Hollyland Lark Max Complete Menu walkthrough. Troubleshooting, Recod, Range and Sound Test

[@jfalvesd]

I rarely leave comments but I think you deserve it. Many thanks for the thorough presentation. After watching some 5 videos or so, I finally got the answers I needed.

[@SoIDoNotForget]

@@jfalvesd Thanks for your comment. Much appreciated! I’m glad this video was helpful.

[@janpedersen8987]

By far the best run through of the Lark Max that unfortunately doesn't come with that much of a set up guide. You show all that is needed and 20 times more that the official video on You Tube. Thanks a lot.

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Anytime. My pleasure and Thank you!🙏🏼 I appreciate your comment!

[@dummyaccount5073]

Thanks a ton bro, I just got one. The manual seems incomplete. In fact they shud print this video's link in the manual. Very well explained. Lots of love ❤.

[@SoIDoNotForget]

My pleasure! Thanks!🙏🏼

[@everwake242]

Thanks, a lot more useful than 99% of the other product videos claiming to be reviews

[@SoIDoNotForget]

My pleasure and thanks for your comment. I’m glad this video was helpful!🙌🏼

[@ihzu123]

Best walktrough/guide around. Everything I wanted to see about this mics I got it on here! Note even the officialHollyland walkthrough was as godd as yours. Congrats man and thanks a lot.

[@SoIDoNotForget]

You are very welcome!. I'm glad this video was helpful. Thanks for your comment. 🙏🏼

[@StudioGalvan]

😳 This is the only walkthrough of the settings that I have found. 👍🏼 Thanks for the effort! (I hate reading manuals)

[@SoIDoNotForget]

My pleasure! Appreciated. Same feeling about manuals.

[@chrisbogart687]

Thanks - I just got mine today, and this video is just what I needed to figure things out and how to navigate the menu.

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Awesome, I’m glad this video was helpful. 🙌🏼

[@YoungBlaze]

wait, so did you do the mic recordings via on the receiver /? you kinda glossed over that part, where you can activate the mic recording from the reciever?

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Hello, good catch. I didn’t do it but I mentioned, it is on the minute 5:00 where you can activate the recording via receiver for any of the mics. Thanks for the question.

[@Design4awareness]

BEST tutorial I've come accross so far!! Thank you for making this!!! 🤩 I have 1 question; when I want to record a vlog, and I connect the transmitter to my phone (android) and I use only 1 of the mics to record the audio (as a clip on); then what is the best setting to assure the sound of my voice will be heard on the right and left speaker later when listening to it? Should I put the setting of this 1 speaker to 'stereo' for this? I keep getting confused by the actual audible difference between stereo and mono 😆 Love to hear if I understand this correctly. And in addition; when speaking with another - in an interview for example; is 'mono' the more natural setting for both mics? Does this lead to later hearing one speaker from the right and the other from the left? Or would here too - in fact 'stereo' be the more common choice? Thanks again for all your time and attention!! Much appreciated!! 🙌🙏❤😊

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Hello, Thanks for your comment, I really appreciated it. When recording in stereo and using one mic/Tx it will record only on one side depending on which mic you are using. When recording mono it will record on both sides even when using the two mics. So in mono, you will hear both mics on the left and also on the right basically they are both mixed in one track. I would suggest recording in Stereo when using two mics that way you have more control in the post to manipulate the audio (unless there is something quick and you don't want to deal with post-production) and in mono when using just one mic. I hope this helps. 🙌

[@Design4awareness]

@@SoIDoNotForget Prefect! Thank you so much!! Your eply has made an end to my confusion on this matter!! With ongoing gratitude for your work! Wishing you a great day!! 😄🙏💟

[@SoIDoNotForget]

@@Design4awareness thanks you likewise!

[@LeadYourLiving]

This was very helpful! Thank you!

[@SoIDoNotForget]

@@LeadYourLiving you are welcome!

[@Lovintruckinusa]

Thanks for making this video. Learned a lot. Excellent!

[@SoIDoNotForget]

You are welcome! I’m glad it was helpful! 🙌🏼

[@amrkhaled8407]

man u did great review of the item. thanks actually the company supposed to use ur video for how to use it. i had no clue how to use it , till i watched ur video. Thanks for ur time

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Thanks for your comment! I appreciated. I’m glad I could help.🙌🏼

[@ronphillips7952]

Terrific video. Very helpful. Thanks for the work in putting this together.

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Anytime! I’m glad this video was helpful!

[@eighty.2]

Thanks for the great walkthrough!

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Anytime!

[@mariocollins9677]

Nice. Official walkthrough status

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Thank you! 🙌🏼

[@cheycalliope7745]

Really, really appreciate your walkthrough. You explained details other KZbin tutorials didn't. Question: What is that turnoff setting (15 minutes or never) all about?

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Thank you very much. This feature is when you have auto record on. It means that the transmitter will star recording immediately you get it out of the case and it will automatically shut off at 15 minutes or never (depending how you set it up)just in case you don’t put it back in the case right after capturing what you need.

[@sirbkitchen]

Thank you so much for making this video. I have a challenge: nothing happens when I connect the transmitters to my pc to get recorded audio. I tried connecting the receiver as well, but nothing popped up as well. Please assist 🙏

[@SoIDoNotForget]

You are welcome! I hope you were able to figure out if not the only thing I can think is probably to use a different cable to connect the transmitter to the PC. I don't have a PC honestly, hopefully somoe in here does and was able to fix this problem. Also a restart will fix things.

[@MaliceVanRow]

Been messing around with mine and it seems to be pretty good. I noticed though recording level is pretty low, upped gain to about 6 and it still seems pretty low. Im guessing the volume will have to be upped in post and hope background noise isnt to bad. Did you have to up the volume during editing?

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Hello, yes yesterday I recorded a quick voice over(at 6) and even though the level is kind of low, I raised on Davinci and it sounds good. No floor noise. You can also go higher on the setting of the receiver maybe 8 or even 10 just to double check and see what’s the ideal final level. Thanks

[@MaliceVanRow]

Awesome thanks man. I appreciate the reply. I'll give it a try.

[@criticactual]

same problem @@MaliceVanRow

[@flashvipe]

I think at 04:13 you meant the output to headphone. these are the controls for the output to headphone. To control the output to camera (or other device you're recording to) you need to change the gain. correct? sorry, trying to figure this thing out and bit overwhelmed with all them options

[@Clercqb]

Thanks Bro couldn't do it with out you!!!! 🙂

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Anytime! I'm glad this video was helpful. 🙌

[@khrystynakryzhanivska8095]

The best tutorial! Thank you for your hard work 🫡

[@SoIDoNotForget]

@@khrystynakryzhanivska8095 my pleasure!🙏🏼 I’m glad this video was helpful!

[@Mr.C0ffee]

Great great review! Did you had any audio drift issues when recording over 10 minutes?

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Thank you! Not really, if Audio drifting occur is because frame rates are different between audio from video. Depending on what’s the frame rate on your video convert your audio frame rate to the video’s. Hopefully that helps!

[@Mr.C0ffee]

@@SoIDoNotForget thank you for the detailed explanation. Do you mind going a little bit more in depth on what do you mean to convert the audio to the adequate video frame rate? Thanks

[@SoIDoNotForget]

@@Mr.C0ffee sure, basically what it means is that if you are recording video @ 23.976 FPS and the audio is 24 FPS eventually is going to start drifting when doing long takes, because they are not the same Frame Rate. Both of them need to be set at the same Frame Per Second.(FPS)

[@josoder]

Great walkthrough and a really useful review. I have a set of those. I use them for interview recordings in construction areas. The fur caps (would hardly call them a dead cat) fall of quite easily. Do you have any suggestion on how to make them stick better? Or better to just suck it up and put lav mics on them, and put the unit in the interviewees pocket?

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Thank You! Yes, one suggestion that comes to mind is probably to use Velcro tape. A slim strip of Velcro on the from of the transmitter or back even though the back part is a little narrow could work. Since you have the lavs I would suggest using it that way the transmitter is not showing on camera, clip the transmitter in the back of their pants. There are several types of tapes online that you can use to hide the lav or just clip it on. amzn.to/3TWhoIP

[@BroccolixBeatz]

My case is getting discharged and my receiver is always on low battery, any solution?

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Hello, to be honest, I'm not exactly sure but something like that I noticed when I recently purchased them. What I did was to let it charge for days, meaning mainly overnight connected to a wall, and it's been charging and holding the battery every since then but if you still have that problem probably will be better to contact Hollyland or the place you purchase it from. Another thing that might need, (if available) is maybe a firmware update.

[@rahulmehra5065]

does it record two separate audio files for each mic or a single file containing audio from both the mics??

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Hello, Yes, it does. Also, you can record in the transmitters as well. Just don't forget to clap every time you start a take.

[@cheycalliope7745]

Thank you!

[@SoIDoNotForget]

My pleasure!

[@GameStach]

Thank you for answering questions that other didn't! I have one more: Do I understand correctly that you can record BOTH the audio to the camera AND on the transmitter seperately? (For example if I film an interview and I'm not recording from my camera, can it be so that the transmitter still records? And that if I start to record from my camera, it will be recorded as the audio for my camera as well?)

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Yes, that is correct. You can record internally in the transmitter and also send the audio to the camera with the receiver. Basically you have the option to do both or just one.

[@SoIDoNotForget]

By the way. You are welcome! Anytime! If you have more questions I’ll be happy to help.

[@GameStach]

​@@SoIDoNotForgetAwesome, thank you!

[@HouseMD121]

I am trying to record into my Sony A7riii but the audio is not being picked up in video playback! Any help would be appreciated

[@SoIDoNotForget]

The first thing that comes to my mind is to double check the cable that goes from the receiver to the camera. If you have an additional one, try it out. Worst case of scenario if you already on the set remember that you can record the audio directly in the transmitter(microphone) Also double check that the cable is not plugin in the audio input.

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Also not sure if on the audio menu has the option to select between internal and external audio. If so, select external.

[@HouseMD121]

Hey there! I actually figured it out. It’s my mistake entirely but I hope this helps anyone else who has frustration with this. There are two separate audio jacks on my A7RIII. The recording jack and the headphone monitoring! Apparently they are easily confused. Hope this helps someone else

[@xaratemplate]

Does the audio automatically sync with iphone video or do you have to line it up in post?

[@SoIDoNotForget]

If you only use the transmitter(mic) to record internally in it, yes You need to sync it in post. That's why is a good idea to do a slate before you start recording or a clap in front of the camera so that way it's easy to sync it in post. However, if you use the Receiver meaning is attached to your phone while recording you don't need to do this as the audio is automatically synced to the video.

[@xaratemplate]

@@SoIDoNotForget can you make a video on how to have it automatically synced? If Im correct their is only 1 receiver it is the biggest item that comes in box? Sorry I am new to these audio devices and not as tech savy for wireless mics. How about when you stop your recording on iphone will the hollyland mics auto stop when you stop recording on iphone? Or does it not auto sync with iphone video app? Actually nit even sure how to set this up to work with video app on iphone in fact would be grateful for a video covering that too.

[@SoIDoNotForget]

@@xaratemplate yeah, that is correct on the receiver. The mics are the transmitters. When you connect the receiver to your phone it will sync automatically. Which means as soon as you star recording will sync the audio to the video. However it will not save it on your transmitter unless you press the record button on them. When recording the audio directly to the transmitter you are in control to record and stop when needed. I’ll try to make that video. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@xaratemplate]

@@SoIDoNotForget oddly when I try using the default iphone video app to record video it doesnt playback on iphone with the hollyland audio. Instead it is using the iphone mic.

[@SoIDoNotForget]

@@xaratemplate I just did a quick test and it does work on my end. Meaning is recoding using the Hollyland mic. I'm using iphone 14 pro max. One thing I would suggest is to connect the receiver first to the iPhone and then open the video app.

[@iEatClayArt]

What does increasing or decreasing mic gain mean ?

[@SoIDoNotForget]

It refers to the volume.

[@KarenTappenden-producer]

Thank you! When recording two people, two mics, then exporting the audio. Do I have to export the audio from both of the mics or transmitters or from the receiver?

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Hello, you are welcome! Yes, from both transmitters(mics) using the type C cables. You would have better control in post. The transmitter just transmit the audio into the camera if connected. 🙌🏼

[@KarenTappenden-producer]

Thank you! Happy Holidays@@SoIDoNotForget

[@garrettcphillips]

Can you record audio directly on the mic while monitoring audio? Meaning you are not using the receiver wirelessly but recording directly on mic

[@SoIDoNotForget]

You can record audio on the mic(transmitter) but you can’t monitor unless the receiver is on.

[@pecoslife6681]

Hi! I have a question, when I connected my android phone it doesn't show connected mark, I have no idea why... I'm not available to use it 😢

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Hello, It might be a cable situation or maybe the phone is not compatible(maybe). I actually have Galaxy Note 8(old phone), I just did a test, and didn't work in fact it was distorted but I have an iPhone 14 Pro Max, and recorded very clearly. Try with a friend or relative phone to see what happened.

[@pecoslife6681]

@@SoIDoNotForget Thank you so much for your quick response and testing. I will try that!!

[@SoIDoNotForget]

@@pecoslife6681 anytime!

[@hacobee1]

Hi! Will i be able to see and monitor, via receiver, if onboard recording is activated per transmitter? Awesome tutorial by the way :)

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Hello, Yes, as long as the receiver is on you should be able to monitor the recording. You are welcome. I appreciate the comment!

[@hacobee1]

@@SoIDoNotForget Is there a visual cue or red dot on the receiver? Can internal recording work for both transmitters at the same time or work for just one transmitter? I have hollyland lark and considering purchasing this if I can monitor internal recording

[@SoIDoNotForget]

@@hacobee1 Yes, on both will show a recording red dot. Yes, you can record both at the same time.

[@hacobee1]

@@SoIDoNotForget cool! Currently my lark setup is.. Sound booth to zoom h1, via trs, and it's connected to my lark, via trs, and I have to check and go to the sound booth to check if my h1 is recording. With lark max, no need to go to the soundbooth to check if my h1 is recording

[@Mr.C0ffee]

Can you do a tutorial (YT short ) on how properly set up gain levels on the internal mic cam and the wireless mic? Like if the volume is to high o low to you first change the gain on the receiver first or the transmitter first?

[@criticactual]

Hi!Hello I have a problem. I don't know how to solve it. They record me very very low in volume.

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Hello, you can bring it up on post or maybe use a compression to bring the volumen even louder. If it is too noisy you need to use a denoiser to clean it up.

[@criticactual]

@@SoIDoNotForget but why record low? M1 model record better and louder.

[@SoIDoNotForget]

@@criticactual you can increase the level in the mic setting menu all the way to 10 , also if the audio is being recorded into a camera check the setting and increase the level as well. But you have to balance between the two.

[@r.badwahmurrayfilms]

I find that the mics are too low even when you bump up the mic gain. When you see the audio file in post production, the wave signal is small.

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Even if you increase the level from the camera?

[@1pac882]

What level Mic gains would u all do if recording outdoors?

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Around 6 db is fair for all type of situation. Indoor might go a little higher depending on talent voice.

[@carlosmurillo3730]

Can you please explain to me SAFETY TRACK? I don't still getit, how does it work?😢

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Hello, apologies for the late respond. Safety tracks basically record both mics on the same side left and right but the difference is that in the right side will be record in a lower level just in case there is a loud signal that might peak and on the left side will be record in a normal level.

[@SeriousASMR]

Can i record in stereo using both mics plugged into a modern samsung phone?

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Yes, you can. It will be recorded one mic on the left and one on the right.

[@sjad_ph]

How to charge hollyland lark max mike

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Yeah!

[@EmilyJaneWebb96]

I'm struggling to get my mics to pick up any audio from standing over 1m distance away

[@SoIDoNotForget]

@@EmilyJaneWebb96 I’m sorry. I skipped this one. I hope you were able to fix it. Usually resetting the units would solve a problem.

[@notarice8509]

im finding that the stereo recording only sends to one ear? im assuming i just have to duplicate the audio in post?

[@SoIDoNotForget]

The reason why you only hear in one ear is because in stereo recording mic 1 is been recorded on the left and mic 2 is on the right (to monitor them). In Post just place it in a mono track and it will be output stereo through the master Bus. You are good.

[@BlatantThrowAway]

How do I stop peaking?

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Hello, you can reduce gain level on the receiver per transmitter, I would say about 6. If it is peaking on the camera assuming you are sending the signal to it. Adjust the levels in the camera.

[@BlatantThrowAway]

@@SoIDoNotForget Thank you. I'll give it a shot.

[@JeanAugust-t7s]

Hello it seems like even when I turn my noise cancel on it doesn’t work . I try having noise in the background to test it and still nothing any way to fix this and thank you and is phone speaker better on or off

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Hello, not sure to be honest, but I would reset the unit just in case and give it a try one more time. If still doesn’t work and you have warranty, it would be good idea to replace them.

[@WolffLandim]

is there any specific setting to download the files on Mac? when I plug the usb cable it doesn't appears on finder or anywhere else, it only reads on windows pc, tried a bunch of different cables and nothing, but on windows pc it reads normally.

[@SoIDoNotForget]

Hello, not really. It's basically plug and read the files. I would restart the Mac computer. Sometimes they don't read drives.(my old 2017 iMac)