This is a bit of a niche area but I'm hoping someone can offer some advice. My wife, to pass the time, has started a Douyin account, the Chinese counterpart to TIkTok. She records and edits video on her Huawei P30 Pro, which like many new smartphones, lacks a 3.5mm jack. This really limits hardware options. I'm looking for a microphone that will connect to her USB-C port, has a gains control and will offer better audio quality and isolation without overly increasing the complexity of recording. I ordered a Logitech Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone and USB mini to Type-C cable. Does anyone have experience with this type of setup? I'm looking for advice and recommendations. Does she need to use OpenCamera? I was thinking about a miniboom mic: BOYA BY-DM100 Digital Stereo Cardioid Condenser Saramonic SmartMic+ UC Comica CVM-VS09TC After more research, I know that BOYA pushes turds that are rarely function correctly. I was hoping for a more portable solution for outdoor recording.
I picked up the Yeti Blue for £65 used. A Rode Wireless Go is £145 (£85 used) + Deity V-Mic D3 Pro £158 = £300 I will hold off on spending that much until I see how far she goes. A dji osmo mobile 3 would also be nice eventually.
I'm afraid I can't really comment on hardware, since all the recording I've done with digital interfaces has been on a PC using full-sized USB ports... I did however use Voice Record Pro on my iPhone quite a lot when I was recording motorcycle vlogs a few years ago. There is an Android version available, but I've never used it; thankfully the Android version seems to be free, whereas I had to pay for it on iPhone. I used to use it with an Audio-Technica ATR-3350 lapel mic (which won't help you, since the ATR-3350 has an analogue 3.5mm plug)
IIRC, Android has native support for USB audio, i.e. your standard desktop USB DAC/ADC/mic should be plug and play with a simple Type-C to USB A adapter. If super-compactness is not an issue, you can potentially use a Type-C to USB A adapter, a USB hub, then plug in whatever USB mics you want. If you want ultra potableness, then a Bluetooth lav mic may be the way to go.
