Recording Microphone

iXm is a handheld field recorder and real reporter microphone made for and by Broadcasters. iXm delivers perfect sound, enables simple and silent recording, and performes robust with double power.

Order information

• iXm recorder with capsule made by beyerdynamic:
  
  # YT5010 iXm Beyer omni-directional (electret)
  # YT5020 iXm Beyer cardioid (electret)
  # YT5030 iXm Beyer super-cardioid (dynamic)
  
  
• iXm recorder with capsule by Yellowtec:
  
  # YT5040 iXm omni-directional (dynamic)
  # YT5050 iXm cardioid (dynamic)
  # YT5060 iXm super-cardioid (dynamic)
  
  
• Scope of delivery:
  
  iXm recorder with capsule of choice
  SD memory card (2GB)
  CD with driver, user and admin software 
  USB power supply with changeable plugs
  USB cable (type-A to USB-mini)
  

Key features and benefits

• iXm always sounds right
  
  
• Interchangeable microphone heads with omni-directional, cardioid and super-cardioid pick-up patterns
• Capsules made by German specialist Beyerdynamic (electret) for high speech intelligibility and low handling noise sensitivity
• Capsule detection for automatic DSP adaptions (e.g. gain)
• Mic preamp - state-of-the art - feeding two 20bit ADCs
• Intelligent levelling of unmatched reference quality
  
  
  
• Recording - simple and silent 
  
  
• Just two buttons 'Record and Stop' enabling one finger operation  
• Marker setting - silent on the fly
• Dashboard with 3 bright LED indicators for recording, remaining power and free memory status
  
  
  
• Up to 14 hours of operation
  
  
• Dual power layout:
• Up to 8 hours with built-in Li-Ion battery
• Up to 6 hours with 3 x AA batteries in battery compartment
  
• Virtually unlimited memory:
• Changeable SD memory cards formatted FAT32
• SDHC standard supported up to 16 GB
• Audio file formats: WAV, BWF, MP2
• MP2bit rates: 64 - 192 kbit/s (mono)
• Recording time: approx. 3h of uncompressed audio per GB
  
  
  
• Essential interfaces
  
  
• Headphone output (green mini jack) for live monitoring and playing back previously recorded audio files
• Intergrated voice messaging system for announing track IDs during playback
• Separate playback keypad for easy navigation
• Line input (yellow mini jack) for line leveled audio (e.g. provided by a slit box)
• Mini USB port for recharging built-in Li-Ion acumulator battery, for dumping audio files from iXm's SD card to a PC, and for configuring iXm via powerful software (engineer's tool)
  

Form Factor

• Total length: 255mm (YT5030: 275mm)
• Length mic head: 70mm (YT5031: 90mm)
• Width mic head: 50mm
• Width mic recorder: 38mm
• Min. total weight: 375g w/o batteries

Accessories

• Mic heads (capsules) made by beyerdynamic:
  
  # YT5011 MH Beyer omni-directional (electret)
  # YT5021 MH Beyer cardioid (electret)
  # YT5031 MH Beyer super-cardioid (dynamic)
  
  
• Mic heads (capsules) by Yellowtec:
  
  # YT5041 MH Yellow omni-directional (dynamic)
  # YT5051 MH Yellow cardioid (dynamic)
  # YT5061 MH Yellow super-cardioid (dynamic)