Blue Mouse Mic Review / Test (Compared to TLM103, AT2020, NT1, KSM44a)
Today I review the Blue Mouse, which is the microphone used on Good Mythical Morning and by Shroud. This microphone offers a pretty great sound with plenty of body and a nice amount of detail to it. The coolest thing about this mic is you can rotate the microphone capsule to ensure you’re micing up exactly what you want to. I also compare it to the Neumann TLM103, Audio Technica AT2020, Neat King Bee, Rode NT1, Blue Baby Bottle SL, and Shure KSM44a.
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Today I review the microphone that PewDiePie uses, the AKG C414XLII. This is a large diaphragm condenser microphone, and it is a work horse. It has 9 polar patterns, 3 high passes, and 3 pads so you can fit it to whatever your use case is.
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00:00 - Intro
00:13 - Price
00:27 - Setup
00:55 - What’s in the Box
01:22 - Build Quality
01:57 - Specifications
02:34 - Polar Pattern Tone Test
03:28 - Polar Pattern Rotation Test
04:42 - Plosive Test
04:55 - Distance Test / Proximity Effect Test
05:16 - Background Noise Test (Keyboard Test)
05:34 - Untreated Room Test
05:51 - High Pass Filter Switch Demo
06:27 - Foam Windscreen Demo
06:46 - Desk Bump & Boom Arm Bump Rejection Test
07:12 - sE Electronics sE 4400a Comparison
07:37 - Rode NT1 Comparison
07:58 - Austrian Audio OC818 Comparison
08:28 - AKG C414 XLS Comparison
08:56 - Neumann TLM103 Comparison
09:15 - Neumann U87 Ai Comparison
09:40 - C414 XLII Through Neve Preamp Demo
10:28 - Music Test
11:48 - Pros & Cons
13:00 - Overall Thoughts
14:41 - Recommendation
15:19 - Outro
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Today I compare two of the most popular voice over microphones on the market, the Neumann TLM103 and the Neumann U87 Ai. I let you hear how they sound for spoken word and a couple of instruments to help determine which of the mics will be right for you and which of these mics you should buy (if you're trying to decide between them obviously).
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01:25 - Blind Comparison
02:34 - Microphone Spoken Word Test (Price / Specs)
03:31 - Polar Pattern Tests
04:15 - Background Noise Tests
04:57 - Distance Tests
05:35 - Music Tests
07:48 - Conclusion & Winner
11:09 - Outro
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WARNING: I no longer recommend using a USB soundcard to connect a microphone to your computer. It has become too unreliable due to manufacturers altering the components used in their products as well as alterations to operating systems causing additional problems. The only method of connecting a microphone to your computer that I recommend is with a USB AUDIO INTERFACE that is designed specifically for that use case.
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Wearing ear plugs is not cool, but it is essential. If you go to concerts or you go in loud environments, please protect your hearing because once you lose it, you can't get it back.
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Today I walkthrough, explain, test and review the budget Behringer MIC300 tube preamp. This offer +60dB of gain with +10dB on the output stage, and the main thing that drew me to it, an analog limiter (which is fine, but not great). If you're looking for a fantastic sounding preamp with tons of clean gain, this is not for you. It's a relatively distorted, slightly noisy tube preamp that's a little bit of fun.
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00:00 - Intro / Pricing
00:30 - What’s in the Box
00:40 - Build Quality / Walkthrough
01:12 - Specifications
02:05 - Shure SM7b Mic Test (No Cloudlifter or Fethead)
03:15 - Preamp Gain Noise Test
03:56 - Limiter Test
05:49 - Preamp vs. Interface Preamp
06:29 - Music Test
08:17 - Pros & Cons
09:16 - Opinion on Pre
10:08 - Recommendation
11:25 - Outro
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Today we look at a collaboration between Sennheiser and Apogee, the Sennheiser Handmic Digital. This is a Lightning & USB Dynamic microphone that sounds very similar to the Sennheiser E935, but with an A/D converter from Apogee. According to Allan Tepper from ProVideoCoallition.com, this thing actually has a hardware limiter as well, which is very impressive to see.
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00:27 - Disclaimers / Price / Setup
00:41 - What’s in the Box
01:11 - Build Quality
01:42- Specifications
02:12 - Polar Pattern Test
02:30 - Background Noise Test
02:39 - Proximity Effect / Distance Test
02:47 - Plosive Rejection Test
02:56 - Handling Noise Test
03:02 - Latency Test
03:54 - Noise Floor Test
04:38 - iOS Recording Test / DSP Processing Test
05:36 - Music Test
06:25 - Pros & Cons
07:18 - Overall thoughts
08:16 - Conclusion / Recommendation
09:05 - Outro
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Today I review one of the best budget microphones available, the samson Q2u. The microphone is a plug and play mic that sounds pretty great for the price. It does have it's faults being that it suffers from plosives, sibilance, and handling noise. If you can't deal with those issues I recommend looking elsewhere ,but if you are able to deal with those issues you can get some great recordings for a $50-$70 mic.
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00:00 - Intro / Price / Disclaimer
00:21 - Setup
00:40 - What’s in the Box
01:08 - Build Quality / Walkthrough
02:09 - Specifications
02:28 - Polar Pattern Test (Tone / Rotation)
02:47 - Plosive Test
03:03 - Distance Test / Proximity Effect Test
03:22 - Background Noise Test
03:41 - Untreated Room Test
04:01 - Shock Rejection Test
04:45 - Mic Resonance Tap Test
05:01 - Handling Noise Test
05:17 - Cup the Mic Test
05:44 - Windscreen Test
06:17 - On / Off Switch Test
06:34 - XLR vs USB Output Test
07:32 - Noise Floor Measurement
08:24 - Latency Measure
08:43 - Intro to Comparison
09:07 - Behringer XM8500 Comparison
09:37 - Samson Q2u Comparison
10:03 - Shure SM58 Comparison
10:33 - Audio Technica ATR2100X Comparison
11:04 - sE Electronics V7 Comparison
11:41 - Audio Technica AT2020 USB + Comparison
12:20 - Samson Q9U Comparison
13:06 - Shure SM7b Comparison
13:43 - Neumann U87 Ai Comparison
14:17 - Music Test
15:44 - Pros & Cons
18:00 - Overall Thoughts
20:39 - Recommendation
22:00 - Outro
#BudgetMic #Samson #MicReview
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