizable summation successful retention capableness for interior recordings.

DJI’s latest wireless mic tin enactment up to 4 transmitters and 8 receivers astatine erstwhile for signaling audio from ample groups, with a scope of 400 meters (1,312 feet). The Mic 3 automatically switches betwixt 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequence bands to assistance support the transmission unchangeable and forestall interference. Two-level progressive sound cancelling is besides disposable for reducing inheritance sounds.

The Adaptive Gain Control modes see an Automatic enactment that tin suppress abrupt measurement spikes and forestall clipping successful noisy environments, and a Dynamic mode that automatically adjusts summation to support measurement accordant successful quieter indoor settings similar studios. The 3 dependable code presets see Regular, Rich, and Bright, which tin beryllium selected based connected the vocal characteristics of whoever is speaking to set clarity.

At 16 grams, the Mic 3 is person successful size and value to the 10-gram Mic Mini system that DJI launched past year. Unlike the Mic Mini, however, the Mic 3 retains features similar built-in backup signaling abilities to forestall losing audio, and a touchscreen show connected the receiver to set settings and show artillery levels. It besides includes 32GB of retention for dual-file interior recordings that enactment some 24-bit and 32-bit floating points, which is importantly larger than the 8GB of built-in retention connected the Mic 2.

Battery beingness sits betwixt the 2 older DJI lav mics, providing up to 8 hours for the receiver and 10 hours for the transmitter, compared to six hours for some connected the Mic 2, and up to 11.5 hours and 10.5 hours connected the Mic Mini’s transmitter and receiver, respectively. The Mic 3 charging lawsuit provides 2.4 afloat charges, according to DJI, giving users 28 hours of other foodstuff connected the go.

What we don’t cognize is the terms oregon merchandise timeline. DJI says the Mic 3 won’t beryllium disposable successful the US immediately, which suggests it’ll beryllium launching successful different markets first. The two-microphone transmitter kit for the Mic 2 launched astatine $219, and the much affordable Mic Mini is $169 by comparison, truthful we’ll person to hold and spot however the Mic 3 stacks up erstwhile it arrives successful the US.