Very solid, cool, usable, unique, sub-$30 mic!! Impressive effort, too-- there were at least 2 or 3 "that's what she said's" that you sacrificed for the pacing of this tutorial... You're always willing to let it slide in order to please us and get us off sooner 👍
Informative, well-made video that doubles as a drinking game every time you say "That's what she said." Your videos are awesome for a light booze buzz and great mic reviews! Thanks!
XLR retention screws need to be turned inward to be able to release it from the body. It makes sense that you couldn't get the screw out. They aren't meant to come out.
I really enjoy these mic mod videos. I'd be really curious to hear a BM800-type mic with the mic-parts capsule. I think the mic-parts guy recommends the Sterling one for that mod as having a decent body and circuit and a pretty bad capsule that would give the maximum benefit for a capsule swap.
@@ObscureMics I guess I didn't write very clearly mic-parts sells a medium diameter capsule that will fit a lot of inexpensive mics such as the BM-800 and similar mics. They claim it will radically improve the mics. On review of their page I mistook "Sterling" and "Scarlett." The owner of mic-parts recommends the Scarlett/Focusrite CM25 as a mic that will particularly benefit from that capsule swap as the body is decent and the circuitry isn't terrible but it has a tiny capsule. The capsules in question are $10 each but sold in pairs so $20 for two is the minimum order. They also sell a circuit kit but it's a lot more expensive and involved and I think at that point you might as well get a factory made mic.
I'm unsure how to write your name, but you should brand your mics as the BarkShark lol. Dude love your channel., you make me think of Austin St.John the original red power ranger. That's a compliment brother seeing as I grew up watching him. I've watched so many of your videos Mon Ami! Not to mention Also these youtubers Podcastage, Audio Hotline, Curtis Judd and Booth Junkie. Please keep going!
You are hilarious, accidentally found your channel looking for videos of modding cheap mics (planning on doing that very soon :] ) and I was super positively surprised
@@pro_gemer Yes, if I can magically find more time, or ever just do this full time. But then again...I'm not sure either will ever happen. I. Sure at some point I'll do another that's quick and easy...but I'd love to have time to dive deeper.
sir, im just looking to trash talk people in video game while i beat them. im sick and tired of cheap mics and i dont need an expansive mic for this nice video
Was sad to see that the mic you used is no longer available. Appears the ones recommended are twice the price but still affordable. Wondering if the conversion of the element would be as easy in some of the other ones, probably not but one can hope.
Difference is night and day. It's usable after the mod. In the stock configuration, it's really bad. I might have to try and come up with a circuit for the one I forgot to return 😂.
I know it’s not the real point but I really like the LOOK of this MIC and the whole kit & caboodle that it comes with but unfortunately it’s unavailable at the moment so if anyone knows (especially in Europe?!) another source please share…👍
@@ObscureMics Nice. Well, not nice the first one broke... I've seen those boards on AliEx that are like a buck each. Ever used one of those? I'm tempted to fart around with a couple.
I have a Neewer mic I got at one of those stores that resells returned amazon products for $5. I am planning on modding mine and would love to see you have a go at trying to make one usable.
I made the mistake of trusted youtube reviews too much. i bought the fifine k669b mic and it's even worse than your $17 mic. do you have any experience to mod the usb mic? like replacing jfet. i see some usb they don't use jfet, at least from what i see snowball and some blue yeti mic don't have jfet solder to the capsule
On AliExpress I have found some obviously fake SM7B options. Could you do something similar here with SM57/58 that you did here? Not exactly budget, but I'm curious how close it would be to an SM7B.
@@ObscureMics yeah $120 for a look isn't great. With an XM8500 internal it might be worth doing, but a retail 57/58 would be too much in the end to Frankenstein into a body. I'm curious how different the internals are in the fakes though.
Duh... the screw works in reverse - you screw it out to secure it and screw it in to release or loosen it. The metal plates are simply to give it ballast and make it heavier. Hmmm ... Self adhesive tape ... In my experience, all adhesive tape is essentially self-adhesive. The sexual innuendoes converts you into a teenager. I bet your mom was pretty mad you scorched her table with your soldering iron. Any real technician has a proper silicone solder station work pad. You should have been able to achieve the same result by just changing the capsule. Um ...cheesy ... just saying. Good luck. JT
@@JR-lx8nn you took the time out of your day to write a whole paragraph of pretentious holier than thou criticisms. Least I could do is respond to your misery. I wish you the best despite you being the worst. I won't reply from here. But luckily for you, there are a ton of people on RUclips you can go harass to make yourself feel good. God speed Jr, JT whatever the heck your daytime drama inspired name is.
@@ObscureMics Thanks for taking the bait, old man. Is that your best shot? Apparently you believe you are immune from criticism and have no better rebuttal to offer in your defense. Calling me names is a sad, weak rebuttal and fails to contradict or offset my criticism. Sad you feel privileged to post immature sexual innuendos, unable to proffer a more substantial, articulate message. Be safe. (There is nothing pretentious about my initials - they are part of my name.) JT
@@JR-lx8nn jesus old man why the tantrum? is your life that miserable? gtfoh... go out your house and enjoy life as it seems you lack it... instead of pressin a dislike you literally went on like a rabbid old man 🤣
Very solid, cool, usable, unique, sub-$30 mic!! Impressive effort, too-- there were at least 2 or 3 "that's what she said's" that you sacrificed for the pacing of this tutorial... You're always willing to let it slide in order to please us and get us off sooner 👍
Hahaha ha yes!
Although one viewer specifically said he was out afyer the 3rd "that's what she said" 😭
Wow, that sounds pretty great after the mod. At least totally useable. Nice work!
Thanks Taylor. Next.... to improve on this mod
Super sweet! Looks like a great first project for a mic builder!
Absolutely. Mostly simple and fairly effective
Informative, well-made video that doubles as a drinking game every time you say "That's what she said."
Your videos are awesome for a light booze buzz and great mic reviews! Thanks!
Thats the goal! Thank you!
That's a really cool looking body. I wish companies that made shit cheap mics like this would just sell the bodies when they're interesting looking.
That would be nice. I'd be all in on that
XLR retention screws need to be turned inward to be able to release it from the body.
It makes sense that you couldn't get the screw out. They aren't meant to come out.
Also, too many "that's what she said" moments. I stopped watching after the fourth one.
Appreciate the view regardless
I really enjoy these mic mod videos. I'd be really curious to hear a BM800-type mic with the mic-parts capsule. I think the mic-parts guy recommends the Sterling one for that mod as having a decent body and circuit and a pretty bad capsule that would give the maximum benefit for a capsule swap.
Explain that again. Mod a sterling mic or use sterling parts for a bm800?
@@ObscureMics I guess I didn't write very clearly
mic-parts sells a medium diameter capsule that will fit a lot of inexpensive mics such as the BM-800 and similar mics. They claim it will radically improve the mics.
On review of their page I mistook "Sterling" and "Scarlett." The owner of mic-parts recommends the Scarlett/Focusrite CM25 as a mic that will particularly benefit from that capsule swap as the body is decent and the circuitry isn't terrible but it has a tiny capsule.
The capsules in question are $10 each but sold in pairs so $20 for two is the minimum order. They also sell a circuit kit but it's a lot more expensive and involved and I think at that point you might as well get a factory made mic.
Ohhhhh
Well now I have to grab a cm25 and throw a capsule in it!
I'm unsure how to write your name, but you should brand your mics as the BarkShark lol. Dude love your channel., you make me think of Austin St.John the original red power ranger. That's a compliment brother seeing as I grew up watching him. I've watched so many of your videos Mon Ami! Not to mention Also these youtubers Podcastage, Audio Hotline, Curtis Judd and Booth Junkie. Please keep going!
Lol that's awesome! I appreciate the heck out of that... And I watch those guys too. Love comments like this... Keeps me going. Thanks Vincent
3:33 - stick those plates in the base that it comes with!😜
Definitely sounds a lot better. If we ever get to meet in person, you’re going have to walk me through doing something like this. it looks like fun!
It is!
15:14 - “That’s what SHE said!“
Always
I’m not sure it would work for a voice actor but you could use it to unbox a shit ton of stuff with no audio complaints. 🤛😉
Yup. It's no longer offensive. I would do a podcast with it
@@ObscureMics I can’t find the specs on this capsule. I did find specs for this one JLI-2555BXZ3-GP and it looks pretty interesting.
Let us know if you can remove the branding without leaving a mark. I really like it!
Will do
You are hilarious, accidentally found your channel looking for videos of modding cheap mics (planning on doing that very soon :] ) and I was super positively surprised
Now that's a happy accident! Thanks for watching!
@@ObscureMics are you planning on making more condenser microphone capsule swap videos?
@@pro_gemer Yes, if I can magically find more time, or ever just do this full time. But then again...I'm not sure either will ever happen. I. Sure at some point I'll do another that's quick and easy...but I'd love to have time to dive deeper.
@@ObscureMics Im for sure waiting :]
Out of curiosity: do those modding videos pay back the costs of the cheap mics and electronics?
Nice job on this one. Bam! You gone and done it up good!! Thanks👉🏼😎
Thank you again sir
sir, im just looking to trash talk people in video game while i beat them. im sick and tired of cheap mics and i dont need an expansive mic for this
nice video
Thanks GW
Was sad to see that the mic you used is no longer available. Appears the ones recommended are twice the price but still affordable. Wondering if the conversion of the element would be as easy in some of the other ones, probably not but one can hope.
This one was definitely one of the more difficult ones I've done....so crampped
Difference is night and day. It's usable after the mod. In the stock configuration, it's really bad. I might have to try and come up with a circuit for the one I forgot to return 😂.
Like you said with some cutting... Much more is possible
I know it’s not the real point but I really like the LOOK of this MIC and the whole kit & caboodle that it comes with but unfortunately it’s unavailable at the moment so if anyone knows (especially in Europe?!) another source please share…👍
That was what convinced me to drop a whopping $15 USD on it. Great total package for that price
@@ObscureMics you High-Rollin’ BIG spender, you! 😉
It reminds me of a snazzier version of the AKG 414👍
what did I miss? one second it's the old tiny circuit board, suddenly there's a bigger one. where did that come from?
8:50 mark
I used a slightly bigger board pulled from an Aokeo AK60 cause I broke the Ali Express one i bought for this
@@ObscureMics Nice. Well, not nice the first one broke... I've seen those boards on AliEx that are like a buck each. Ever used one of those? I'm tempted to fart around with a couple.
I have a Neewer mic I got at one of those stores that resells returned amazon products for $5. I am planning on modding mine and would love to see you have a go at trying to make one usable.
I can do that!
I used the same circuitry and components as you, but the mic is small and the noise is loud. Why?
Bad connection or wire touching metal somewhere?
I made the mistake of trusted youtube reviews too much. i bought the fifine k669b mic and it's even worse than your $17 mic. do you have any experience to mod the usb mic? like replacing jfet.
i see some usb they don't use jfet, at least from what i see snowball and some blue yeti mic don't have jfet solder to the capsule
Id sell the k669 rather than trying to mod it. USB mics of that variety aren't worth messing with
On AliExpress I have found some obviously fake SM7B options. Could you do something similar here with SM57/58 that you did here? Not exactly budget, but I'm curious how close it would be to an SM7B.
In the future possibly. Those fake ones are expensive... Which sucks
@@ObscureMics yeah $120 for a look isn't great. With an XM8500 internal it might be worth doing, but a retail 57/58 would be too much in the end to Frankenstein into a body. I'm curious how different the internals are in the fakes though.
I may have to buy one at some point. Just sucks they are more than some great real mics
Please can I also upgrade my task star Microphone capsule into a high quality capsule like small diaphragm exchange to a large diaphragm
It depends on the circuit board
Where did the new PCB come from? Does it have a parts number?
An aokeo ak-60. I have another one at work I'll post a picture of Monday
@@ObscureMics cheers
Appreciate the view and comments
Is there any way to connect that phantom power board to USB?
I'm sure there is.... But I'm not sure why one would want to
i bought one of those stick boards, absolute junk. didnt even work for a second
Some do some don't. Most are indeed junk
Is the mic body metal or plastic?
Metal
TLDR: That's what she said.
That's what she said lmao 🤣
Gotta get those out of the system at times
can you add timestamps
Sure
@@ObscureMicsthanks
think you did good without much to work with :)
That is.... Actually.... What she said 🤔
Bizarre!
Fun
Duh... the screw works in reverse - you screw it out to secure it and screw it in to release or loosen it. The metal plates are simply to give it ballast and make it heavier. Hmmm ... Self adhesive tape ... In my experience, all adhesive tape is essentially self-adhesive. The sexual innuendoes converts you into a teenager. I bet your mom was pretty mad you scorched her table with your soldering iron. Any real technician has a proper silicone solder station work pad. You should have been able to achieve the same result by just changing the capsule. Um ...cheesy ... just saying. Good luck. JT
It's gotta be tough to be that pretentious
@@ObscureMics Funny, that is what I was thinking about you! Sheesh! You MUST have something better to do than spar with me like this! JT
@@JR-lx8nn you took the time out of your day to write a whole paragraph of pretentious holier than thou criticisms. Least I could do is respond to your misery. I wish you the best despite you being the worst. I won't reply from here. But luckily for you, there are a ton of people on RUclips you can go harass to make yourself feel good. God speed Jr, JT whatever the heck your daytime drama inspired name is.
@@ObscureMics Thanks for taking the bait, old man. Is that your best shot? Apparently you believe you are immune from criticism and have no better rebuttal to offer in your defense. Calling me names is a sad, weak rebuttal and fails to contradict or offset my criticism. Sad you feel privileged to post immature sexual innuendos, unable to proffer a more substantial, articulate message. Be safe. (There is nothing pretentious about my initials - they are part of my name.) JT
@@JR-lx8nn jesus old man why the tantrum? is your life that miserable? gtfoh... go out your house and enjoy life as it seems you lack it... instead of pressin a dislike you literally went on like a rabbid old man 🤣
I can't tell if a mic is good or not, because every mic sounds good on your voice .... confusing 🤔
It's OK. Useable
🤔
Thoughts appreciated
Ou comment transformer un micro de merde en un autre micro tout juste un peu moins merdique.