The Best Microphones for Youtube EPIC video
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- What are the best microphones? Especially for RUclips and all those videos you are making. Maybe its time to graduate from that little Rode stuck on top of your camera. What are the best lav mics, shotgun mics, under-clothing mics and even headset microphones? Find out what the pros use and also what some very affordable alternatives are. Be aware that some mics require power, especially XLR mics. Some sound great but require adapters, like 1/8" 3.5mm TRS, 3 pin Lemo, TA5F, XLR, Shure, etc. Hear the comparisons between Shure, Audio-Technica, Sennheiser, Sanken, Rode, Countryman, Body Mics, Voice technologies and more. This video is one of many in an audio masterclass series. Enjoy!
Here are links to sound files you can download to hear the differences...
Untouched mic audio samples... www.markusrothk...
Mic samples with processing added (your processing choices may be different)... www.markusrothk...
LAVALIER microphones
8:37 Sanken COS11D $400
9:20 DPA 4060 $450
9:47 DPA 6060 $600
10:11 DPA 4080 $600
11:00 DPA 4071 $600
11:34 Sennheiser ME102 $350
11:51 Sennheiser MKE1 $430
12:22 Sennheiser MKE2 Gold Serie $350
12:46 Countryman B6 $299
13:21 Countryman EMW $200
13:42 Audio-Technica AT831 $100
14:01 Audio-Technica AT831 XLR $200
14:25 Audio-Technica AT830MX $90
14:50 Audio-Technica AT899 $270
15:39 Sony ECM-77B $300
16:10 Sony ECM-88B $470
16:43 Lectrosonics M152/5P $170
17:21 Tram TR50 $250
17:42 Shure Twinplex TL48 $500 *
18:11 Shure MX150 MX150B? $350
18:30 Voice Technologies VT-500 $270
18:55 Voice Technologies VT-506 $300
19:51 Movo mic $100 wireless kit
20:05 Movo TRS $25
20:18 Zoom LMF2 lav (part of F2 kit)
20:35 Bodymics Drury Lane DLF-3 $100
20:58 Giant Squid $35
HEADSET microphones
22:20 DPA 6066 $1000
22:51 DPA 4188 $800
23:11 Audio-Technica ATBP-892 350usd
23:40 Shure MX153 headset 230usd
24:00 Drury Lane DH3 150usd
24:17 Drury Lane DE3 160usd
24:46 Haowin headset 22usd
25:08 Countryman H7 headset 600usd
SHOTGUN microphones
25:57 Rode NT5 220usd xlr
27:30 Rode Video Micro 60usd
28:12 Sennheiser ME66 300usd
29:48 Sennheiser ME67 300usd
30:04 Audio-Technica AT 4053B 600usd
30:46 Sennheiser 416 1000usd
31:42 DPA 4017 1800usd
32:20 Schoeps CMT5U 2500usd
33:28 Zoom F1 SP 230usd
The Audio Series:
The Best Audio For Video- Part 1... the long awaited audio series intro
• The Best Audio For Vid...
Windproofing a lavalier Microphone Trick for outdoor Audio Recording • Windproofing a lavalie...
Where do I hide my mic ? • Where do I hide my mic ?
How Pros mount & HIDE Lavalier Microphones, Transmitters & Recorders • How Pros mount & HIDE ...
Why NOT to stick a microphone in your hair • Why NOT to stick a mic...
Creating a Good Audio Recording Environment Indoors • Creating a Good Audio ...
The Best Microphones • The Best Microphones f...
Audio Recorder Epic Comparison • Audio Recorder Epic Co...
Wireless Audio Mic Systems Epic Comparison • Wireless Audio Mic Sys...
Audio Post Processing for Videos • Audio Post Processing ...
Audio Series wrap up, misc stuff • Audio Series wrap up, ...
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lavalier microphones
8:37 Sanken COS11D $400
9:20 DPA 4060 $450
9:47 DPA 6060 $600
10:11 DPA 4080 $600
11:00 DPA 4071 $600
11:34 Sennheiser ME102 $350
11:51 Sennheiser MKE1 $430
12:22 Sennheiser MKE2 Gold Serie $350
12:46 Countryman B6 $299
13:21 Countryman EMW $200
13:42 Audio-Technica AT831 $100
14:01 Audio-Technica AT831 XLR $200
14:25 Audio-Technica AT830MX $90
14:50 Audio-Technica AT899 $270
15:39 Sony ECM-77B $300
16:10 Sony ECM-88B $470
16:43 Lectrosonics M152/5P $170
17:21 Tram TR50 $250
17:42 Shure Twinplex TL48 $500 ***
18:11 Shure MX150 MX150B? $350
18:30 Voice Technologies VT-500 $270
18:55 Voice Technologies VT-506 $300
19:51 Movo mic $100 wireless kit
20:05 Movo TRS $25
20:18 Zoom LMF2 lav (part of F2 kit)
20:35 Bodymics Drury Lane DLF-3 $100
20:58 Giant Squid $35
headset microphones
22:20 DPA 6066 $1000
22:51 DPA 4188 $800
23:11 Audio-Technica ATBP-892 350usd
23:40 Shure MX153 headset 230usd
24:00 Drury Lane DH3 150usd
24:17 Drury Lane DE3 160usd
24:46 Haowin headset 22usd
25:08 Countryman H7 headset 600usd
shotgun microphones
25:57 Rode NT5 220usd xlr
27:30 Rode Video Micro 60usd
28:12 Sennheiser ME66 300usd
29:48 Sennheiser ME67 300usd
30:04 Audio-Technica AT 4053B 600usd
30:46 Sennheiser 416 1000usd
31:42 DPA 4017 1800usd
32:20 Schoeps CMT5U 2500usd
33:28 Zoom F1 SP 230usd
Thanks again Markus for all the amazing work!!
Wow, someone else who works as hard as I do! Thanks David!
@@MarkusPix Not nearly as much as you do Markus, but if this helps others and helps the RUclips algorithm to show your valuable content to more people it's a pleasure 😊
Awesome. Thank you Sir.
Thank you!
WOW - you sampled so many different products, and included the post-processing. The editing must have taken so much time, it's excellent. Thanks so much for doing this.
Absolutely. It takes time and totally no bs. He's the real audio man with tons of skill and wisdom.
Looking forward to the 'post processing' video.
THIS.
Please
Yes please
My thoughts exactly. Would love to see a simple tutorial about typical post processing. Hopefully it’s a simple process.
Yah, me too
The only free stuff I want from Markus is information, and I get that with every video. Thanks
You tested them all, i like them all. But most i love is the energy you put in all your video. Thanks
It's important to note that the AT4053B is not in fact a shotgun microphone, but is a 'pencil condenser' indoor dialogue microphone. This type of mic generally works better indoors than an actual shotgun mic.
Exactly. People should know that a shotgun mic does not sound good indoors because of the way sound bounces off walls.
@@ToddLloydunless you have a treated room, like in this video. The difference is night and day with a shotgun.
The 4053b is my primary go-to. I've used it indoors and outside, on vocals and instruments. My favorite utility knife mic. And yeah, it's a pencil. I swapped to this from an NTG 3 shotgun because I recorded more indoors than outside.
This dude uploads courses that would cost a fortune and he does it for free(with goddamn giveaways)! What a champ!
As part of your mic series, it would be great to see how you do post processing.
When you like a video before even playing it just so you don't forget you know it's going to be quality. I know i"m in for a good half hour of well done educational entertainment. LOVING this series on audio.
The new standard in Mic shootouts. I've done tests of up to about 10 mics in a session at a time, but this is many levels up. Not only doing the raw mic but also comparing with post processing added, which as you can hear with cheap mics starting to "reveal the limitations" as you process the audio is a big part of a proper evaluation which is rarely included. Epic content creation!! Even with my interest in the subject, I'm not sure anyone else could have held my attention or made the presentation of all of this as enjoyable.
This reminded me so much of going to the NAB convention each year...I would always head over to the radio/audio section and go right to the Countryman booth where Carl Countryman would be standing there behind the counter at the controls of a mixing console. On the countertop were dozens of microphones and he would place headphones on my head and start talking into each microphone one at a time. They were all connected to his mixer and he made quite a show of it. Those were good times. Thanks Markus for your incredible demo.
Amazing how well the $25-35 microphones performed. How they connect and hold up might be the difference. Thanks.
I do quite a bit of music-recording, and often the mics are a lot further away then. This is when you really start noticing the price-differences, these are almost always condensermics in a stand. but most of us do speech, so this will not be a real issue...
Thanks for this Markus! Those 39 minutes went by in a blink of an eye.
I've been to the Schoeps factory with my audio class at university in Germany. Was a great experience to see how these high end mics are made and what the people making them had to say about it. All down to earth, friendly. A bit unreal seeing like 50 of these high end mics stacked up next to each other though.
Holy Schoeps man! That was a sweet mic! Can't believe how clean it sounds at a whisper. Great video as always!🤟🏻😎📸
That mic really impress me.
I have to say big applause for your deep comparison between all these mics. I never saw anyone in youtube doing this huge amount of different microphones in one video for us to hear their subtleties. Appreciate very much your editing after time:35min 33 seconds at the end of it. That summarized very well their capabilities.
Well done, I usually don't comment but here I felt I needed to be grateful for you huge efforts. ❤ all your videos and I am following you since the very beginning of your RUclips on this channel.
Hope you can teach more what you love and get great connections with lots of fun doing so. Wish you success on this channel Markus. 🙏 👏👏👏
Awesome. This is a very valuable source for Filming Mics. Podcastage covers a lot of studio mics and you're filling in a huge gap by covering the lapel headset and shotgun microphones. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
I am only 16 minutes into this phenomenal presentation, Markus, you’re the best. It’s so intricate in detail and I say Bravo to the way you really make the effort to show the quality of each mic. Super helpful, (overwhelming at first), but worth watching a few times when missing details on the products. Thank you 🙏🏽
Glad you enjoyed it!
I've been watching a YT channel, bingeing two years of their videos, and not until I watched your last video did I realize they would benefit from better sound. You're 100% right--if the content is good, great video and awesome audio are secondary. I am not an audiophile by any measure--I was satisfied with my AM radio in my first car!
Markus - Thanks for doing this series. I am loving it! In all my years on RUclips I have never seen an in-depth series on audio like this. I am really looking forward to seeing some videos about post-processing. I am also hoping to see a video on recording with an external recorder, or recording directly into the computer, like with OBS. Thanks again!
I’m amazed by how education can be so entertaining. This is the most extended and still professional with no nonsense talk video ever, you’re very talented in making RUclips reviews. Thank you for making this for us ❤
Markus, we need to know your post-processing workflow for audio!
Please…
The amount of time you spent doing this and posting your results will help *so many* people. Thank you so much.
Glad it was helpful!
loving the sound of DPA 4071
I use two of the Rode NT-5 in a crossed pattern for recording live orchestras. Especially good for chamber music. Usually try to put them 11 feet above and in front of the group.
This video will age like the finest wine! The definition of always relevant content. Congratulations Markus I can only imagine the work to put this together!
I don't think I can thank you enough for this. I can only imagine the time involved in putting this together. It was just what I needed.
Wow!! Thanks for all the work and all the an knowledge! Nowhere ever have we had the opportunity to compare so many mics at one time. You're the best.
Markus, thank you! I'm glad you're having fun doing these. Your last video about the ambiance of the room was terrific, and the demos of these microphones was the best I have ever watched! Balanced comparisons, and a bit of humor. Awesome! Looking forward to more stuff to learn! Cheers! ~Mike
What post processing do you do?
Thanks Markus....
This was a huge undertaking to create this video. Your wisdom is appreciated 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Man Markus I've been learning so much from your videos. Thank you for taking the time to be so thorough and knowledgeable about all these microphones.
Thanks for clearing up something that has puzzled me about every mike review I've watched (up til now), where they boast about no post processing... I always wondered whether you couldn't make any mike sound right if you knew what you were doing in post. I've been working on learning my DAW.
This channel always delivers serious quality 😭👍 thank you so much!!
The DPA is a superb microphone. So good, I recommended it to a concertmaster violinist as his one and only microphone purchase, both for performing and recording as needed. I have never found any other microphone that I thought could cover those two completely different scenarios. I’ve used them mounted on all the concert stringed instruments and also as an overhead on a boom arm with excellent results all around. As a bonus, they are not what I would call by any means a delicate microphone.
DPA is awesome
what model did you recommend?
@@ac14081408 4099-DC-1-199-V
Note that is the lower gain model. You may wish to choose higher gain.
Insanely helpful thanks for your extensive testing and comparisons! 💚
I love your work! Always learning new stuff.
Thanks!
Johnny from Qc, Canada
Merci
I love all of your videos Markus you give us so much value.
Outstanding Comparison! You have done a LOT of my homework for me! Thank you!
thank you very much for the enormous amount of work you put in Markus! The Schoeps, is in fact re-issued as the CMIT-5U now.
This was amazing. Thank you so much for taking the time to compare each of the mics. Will recommend that everyone listens to this or the audio files using a good set of headphones so that you can listen to the differences of each mic. Great job Markus.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great in-depth video Markus! Well done! 👏😎
Would love to see a video on your post-processing techniques like a tutorial. That would be cool!
Great job Markus! Thanks for putting in a LOT of time in testing and recording with these mics. I've been a Sennheiser guy for decades and always wanted to hear the high-end DPA and of course they mythical Schoeps tested side-by-side. Looks like I made a good choice. Also, could not agree more with your points that the mic - or in my case the camera - really does not matter as much as improving your recording environment. 100% correct.
Thank you for all the work you’ve put into the making of this video Markus! I’ve saved it as reference. You are a generous lad! 👏👏👏
How much money and time
This would have saved me over a decade. Best audio class on youtube by an intelligent experienced person. Txs Markus
this mic arc is pretty good
Great series! Thanks for this. I look forward to the rest of the videos.
Outstanding video, outstanding audio, and an outstanding channel.
There is so much one needs to know to do this stuff, that every youtube "creator" should be watching this series.
There are very few that understand the value of good audio.
Thanks.
That was a tour de force of microphones and thanks for the post processing examples. A really useful guide, many thanks 🙏👍
The original audio from that Schoeps CMT5U is insanely good.
Awesome side by side Markus! I have never seen something so detailed and practical. I enjoy every video you make because of the useful informaion as wel as the fun I have.
Muchas gracias desde Buenos Aires!
This audio comparison video is SO good, SO useful, especially the last 3 minutes, I don't know what else to say ...
Thank you
Hi Markus, thanks for this video. Much appreciated. I'm always in awe how you made your audio sounds so great regardless of what mics you use. Would you mind making a video to share with us on how you post-process your audio? Cheers from Kuala Lumpur!
Thank you so much my friend Markus for presenting us all these mics!! Very informative video!
Awesome "Look" and listen to a Bunch of audio microphones. Great. Thanks.
One of the things I like about MarkusPix is that it is a gear-head channel without being a gear-head channel. Too often, we say "I can't do that. I don't have a such-and-such." Bah! There are *always* budget constraints, whether lame-ass youtube or bigtime hollywood. Markus shows us how to do with what we've got. I like that! Thanks.
Everybody gangsta until markus take his microphone from his head
I don't post process, I've got a Sennheiser MKE400 which I used mainly 12-5 years ago, about 5 years ago I upgraded to the Sennheiser MKE440 (because it looks fancy doing stereo shotgun sound and etc), then I got the Saramonic dual wireless lav UWMIC9 system (once I lost the transmitter to my expensive Sennheiser single wireless pack), later downgrading to the easier to use more convenient Saramonic Blink 500. So basically, I think I am a Sennheiser fan for shotguns and a Saramonic fan for dual wireless lavs, and thanks for this video but I am not sure if there is any better shotgun or dual wireless lav system to switch to 😄 one thing I definitely think I should do is to replace those included lavs provided by Saramonic, I considered maybe getting a Sennheiser lav to connect on each of those. But I'll probably look for a cheaper lav. But, I'd like to upgrade to a better dual wireless lav, maybe the new Rode, or the new Blink 500 Pro, or something else better that might come out..
thanks for all the effort and time you put on this mic comparison.
A bloody great, informative, nutter. Thank you Markus. You're a star.
this is absolutely tremendously useful. Thank you so much for this information. I bought a MKH416 and I honestly haven't used it as much as I thought that I would. Your gear collection is truly epic and good audio is so important, but as a listener its one of those things where its either really bad and you notice it, or its good and you don't even notice it. Sound is almost something unconscious, and its hard to tell audio when its been edited really well. Edited video on the other hand is incredibly obvious. Thank you for this Markus!
So much work goes into these videos, thank you Markus. It's really greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much for the great comparison and illumination of products!
Thank you very much for this comparison !
I have a matched pair of the Rode NT5. they truly shine when recording instruments, speakers, ambient noise, weather, fireworks, traffic, choirs. not as great for lead vocals in my experience regarless of gender. recording with those in a binaural configuration and listening to the raw recordings with sennheiser HD600. especially when calibrated, it really sounds as if you are there. very impressed by those mics.
Thanks
Thanks so much for this review, wow, that's a ton of work! Very impressed with the Schoeps CMT5U. Many of us use the Schoeps MK41. It's pricey, however.
My brain is melting 🫠 but I love the info and Markus !
I kept buying expensive mics to up my audio game - stop making me rethink everything, Markus!!
Eye opening! Small cheap lavs are also sounding so good.
Very detail and useful. This is the most comprehensive review video for lav mic in real world.
like your entertaining vibe and your way to teach us things :)
Thank ya
Thank you MARKUS! You always put your heart into all your work and you're enthusiasm is unrivaled. Going to get my first "real" camera and mic shortly and your insight is invaluable. Thank you from Boston!
Wonderful!
Markus, thank you for all the hard work you put into this video. This must have taken dozens of hours to edit! Excellent work! Tony
Glad you enjoyed it!
So much fun. Thank you. I'm a stills photographer who has no need for mic's.
But, I appreciate great entertainment wrapped in enthusiasm and education.
Thank you for the reviews Markus
i heard the video on my smartphone instead of laptop and the audio is really crispy, so it's right the audio editing is done to fit the crappy speakers most of us use most of the time on mobility.
The ultimate Mic testing collection on youtube. Thank you
I love how the DPA 4060 sounds! They are hard to come by here in Australia.
I use the Rode VideoMicro for my videos but I need to invest in a good Pop Filter for my voiceovers.
I definitely need to invest in a lav mic for field work because the biggest feedback I receive from my videos is the voice clarity in noisey environments, like at a market or in a restaurant. I do what I can in post production but it’s still lacking quality.
Camera Conspiracy led me here. The information you provided is next level. I'm just an ordinary RUclips scrub, so finding a channel that provides me with knowledge to improve my craft is priceless!
Great video and love your style as well as info! Thank you! I have one question… if filming indoors for golf, what mic would you use for Sony a6400 or the zv10 e ?
I need simple bit as good as possible. I struggle with sound in this space.
Wondered if a boom above would work but then I do several close ups and different angles etc
Thank you!
Thanks for the exhaustive review - great practical advice as per usual! I totally follow the mantra "people will forgive poor video long before they forgive poor audio!" I appreciate you always give options and especially show affordable options for low-budget filmmakers like yours truly. I was surprised you didn't mention the Rode lav mic - it's a solid, not outstanding mic, but I like that the mic capsule can be unscrewed from the cord for adapting to multiple devices and easily replacing the cord if it gets damaged.
Wow, great presentation of each of the mics, including post processing. I had a Fethead Phantom that I tried with my Sennheiser ME66 + K6P and MKH 416 and I tried this with a Tascam DR-100 MKII and Tascam DR-701D XLR and could not get a sound when using the Fethead with the mics on either recorders.
I was using the ME-66 for background ambient and nature sound recording as it has great low noise and high sensitivity and works great for that, especially when using a pair for stereo sound, but I liked the frequency response and sound of the MKH-416 more but I noticed if I recorded in the same locations as the ME-66, I'd notice more noise hiss on the recordings due to slightly higher noise floor of the MKH-416, so I thought the Fethead Phantom would fix that, but I didn't get any sound when using it.
Absolutely epic --- You're such a legend!
Another microphone to consider is the discontinued Shure BG4.1. Very good and sensitive condenser mic. I have used it to mic vocals and overhead for choirs. Similar sound to the SM58 but way more sensitive.
I had forgotten the video was even playing after hearing the few I wanted to hear, but when you started talking through the CMT5U, I stopped everything I was doing to figure out why it suddenly sounded like thre was a person talking to me IRL, except that I knew it wasn't a person in the room with me, because it sounded like they were close enough to lick my eyeball..
When you started whispering? I had to stop the video. It was making the hair in my ears vibrate in a way that introduced a level of discomfort that I've never experienced before.
That thing is absolutely insane.. in a good way ... mostly ...
Very informative and such a huge variety of mics tested! Thank you so much!
My pleasure!
I could write this under all of your videos... Hi im Gabor from Hungary, and im very glad you are exist. :) I mean, on the world there are a large amount of people buying houses, cars, and just feeling satisfied with the fact they are own them. But just only a few peolple living with the oportunity to use their financial background to share knowlage, helping others to improve themselves. Do things with the passion of teaching, what so many people can't do. So here is a huge Thank You Marcus, or in Hungarian, Köszönjük neked Marcus! Wishing the best for you.
💛thanks for all your teachings health and camera wise
Top notch my friend..... there is only a couple or three (or four) that presents their profession in this absolutely consumable manner..... and they are all in our age group..... which proves Quality comes from experience and an excellent attention to detail .......
You can always trust somebody who is wearing Sony MDR 7506’s 😀 Thank you for the video. I always learn so much
Love this Markus!!! wow-- so great you gave each mic processed and unprocessed sound, no one has done this with so many of these !! you rock! What a great and helpful series! I do voiceovers and audiobooks, I love microphones and this is pure mic heaven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I appreciate the effort you put into this. It’s helpful to hear the side by side comparisons.
I was literally trying to find out this exact dilemma today, lavaliier mics, XLR mics, best mic post processing etc. Thank goodness the RUclips algorithm sent me your way!
39min? Cool 👍
can't imagine how much time you put in to make this. thank you
I love the videos! Thanks Markus. I love the lav mics I use. I am a musician so I have some pretty nice mics, but amazingly enough I use cheap lav mics that I personally think sound perfectly fine. I have not really applied much processing to them in my RUclips videos, but Im thinking I probably should!
Thank you for posting this video. I believe you put so much work to produce each and every video you are posting on RUclips. Thank you so much.
I start watching your video, when I looking for some device for recording "video", and now I could not stop watching your contents. Now I start understanding how important the sound for creating video content. With respect 🙏🙏
Thanks so much for proving once again that it is how you use it and not what you use.
I'm glad you included the R0DE video micro in the list. I've been using it mounted to an arm stand for a long time and love it when I turn it camera on to confuse people since they expect to see a 'nice looking' mic.