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Insta360 Mic review: A midrange mic kit that's anything but boring

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Insta360 Mic review: A midrange mic kit that's anything but boring

In an ocean of boring microphones, Insta360 adds a (customizable) pop of color.

It's been a transformative year for Insta360. The Luna Ultra and Luna Pro cameras, both released over the summer, cemented its reputation as a capable camera-maker that isn't limited to 360 video. When it unveiled the Mic Pro, with its quirky e-ink display, the portfolio of creator products was almost complete. Well, almost, because there was a small gap between the $330 Mic Pro and the affordable Mic Air.

Insta360 plugs that gap today with the $250 Mic. Yep, capital M as that's the full name of the product (let's just accept right now this review might get confusing). The Mic is a pared-down version of the Mic Pro, with a cost-saving feature that might actually make it more appealing to many creators. Wireless mic systems are plentiful, but the Insta360 Mic is curious and endearing. The question is, will that be enough to earn it a place on your lapel?

I loved the sound on Insta360's Mic Pro and it appears the regular Mic inherited the same audio quality. My voice isn't deep, but it's lower in register and I'm prone to swallowing my words. Recordings with the Mic on default settings and voice mode all sound as clear as a mumbling Brit like me could hope for. Activating the Rich voice tone adds a pleasing amount of presence when speaking, and is, dare I say it, more podcast-friendly. The Bright preset is better for outdoor recording when there's more ambient noise and you want your voice to stand out more, or if you have a particularly low voice, but the standard recording mode remains my preference.


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