Godox Cube-S is a tiny wireless smartphone mic with 300 metres of range
Aug 19, 2024
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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Godox has launched another wireless microphone system. This time, it’s the Godox Cube-S ($55-119). It’s available as a single or twin transmitter kit in both Lightning and USB-C flavours. Despite its tiny size, it boasts a massive 300-metre range.
This is a little longer than most people will ever need to record. But if it’s strong at that distance, it should be plenty strong at more reasonable working distances. With the supplied charging case, you get up to 30 hours of use for those really long days.
Godox Cube-S tiny wireless microphone for smartphones
The Godox Cube-S takes what is now a familiar smartphone microphone receiver form factor but with extremely small transmitters. While these small transmitters don’t feature TRS sockets for Lavalier microphones, they’re ideal for those who want to clip the transmitter onto their chest.
The whole three-device kit slots inside its capsule-shaped charging case. The receiver pulls power from the phone’s USB-C or Lightning socket. The transmitters offer 10 hours of use on a full charge, and the charging case provides two extra full transmitter charges.
Each transmitter weighs only 7 grams, which shouldn’t be enough to create droops and folds in most clothes. It provides 48KHz 24-bit audio, but there’s no internal recording on them. It just transmits to the receiver and the receiver pushes it into your phone.
It should detect like any other standard stereo microphone plugged into your iPhone’s lightning socket or your Android device’s USB-C socket. As such, it means it should work with any camera or audio app that can access external microphones.
For iPhone users, the Godox Cube-S is compatible with Apple’s Find My service. So, if your Cube-S falls of or you lose it, it’ll let you see where it was last seen right on your phone screen.
Price and Availability
The Godox Cube-S will be available to pre-order soon. Single mic kits for USB-C and Lightning will cost $54.99 and $69.99, respectively. The two-mic kits for USB-C and Lightning will cost $109 and $119, respectively.
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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