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Tula Mic review: an impressive portable microphone that’s great for iPad and Mac workflows

By Jeff Benjamin

The Tula Mic is a portable USB microphone with dual capsules and a built-in standalone recorder.

It features a collapsable stand, noise cancellation, and 8GB of storage for up to 12 hours of continuous recording. Most importantly, it sounds good.

The Tula Mic is super portable I’m always in search of a good-sounding portable Microphone, and the Tula Mic definitely falls into that category.

One of the things that makes this microphone so practical is that it can function in two primary ways. Most obviously, the Tula Mic operates as a USB-C microphone. The Tula Mic also works as a standalone audio recorder.

Of course, features and flexibility would be worthless if the microphone didn’t produce good-sounding recordings, and the Tula Mic does a pretty good job in my opinion.

As good as the Tula Mic is, I couldn’t help but think that this microphone may be difficult for some users to adjust to. For one, it has way too many buttons, which can be a source of confusion. 

Secondly, there is no display for quickly learning about important things like gain level, remaining battery life, and storage space. Instead, you have to rely on the LED indicators.

Listen to my sample audio recordings to hear the Tula Mic's quality for yourself and watch my full video review at 9to5Mac.com.