Today I review and do an audio test of the Neumann TLM 102. This mic is a professional condenser mic that sounds excellent on everything I threw at it. If you are looking to up your music game, get a new primary studio mic, or do voice over work in a treated room, then this mic may be perfect for you.
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Today I review a very popular mic, the Aston Origin. This is a hyper detailed microphone that captures every nuance of your voice or instruments. The off axis coloration is outstanding, and there are no resonant frequencies whatsoever. Also it’s made in the UK, which is awesome. I do include a quick comparison to the Neat King Bee, Rode NT1, Shure SM7b, and Shure KSM32.
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00:00 - Intro / Price / Disclaimer
00:23 - Setup
00:40 - What’s in the Box
01:23 - Build Quality / Walkthrough
01:57 - Specifications
02:20 - Polar Pattern Test (Tone / Rotation)
02:40 - Plosive Test
03:01 - Distance Test / Proximity Effect Test
03:18 - Background Noise Test (Keyboard Test)
03:34 - Untreated Room Test
03:51 - Microphone Bump Rejection Test (With and Without Shockmount)
04:27 - Mic Resonance Tap Test
04:38 - High Pass Filter Test
05:10 - Neat King Bee Comparison
05:48 - Rode NT1 Comparison
06:11 - Shure SM7b Comparison
06:40 - Shure KSM32 Comparison
07:17 - Music Test
08:26 - Pros & Cons
09:41 - Overall Thoughts
11:33 - Recommendation
12:19 - Outro
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Today I review the brand new microphone from Earthworks, the Icon Pro. This is an XLR broadcast condenser microphone that has a real to life sound and a cool look to it. The handling noise/bump rejection and off axis coloration are both excellent, but the self noise is a touch high for the price at 16dBA.
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00:24 - Setup
00:40 - What’s in the Box
01:03 - Build Quality / Walkthrough
01:56 - Specifications
02:23 - Polar Pattern Test (Tone / Rotation)
02:36 - Plosive Test
02:54 - Distance Test / Proximity Effect Test
03:14 - Background Noise Test
03:32 - Untreated Room Test
03:46 - Mic Mount Bump Test
04:00 - Mic Resonance Tap Test
04:16 - Intro to Comparison
04:27 - Blue Yeti Comparison
05:10 - Audio Technica AT2020 Comparison
05:45 - Earthworks Icon USB Comparison
06:20 - Shure SM7b Comparison
07:12 - Earthworks SR314 Comparison
08:04 - Music Test
09:27 - Pros & Cons
11:37 - Overall Thoughts
14:36 - Recommendation
16:06 - Outro
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Today I review the El Gato Wave 3 USB Condenser Microphone. This mic also includes a digital mixer allowing you to capture 5 additional sound sources and mix them for your stream. The sound is balanced, although a little lacking in the low end below 100Hz. I compare it to the Blue Snowball, Rode NT USB Mini, Blue Yeti, Hyper X Quadcast, Razer Seiren X, SM7b and More.
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00:00 - Intro / Price / Disclaimer
00:30 - Setup for Tests
00:50 - What’s in the Box
01:12 - Build Quality / Walkthrough
02:36 - Specifications
03:07 - Polar Pattern Test
03:32 - Distance Test
03:45 - Plosive Rejection Test
03:54 - Background Noise Test
04:11 - Treated vs. Untreated Room
04:24 - Desktop Stand Demo (Why Not to Use It)
05:26 - Boom Arm Bump Rejection Test
05:42 - Desktop Stand Bump Rejection Test
05:54 - Microphone Mute Button & Click Wheel Noise Test
06:41 - High Pass (Low Cut) Filter Test / Demo
07:09 - Clipguard Demo (Never Distort While Screaming)
07:54 - Noise Floor Measure
08:45 - Comparison to Blue Snowball
09:25 - Comparison to Audio Technica ATR2100USB
09:45 - Comparison to Rode NT USB Mini
10:07 - Comparison to Blue Yeti Nano
10:31 - Comparison to Samson C01u Pro
10:56 - Comparison to Blue Yeti
11:20 - Comparison to Hyper X Quadcast
11:45 - Comparison to Razer Seiren X
12:04 - Comparison to Beyerdynamic Fox
12:35 - Comparison to Audio Technica AT2020
12:57 - Comparison to Blue Ember
13:30 - Comparison to Shure SM7b
14:06 - Comparison to Neumann U67
14:30 - Latency Test
15:27 - Music Test (Electric Guitar / Acoustic Guitar / Singing)
16:38 - Software Rundown / Explained
20:06 - Pros & Cons
21:43 - Overall Thoughts
23:58 - Recommendation
25:20 - Outro
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Today I review a budget condenser microphone that is under $100 and sounds way better than it has any right to sound. The worker bee provided very usable tones on electric guitar, acoustic guitar, singing, and spoken word. The low end did get a little bit loose and uncontrolled, but a little bit of of corrective EQ could clear this right up. Ultimately for $90 the kit you get is hard to beat.
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01:25 - Build Quality / Walkthrough
01:59 - Specifications
02:25 - Polar Pattern Test (Tone / Rotation)
02:46 - Plosive Test
03:09 - Distance Test / Proximity Effect Test
03:25 - Background Noise Test (Keyboard Test)
03:45 - Untreated Room Test
03:57 - Microphone Bump Rejection Test
04:16 - Mic Resonance Tap Test
04:41 - Neewer NW700 Comparison
05:14 - Audio Technica AT2020 Comparison
05:45 - Neat King Bee Comparison
06:18 - Rode NT1 Comparison
06:59 - Music Test
08:18 - Pros & Cons
09:37 - Overall Thoughts
11:46 - Recommendation
12:39- Outro
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On episode 128 of the BSP, I thank you for 70,000 subscribers, and apologize for the issues with last weeks episode. In the news, I cover Google being fined $5 billion for breaking EU anti trust laws, FouseyTube’s concert, Family of Five getting banned from YouTube, Apple keyboard failure and Apple’s response, Apple storing iCloud data on Chinese state owned servers, Core i9 Macbook Pros being throttled, and Amazon Prime Day being an absolute disaster.
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00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Thanks for 70k Subs
01:26 - Sorry for Episode 127 Video Issues
02:30 - Google Fined $5 Billion for Breaking Anti Trust Laws
08:30 - FouseyTube Concert
09:59 - Family of Five / Daddy of Five Banned
10:56 - Apple Keyboard Gate
13:55 - Apple Storing iCloud Data on Chinese State Run Servers
15:48 - Core i9 Macbook Pro Throttle Gate
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18:34 - Amazon Prime Day Disaster
21:35 - WYHTS: Buying a PC for 1/4 the Price of a Mac
23:12 - WYHTS: Thoughts on the Blue Yeti?
24:32 - WYHTS: Smart Phones Tracking You
25:33 - WYHTS: Democratization of the Internet is OVER
27:07 - WYHTS: Paying Money to Avoid Windows 10
27:50 - Ask Bandrew
28:20 - Email 1
29:04 - Will you be on the Sunshine Summit 2018?
29:45 - Email 2
30:16 - Do you present your podcast as though it was live, or record segments?
30:57 - How long do you spend on the podcast?
31:58 - Why do I start the podcast recording multiple times?
35:13 - Email 3
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39:25 - Outro
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Today I walkthrough, explain, test and review the new Lewitt audio interface which has DSP processing, I compare it to the Focusrite 18i20, I test the SM7b on this interface, play instruments on the D.I. inputs and walk through all the processing.
Note1: The GUI in the software is not choppy like that in use. It is only choppy like that in the demo because my computer is old and struggles with screen recording.
Note2: The mobile connection does not have an automatic mix minus, in order to achieve this you would need to send mix A or B to the mobile output, and then shut off the mobile input audio for that mix. This will eliminate any loopback to the mobile device.
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00:00 - Intro / Pricing / Disclosure
00:55 - Signal Chain for Testing
01:13 - What’s in the Box
01:44 - Build Quality
02:29 - Walkthrough of Features
03:58 - Specifications
04:59 - Shure SM7b Mic Test (No Cloudlifter or Fethead)
06:00 - Focusrite Scarlett vs. Lewitt Connect 6
07:00 - Preamp Gain Noise Test
07:38 - Line In Test
10:04 - Latency Test
10:43 - D.I. Instrument Input Test
11:34 - USB-C Mobile Connection Test
12:45 - 3.5mm Line Out Usecase
13:27 - 3.5mm Aux In Test
13:58 - Software / DSP Processing Walkthrough
20:32 - Pros & Cons
23:33 - Recommendation
25:30 - Outro
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AKG P120 High-Performance General Purpose Recording Microphone
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Today we’re looking at a the cheapest mic in Blue’s SL series, the Blue Spark SL. This microphone is their “entry level” XLR condenser, and I would describe it as fine. There is nothing special or unique about the tone, but it does have a rather hot output signal. I also have a couple concerns about Blue’s QA as my mic’s high pass switch was busted.
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00:00 - Intro
00:23 - Disclaimers / Price / Setup
00:35 - What’s in the Box
00:57 - Build Quality
01:26 - Specifications
01:52 - Polar Pattern Test
02:12 - Background Noise Test
02:21 - High Pass Filter Test
02:28 - Distance Test
02:40 - Music Test
03:15 - Pros & Cons
03:49 - Overall thoughts
04:53 - Conclusion / Recommendation
05:25 - Outro
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