Your AURA is AMAZING! The Lewitt RAY with Groundbreaking Aura Technology
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- Опубликовано: 16 апр 2024
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Now they just need to put this tech into a broadcast dynamic, and proceed to absolutely revolutionize microphones for podcasts.
There's little reason to choose dynamic microphones for podcasts if the condenser in question is a Lewitt, because they somehow make background noises not be a problem
@@Herfinnurdoesn’t solve picking up background noise.
How about a handheld w this tech and dynamic to condenser switching capability like the Aston Stealth .
Happy to see a new Booth Junkie review! 😊
Thanks! Good to see you!
Really enjoyed the video! Thanks for the thoughtful review!
I want to invest in Lewitt I need some stock in this company. You guys are amazing lol
I am so glad to finally see some real innovation in the analog XLR studio microphone space. This really shows what can be done with this new proximity "time of flight" sensor in an analog mic.
Just MAKE SURE your acoustics are very well dialed so that you CAN move back away from the mic without a huge influx of early reflections from your booth! This tech does NOT fix bad acoustics and a noisy space, the noise floor will vary with distance. Also, in a multi-mic podcasting studio, this will INCREASE the amount of crosstalk between mics/speakers unless you set up the Mute function properly to cut the mic when people move back too far.
Well put.
I am quite sure that the microphone measures the distance to any object, not just a person. So for instance if you have a high-back chair, the microphone will see it in the same way as a human being, i.e. if you stand up and walk away, it will not mute.
Also, if you wave your hand (or any object) in front of the microphone, it will change the gain, even though the source of the sound is still far away. I think it happened a few times during the review, when the recorded volume dropped significantly for short periods of time.
Nonetheless, it is still a great, innovative microphone - but it can create new problems, while it is fixing some old ones.
WOW!! This is possibly the best character actor mic to date!!
Having that freedom to move around can really help with a performance. I did find that if I moved my hand closer that the Aura would make the audio changes, so you would still need to be careful in that respect.
@@BoothJunkie So no shadow boxing in front of the mic. LOL!
Sounds just like the 440, which is a good thing! Seems like a no brainer for interviewing non-professionals in studio. "Just stand by this."
Hi there, you're right. That was one of the ideas - adding some degree of "freedom of movement" and also saving time for editing and automating.
Mike, it is always a joy to see one of your videos pop up. Thanks for being you and unselfishly serving the rest of us. You are an inspiration.
Lewitt innovation really nailed this. It sounds just like the LCT440 Pure, which is a great mic, with incredibly helpful features. Thanks for this demo/review.
My pleasure. I like that they are thinking of new ways to innovate the tech.
I took Booth Junkie's advice way back to get the LCT 440 PURE and still super happy with the purchase, but this new model is very tempting. I live stream and sometimes I don't want to sit straight up in front of the mic. It would be very nice to pop the recline on my chair and lean back without worrying about my volume level.
I'd buy one now if I knew what to do with my spare 440, hate to see it collecting dust. :)
We think, the MUTE functions alone are worth the extra price. And then, there is also the AURA feature 😉
Lewitt just keeps setting the benchmark. Amazing. Thanks Mike.
I really like the sound of Lewitt mics and own the LCT 440 Pure. This and a mute button.....was an instant purchase for me, LOL! Cheers, Mike!!
Absolutely amazing!
On the fly proximity based gain staging and eq. adjustments. Definitely interesting. I suppose it would be nice to have in the closet at the studio for those times inexperienced talent walks through the door. Could definitely save time when trying to (for instance) record a holiday message from a distracted CEO who won’t sit still. That sort of thing.
Indeed, helping people who don't have knowledge of mic technique makes editing easier.
This one's really impressive ! many thanks for the great video as always !
Thanks for the review, Mike! I was so impressed, that I just ordered this mic on Amazon. Exactly what I needed for my new voiceover career.🤓
Good to see you Mike - looking good, sounding good, and a great review. I am a Lewitt fanboy with the 440 Pure being my go-to for podcast episodes. This one is really interesting...
Thanks for another great video, Mike. I'm on the verge of recording my first audiobook, and this may be the perfect tool for that.
That’s impressive. Thanks for sharing Mike!
This mic looks like it will be great for a Radio Station too! Great video Mike! Thanks for the demonstrations!
I dont know if its the EQ or the mic, but it sounds a little too "radio host" style. Ive noticed the trend on youtube has been to emulate that commercial sound and i suspect that flatter, more natural sounds will make a comeback.
The "radio host" quality mostly stems from Booth Junkie's voice itself. Watch e.g. Podcastage's review for contrast.
Mike, it's good to see you again. I didn't get the notification for your video last month, so thought you had dropped RUclips many months ago.
Thank you for an "Oh! Cool!!" Moment.
Fantastic review of a fantastic mic! Thanks😊
You mentioned something I did yesterday about this mic on another video. They haven't addressed the person, dog, mower or what have you in the background, which is such a missed opportunity given how this is designed. They're almost there, but I can see how it can be done. For most people on the web doing videos from their homes or offices I can see how that is more of a benefit than this design in its current implementation. Having a distance + subject + on-board EQ + touch sensitive mute button + auto gain-staging mic that sounds like this would be king. Even smarter would be to make it an XLR + USB plug in module that just attaches to any mic (which if they felt they had to could be limited to the Lewitt line by software).
This technology was never meant to eliminate background noise.
Glad to see you again, Mike!
pretty dang cool analog development. definitely a game changer for many and soon to be spread across the industry. ty, Mike!
This is pretty spectacular.
Thanks for the great review..
Very nice review and technical feedback Mike! The comments are also extremely helpful!
So there was room for innovation, after all.
This is seriously useful technology.
❤️
I love the idea for this for streamers, hell I love the idea of this for people who play games in general.
Great video Mike! Did you do anything in post?
Enjoyed your demonstration, and I have been so impressed with the auto proximity and level so much, I have ordered a pair, and very likely will become my go-to mics when I start producing serious reviews very soon, guess what the first mic is going to be, yep you guessed it, also some of what I review requires me to move around, so looks like the right tool for the job, thanks again for not just this reviews but all others as they have inspired and guided me.
Happy to hear that!
I could use this tech to avoid cramping up when sitting in place. But I still like the proximity effect of the 440
This is really impressive.
Real Innovation.
This will be my third Lewitt can't wait to pair it with my Iloud MTM monitor ( for vocals ) which has " room correcting " dsp .
At first i was like "huh, sounds comparable to the 440, sure". Then you turned ON the Aura feature...OH. wow. Okay, that is cool!
I'd love to have something with a wide pickup pattern like this -- when streaming in a room with 8 friends, they're inevitably moving to and fro.
This is amazing! I have loud breaths so I could back off w the Orora off. Or learn proper breathing lol
I firmly believe Lewitt makes the best mics today. The 440 pure rocks with thousand dollar mics I've used (tlm 103, blue mouse, austrian audio oc818, etc.) and is sub $300. The 540S and 640TS are great mics that have the most sought after features while still retaining affordable price tags. The 1040 is THE ultimate microphone that is both a FET and a Tube mic all for an (relatively) absurdly low price. Now the Ray is revolutionary, containing tech that LITERALLY does not exist anywhere else in the world and they STILL price it at Just $350. Absolutely mind blowing. Definitely getting one.
beautiful
Oh no! I just deGASed with a new mic… a RE20, which has the nice quality of tonal consistency with proximity and being off-axis. Not the volume control of course. Nice job Lewitt.
I was NOT ready to experience the mike PoV at 5:29 it feels so wrooong
Lovely vid tho, and whatever dask magic lewitt is incredible
Great review! Interesting mic, though I kinda like the fact that my voice changes as I get closer to or further from the mic. I can use this property intentionally when I record and want these effects.
the "gate" feature alone will help in all room environments.... lawnmowers and leaf blowers have met their match!!!
As he pointed out, it won't solve that issue. If it's picking up the speaker, it's picking up everything else it normally would in the background, too.
@@TechButler thanks didn't catch that.
okay. I was like this is a cool bit of tech. If i actually wanted to use it and move around i'd be a bit worried about the gain spikes picking up unwanted noise. Then you showed the dynamic muting and im like oh, I'm seriously considering this now.
It would be interesting to know the accuracy and refresh rate of the proximity sensor. Does it react fast enough? How sensitive is it (distance steps in mm, cm…)? Can the gain ajustement riding be perceived if I hold a sound and change the distance at the same time?
Missed your vids!
Mmmm booth junkie review 😊 what an amazing piece of tech in a mic! I’m a big fan of Lewitt microphones, now do I need yet another microphone…
This is amazing technology from @lewitt-audio . I recently did a mic shootout of the 440 pure with other mics costing way more, and the 440 beat them out. Just sounded cleaner and better. I didn't, however, end up purchasing the 440. My only gripe with it is that i find it overly bright and it becomes a nightmare for me to make vocals recorded with it sit in a mix. I ended up buying the EV RE20
If @Lewitt-audio could produce a mic that was more flatter sounding (not so boosted in the highs) I would definitely consider buying it!
@@communionhiphop The PURE TUBE might be the one for you 😉
I'll look into it. Thanks for responding!
Aye, the latest gimmick, this on a USB mic would sell well.
I have the Hewitt subzero . . . How would you compare this to the subzero?
Nice!
I hear it kinda phase in and out as you move away from it, that would affect a recording right?
GIve me this technology in a channel strip or mic pre/outboard rack unit and I'll buy in. Don't wanna be tethered to one capsule with this beautiful tech.
I like it.
Does it work for live or is there a processing delay?
Very interesting mic for some (live?) situations. But i think it is not the alround solution. So often i "work" the proximity effect just to add some creativity...
This is interesting. I'm not 100% sure these features would be useful for me, but they certainly have some value considering it's not much more than the LCT 440. It's like if you're in the market for one of those and have an extra $70, it's probably worth spending.
Built in Noise gate with distance calibration-cool. Maybe n to for trained singers who vary their volume and tone.
There is no noise gate in the Lewitt Ray.
This is amazing. How does it detect the distance? Via infrared? And I guess it cranks up the gain as you move farther away, so there would be more noise? Right?
All your assumptions are correct.
Отлично звучит в подготовительной комнате 😳
This thing is blowing up on social media. :D Sheesh.
We are really overwhelmed with all the positive response to the release of RAY.
@@LEWITT-audio Is that why the Ray was sold out for weeks?
Yeah this mic sounds cool.
How does it work though? is it battery opperated or something?
The same 48V phantom power all condenser microphones need, anyway.
woahhh crazy
Glad I switched over to my studio cans to listen to this video. Maybe mic reviews should come with a indicator that you should have your good monitors/cans available to really listen into the sound.
Also maybe that's common sense 😉
@@dkpianist wasn't common for this idiot on that particular day, lol.
@@dkpianist hey, man... Wasn't common enough when I was exceptionally inebriated thinking in was being super insightful!
But you're completely correct. I just didn't have the self awareness to know I was the idiot.
Use with acoustic instruments would be great
FYI, I can definitely still hear you speaking while the mic is "muted." Not sure if that is something with the mic or just the audio mixing for this video. But I've seen ppl think they were muted while talking about important stuff, and leaked info bc there was still a faint output of their voice on stream.
Turns out the "mute" is actually just a "-70dB reduction to your levels" (quoted from another review I saw), so that's definitely something to be aware of if you plan on using this while streaming and should still mute directly on obs for important stuff.
Anyone noticed that Mike isn't doing this video inside his usual sound booth..?
What's the background rejection like? I'm in a treated bedroom (sound blankets make it so you can hear a prn drop) but still don't want my computer to show up on audio before a noisegate. Currently have a Ethos but voice coach sessions altered some of my tone reads and it sounds darker on this mic so thinking about switching it up
Same as the Lewitt 440, maybe watch some reviews on that?
And that is the beauty of analogue: no software, no firmware updates to break my system, long cables with zero latency.
What if you stand further away and speak louder? Will the magic gate still cut off. Is it distance based on time from the microphone or level based like gates?
It's purely distance based.
I wonder if I was voicing a video game how Aura would play out with dynamic changes. If I'm whispering on one line and yelling the next. Any sense of that Mike?
Aura does not mess with natural/intentional dynamic changes in your voice at all.
Aura compensates for physical distance changes between you and the microphone (that would normally influence the signal loudness).
The auto-compressor/equalizer is kind of cool, but the sound really does change a *lot* when you move back, that's just the nature of sound and the mic is actively trying to compensate for a room that it doesn't know.
It seems weird to build a mute-bubble around a mic that is designed to let you move around more freely. It basically forces you to stay close to the mic while encouraging you not to do that, but then when you do, the sound mutes... We've all seen interviews where the guest is asked a question that makes them physically move back in excitement for the story they are now allowed to tell. That's going to be all muted.
For that mute bubble to work you have to predict your movements.
I also wonder how accurately that proximity thing works, does it only pick up your torso or will it notice your hands holding a piece of paper that you are reading from?
Also: given that the mic just turns up the gain/compression/eq, your room is going to have to be amazingly quiet for the audio to remain as good as the regular mic would be.
It's an interesting feature set but I think you'd really have to use it for a few months to see if they are actually usefull. You can move around but... let's be real; you don't. The mute button is not new, the mute bubble as you can see in this (quickly thrown together) demo; it's not easy to remember to position yourself in that bubble and you end up muting yourself when you don't want to, or worse: unmuting yourself.
I mean the mute bubble isn't going to be always on. It's only for situations where you do have that control and preplanned movement like you said. In interviews, it just wouldnt be on, and youd get all the upside of the adaptation.
Compressors change the signal based on the loudness of the signal itself. The Lewitt Ray _never_ does that, i.e. there is _no compressor_ in the Lewitt Ray!
It is strange that you did not give the usual mic specs such as Noise floor, frequency curve, impedance, comparison with the 440, etc...
Yeah... its a product advertisement, not a serious microphone review. For a while, now, Mike stopped to do real product reviews. He do not offer real critics of the products anymore. The more important down to earth technical infos from an experienced voiceover actor perspective, he doesnt share it with us. And that is sad because these infos and his knowledge are the main reason why we come here to watch his videos! He dont give his real opinion about it anymore, leaving us alone, with worthless "newbie first impression", unable to know the truth. Mike choose to take the easy way of advertisement products to pay the bills. There is a clear conflict of interest, here. It is sad because we just cant really know anymore if the product really worth it for us at that price range. That's why i am more and more forced to look elsewhere for get real product reviews.
Overall I think the features are great. My only issue.....and it might be the elephant in the room. It's an LCT 440 Pure. Which I think is a great mic -- but -- doesn't work with higher pitched or brighter vocals. The 440 Pure much better suits baritone voiceactors much better. It can be a smidge bright on other vocals. I wonder if the same technology could be used where it applies to ALL mics - kinda like how Clipguard (from Lewitt) was implemented into some of their interfaces - but not exclusively the 440 Pure. To put it on a LCT 440 Pure and tag on a $400 pricetag makes it a very very niche audience. Because again, I'd argue -- you can get a mic that sounds better on your voice for 1/2 the cost or uh just use the LCT 440 Pure with good mic technique. This sorta explains why Eposvox (who recently featured this mic too) didn't sound as great on the mic (or rather he sounds better on his other mics in his channel) - because it's essentially an LCT 440 Pure. :)
Good points! Lewitt definitely has a "sound" to their mics, and like all of them it works better on some voices than others.
They may be able to incorporate it into other mics in thier line, but I get the impression that in order to work really well there has to be good knowledge of the performance of the capsule, pattern etc... so it would be harder to implement at the interface level.
Off to watch EposVox's review now!
Part of what you said makes no sense. Eposvox has a lower voice, so the 440 Pure would sound better with his voice, given your comment.
@@TechButler It's a matter of subjectivity but go back and watch his other vids - he sounds better on a lot of other mics.
@@Dracomies It is subjective. I've heard him on many vids and most of the time he sounds like he's trying too hard to have a voice that's not quite natural on most of the mics. Regardless, given he did the same thing on his vid on the Ray, comparing apples to apples, I didn't find it to be better or worse than most of the mics he's on. The 440 doesn't push the low end like a lot of mics, so I think what you're perceiving on other mics might be that.
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I am listening from my TV. Ray sounds gimmicky. Not for voice over. It mucks up your signal chain. It might be great for general podcasting or streaming. Wouldn't it be nice if it had knobs for its different processing values?
This technology could be implemented as a dongle for other mic brands. That would be interesting.
Awesome content as always.
Hey Mike, great to see you. Do some more videos and let us know what is happening. Promote yourself!
Great video, sir !
super cool and can i get one free too 🙂
It's just a compressor, noise gate, and a low-frequency limiter - not that amazing. What is amazing is that it runs off the roughly 1/2 watt of power available from phantom power. That's a neat trick. But to make use of the ability to be far away would, as with any other mic, require a really dead room.
Hi there, would you be willing to use an extra power source to increase the amazeness of features? Just a note: It's not compression, it's level automation depending on your distance - like an audio engineer riding your level fader.
a reasonably priced dynamic condenser mic... cool. 👍
yeah for long form stuff alone this would be worth it IMO. I dig it.
Amazing!