I'm currently using a set of Klipsch headphones with inline mic. Not the best choice, but it's what I have. I try to compensate for the sound using audio filters in OBS. Ends up working alright, but obviously nowhere near as nice as a dedicated mic.
Yeah, I know it’s a joke but basically no matter what headphones you use, since RUclips video audio is always really compressed and restricted to 16000hz.
Yep, that's the whole moral of the story: diminishing returns. After the 100-200 dollar mic pricepoint, the differences become minimal and often that difference is just taste, instead of quality, like slightly different equalizing, slightly better for people with lower or higher voices (=again equalizing) etc. Basically, for 100-200 dollars, you can get a GREAT microphone these days.
@@SinisterSkip Great mic? No. Decent mic? Yes. The ~$150 AT2035 for example is a decent mic. It is by no means great. It sounds way better than a Blue Yeti though (not a high bar). It won't sound as good as something like a Neumann U 87 ai or TLM 103. Even a slightly more expensive Rode NT1 will sound better. Yes, taste/preferences do matter when you're comparing mics in the same tier, but to say that something like a Neat King Bee sounds as good as a CAD E100s is just delusional.
Great video! We love to see people helping others with microphone decisions in such an accurate and well-informed way! Thank you for highlighting Kiwi and Ember. This is a great demo. We'll be sure to share!
I'm way late to this, but I imagine that the Kiwi, having been purchased for a studio setting would have handled a lot better than the ember when you sing into it. It also probably has a much lower noise floor. While there isn't a 1900 dollar difference in a streamer setting, I bet you'd notice a significant difference when you have people singing into each mic at the top of their lungs.
This is something I didn't think about, when talking at the same level the $100 and $2000 mics did sound the same, but it'd be interesting to see how well they handle different levels of audio
I own a blue ember, love it I think it makes a good streaming microphone because its very slick so it doesn't take up much of the frame if you are using a camera
Wow, I was blown away by how little difference there was between the Kiwi, and the Ember... I also think the ember has a nice sleek look.. However, I'm a bit of a vintage nerd and love the look of the Kiwi. It's amazing what you can do with a noise gate, compressor and a 10 band ;) Lovin' your content mate!!
The best change I made was ditching a condenser mic for a dynamic mic. A dynamic mic significantly cut down environmental noise (computer fans, console fans, air conditioning) and reduced the need for an overbearing noise gate to filter out mouse & keyboard clicks. I picked up a Rode Podcaster second-hand on eBay and couldn't be happier with the purchase.
The Kiwi is more open over the Ember. i.e, it's capturing more detail and richness. Listen to the low end a bit more critically and you'll hear it. The Kiwi suits your voice quite well. The Ember, however, while having a bit more broken up midrange is surprisingly good and would be my choice if I were a streamer as it is dramatically cheaper. FYI, I stumbled upon this video while listening in a professional studio on Neumann KH-310 monitors which does make a difference. I appreciate you sharing the additional information regarding frequencies, polar patterns, and audio engineering background etc. It teaches people that there's more to capturing audio than just having the ability to hear. If you're interested, other mic comparisons can be heard at the link ruclips.net/p/PLAIlewIeY4NdJMDfP11aCXc99OPSSDkYl
Schoeps MS That’s what I was thinking, like, not everyone is an audio engineer but when he said there’s almost no difference between the Kiwi and Ember I almost threw my phone 😂 the Kiwi sounded incredible compared to the ember - plus all he did was speak, I’m sure if he compared yelling in the different mics you’d hear a MASSIVE difference. The $32 and Ember mics probably clip pretty easily, while the Kiwi would handle it way better. There’d also be way less distortion even when it’s not clipping compared to the cheaper mics. But the Kiwi is also meant for music inputs like singing/rapping vocals and instruments, not really podcast/streaming scenarios so the Kiwi is ridiculously overkill for a streamer haha. But I was actually really damn impressed with the Ember. But there’s an extremely obvious high frequency and soundstage difference between the Ember and Kiwi.
I think it's cause cameras are just more complex and have much more room to improve in terms of pixel density, color accuracy, frames per second, picture stability, etc. Even comparing cameras with interface and converter. Also, a camera can also be a standalone, like a little computer with its own mic, on-board image processing algorithms, operating system, and memory interface.
@@mintcgp Yes, and no. USB mics will be a lot more noisier due to the fact that the pre amp that you are using is your computer. While yes, it is true some USB mics wont nearly sound as muddy as other, even some cheaper XLR mics. They will almost always be noisier due to USB pre amps on a PC having a much louder self noise than using an interface with an XLR mic. It's like plugging a mic into the pre amp on a camera apposed to using a portable recorder. It is easier, however the product wont be nearly as good.
LoonieLunaPlays I've used an at2005 (it's basically like the at2100's brother) over USB and even when massively boosting audio that was recorded at 100% volume in Windows in testing in audacity I don't really hear much noise besides stuff like the heater and other noises in my house. Although that's probably cause it's a dynamic mic so it doesn't really need a strong power source (internal or over usb) that mics like the at2020usb need. Of course if you had the right tools to measure it and a quiet enough environment there probably is more noise over USB than XLR, but the noise floor is still insanely low even over USB.
@@ZohondeKids A dynamic mic, I'm sure you know based on your comment, has very low sensitivity. If we compared two dynamic mics (USB vs XLR) it would be a bit harder due to the low sensitivity. How ever if we compared condensers that is where the problems begin. Now some USB mics are not that bad actually, but compared to an XLR mic connected into an interface there is a difference in audio quality. I am not bastardizing your or belittling you for have an USB mic. I think it is awesome that people are interested into audio and video, honestly. There is just a difference between the dynamic range. A lot of people do not talk about it, and when they do people think they're being an ass hole. Which I'm not trying to be. Just informative.
I imagine it would make a difference listening through decent quality headphones, but can't hear much difference between the $32 and $2000 microphones. Problem is, when you are editing sound, it's easy to become OCD about minor things nobody else would care about. Realistically, an extra $68 for a reasonable improvement and better build quality is worth it. $2000 for any type of microphone is $1800 too much. There is no justifiable reason for them to reach that price unless they fill a totally unique purpose
The Blue Ember is amazing. You won't hear too much difference between the 100 and the 2000 becuase... For a company like blue, you can be really efficient in what you build at 100. I need to listen on my interface to be clearer. But yeah.
The music made it hard to hear a clear difference between the mics but there was a difference between the first and the second one. Second to third was hard to tell. Thanks for the vid though, your content is much appreciated for a beginner!
@Alpha Gaming Thank you so much for this video. My 14 yr old son has begun streaming on Twitch and uploading videos on RUclips. When he began to get serious about his content, I directed him to this channel to learn how to improve on both platforms. With my support of his quest to grow, we discussed what he needs first. His friends critiqued his videos and so did I. I am in agreement with his friends that his voice audio just plain sucked. After we both watched this video, we decided to purchase the TONOR microphone. His first night of using it, he got several compliments from his stream and friends about the improved quality. Now our next step is to find that reasonably priced webcam. I actually tried connecting my video camera (VIXIA HF R70) to my computer for testing but unfortunately it is not supported. I would have to purchase a capture card which may cost more than I'm willing to spend on a beginner. I will watch all of your videos related to the web cameras (PICKING A LIVE STREAM CAMERA - literally everything you need to know) Thank you again. You have helped me and my boys to become better streamers and content creators. All of our men (young and old) are gaming/streaming. For me, my priority is my real job... my support for my boys, as long as their grades meet my criteria, is 100% as long as they remain passionate about what they are creating.
@@stevetheunicorn6443 you need good sound systems to hear the difference, they only get slightly clearer as they increase. honestly, the 32 sounds great alone.
there is a difference in the mic quality, but it also depends on your taste in sound, i personally like the $32 mics sound, though i got lucky with my AT2020
"Anything you can do on stream to give your self another eyecatching detail, always worth it in my opinion" *proeceeds to buy 2000$ microphone with all my savings*
i know this video is about a month old of me making this comment but theres usually always one rule to stick to when trying to buy something with a large variety in prices. A small amount of money can make the difference of 35% in quality to 80% but it takes a large amount of money to go from 80% to 95%
Listening on my OneMore Triple Drivers earphones (black/gold) now $80.00, and I have to say... I'm glad u had no problem hearing the stuff you were talking about. I just commented to talk about my earphones because my laptop broke and I'm a sad soul now...
Thank you for making the comparison test. Helps a lot to see... or hear the difference. Your videos are always helpful to me in getting started with this you can say, business.
Ngl I have a cooler master mh752 headphones and it's a pretty decent one.I hardly hear any difference Now imagine what twitch viewers listen to with their $15 fake airpods
12:42 you say "what i'm trying to do is see which mouse" and mouse probably should've been mic. You usually add a little pop up text in the videos if you misspeak but didn't see one and just wanted to let you know! Great video though man
someomen buying a 2k mike from blue should not be trusted with soudn analyses. there better channels out there with competent people reviewing that properly
Why do you talk so much about the gear and never mention the environment despite it often mattering just as much? I know you care, you have bass traps.
I've been learning so much about the difference in quality between these price ranges watching tons of your videos and so far this has been invaluable. Thank you for the wealth of knowledge and field tests in your videos, I may have to buy some merch soon
The cheap mic really cut out the low end, the $100 is sound more full and have better range on the low end, the $2000 mic is sound more colourful on high and and low range as well (probably that one have the best 20-20khz coverage) listening on a beyerdynamic DT990 Pro (My setup is Rode Procaster with a Behringer UMC202HD) Very nice comparison, I started to watch you because your OBS videos and I just caught my self I watch more and more of your videos. +1 subscriber :P
That would be an unfair test since a $1 mic would be a cheap as shit lapel version with nothing but a 3.5mm plug. These things don't sound good BEFORE the cheap and nasty moulded lead starts to break inside and cause the mic to cut in and out! Cheapest mic with XLR is the one tested in this video. Trust me I have been looking for a long time, the only better mic you will get cheaper is a lucky ebay auction from someone who doesn't know what they have!
That would just be a long piece of wire wrapped in a coil, with the cheapest magnetic material you can find inside the coil, taped to cut outs from a plastic plate. Heck, that might even cost more than $1. Maybe just a piece of wire then. I'm sure if you talk into the end of a piece of wire, something is detected at the other end. You just need to perform a lot of amplification, noise reduction, and fancy analogy signal processing to get something out of it, kinda like the data from the first gravitational wave detection.
Offtopic: Just a little note about humans hearing 20-20kHz. I highly doubt that. Maybe kids, but adults? I'm in my mid 30's, so is my cousin and two other friends that we've done the blind test with. We just played a clean waveform of 14-15-16-17 and 18kHz around 90dB. Now, either all four of us have really bad genetics or damaged hearing, but I could notice a sound upto around 16.5kHz. A 10dB bump didn't do anything after that. My cousin can hear upto about 14kHz and he never really experiences loud sounds. My other friends both landed around 15kHz to average it out to 15kHz. We did the same test but now being actually TOLD what's been playing when. Didn't make any difference. 15kHz is far off from 20k and we're not 'old' people. However, this isn't a problem at all as 99% of sound (including drum cymbals) in practice only reaches about 10-12kHz, but still, 15kHz is far off from 20kHz. Obviously 4 people is way too small a sample size, but still, I'd be surprised if most people could hear upto 20kHz. --- All in all, any half decent mic can pickup whatever frequency it needs. It's more the need/ no need to add EQ to it.
yeah i would definitely say that. There's a difference between USB and XLR mics, but if you already have your mic, theres no big reason to get a new one. Also you would have to buy a Sound card which will result in about 2-300 dollars total, at least. Im not experienced when it comes to mics, but i would say keep your mic :)
Mic shoot outs are fun man. You should do them more often. It really helps you understand the differences between each mic in more ways than just "which one is better".
Helder Cortez That all depends on where you record it, and your compression/gain-staging. But the answer your probably looking for is - yes it does, it’s a cardioid-pattern condenser microphone
I went on a tour of a machine shop I applied to right after graduating college... They were running production of Blue microphone housings right around the corner from my house. I was absolutely shook. I am not sure if they are still partnered, but I want to figure it out. I still live nearby. I mean, its a small, family-owned machine shop in my hometown. So cool.
Good video. There is such a small amount of difference between the mics on a phone speaker. Even the $32 mic sounds pretty decent unless you’re using a decent headset or speakers
U know so so so much of sound. Please please please!!!! Do more content like this. Why not compare to a shotgun mic so we can have a clean facecam without a huge mic in front of the streamer, and show what we would be sacrificing in sound quality with that choice. And if there is something we could do software-wise to improve that. And also tips for the sound interface device. Without a background like yours we feel quite lost in this territory. Thanks for all the help Doc. Really love your content.
I also listened to it on studio monitors and then on my DT770 pro 250ohm, and let me tell you, when the kiwi comes in it's like you're talking inside my ear :D sooo clear !! Hence the price !
Great video. I bought my first condenser mic last week and spent three days wondering why my audio sucked. Well I was talking to the bottom or the mic. I wish I would of had the same warning as the blue box. Thought you might get a laugh out of that.
The reason why microphones keep their value is because we really haven't had much change in recording technology. The hardware as stayed the same mostly. So until some break through comes that blows current technology out of the water, current prices will stay the same and not degrade.
I just picked up a blue snowball mic! I gotta say your content has been an inspiration to me. I finaly made my own youtube channel and well, my editing skills are pretty bad lol but watching your videos gives me hope that I can become a better streamer and content creator. Thanks for the awesome Content :)
I'm listening with my studio headset to this video and I can actually hear a bit of a difference. I would have to agree with you to go with the second option due to not only the quality, but the price as well. Your content is really helpful!
I am currently using a neumann u87 ai with a focusrite scarlet 2i2 3 gen, my headphones are the superlux hd 618 Evo. My cabels are the sssnake xlr cable.
Currently using an Audio-Technica AT-2020 USB+ Condensor. It has built in headphone jack with volume, and a mixer/fader for PC output and direct monitoring. I have servers running in the room and the AT-2020 is hella sensitive, so I use Calf Studio compressor gate and envelope-filter plugins to process in real-time.
I went to trade school for audio technology. Spent the whole year recording different instruments, vocals, sound fx with all types of mics. I can barely hear a difference when comparing condensers of different prices. The difference is so small it’s not worth spending money on an expensive mic. Get something in the 100-200 dollar range and you will be golden. Get a good engineer if you’re making music that’s what matters.
One thing I noticed within 30 seconds of this video is whatever camera mic/ boom mic you are using is picking up reflections from your desk and causing a slight phasing of your voice. So much for all that "studying audio" that you did back in college...
The $30 mic sounded decent missing low end frequencies though, the Ember picked up more lows and mids but sounded slightly muddy imo, the Kiwi picked up everything beautifully.... this all being said after youtubes encoding messed with everything.
I have the blue ember and I think it is an outstanding mic. I use it for recording scratch vocals and layering backgrounds in an untreated environment. I have even used it for leads and it is great no matter what its used for. Well worth the $100 price tag. May even be a steal for $100 bucks considering the quality of it.
I heard a very clear difference from the 32 to 100. There is a very slight difference in both tone and sound quality from the Ember to the Kiwi but all sound great in there own ways. Lower voices would benefit I would say from the Tonor and the Ember. Obviously the Kiwi is a very expensive investment but like you said a worthwhile investment would def be the Shure SM7B.
What's your current mic setup and do you agree with my choice of microphone?
I'm currently using a set of Klipsch headphones with inline mic. Not the best choice, but it's what I have. I try to compensate for the sound using audio filters in OBS. Ends up working alright, but obviously nowhere near as nice as a dedicated mic.
SM58 into a focusrite 2i2. Cheap, effective and amazing sounding.
Harris, i use a blue yeti mic. I need a setup guide please #StreamDoctor
i have a regular blue snowball I mean its nothing special but i get my bang for my buck with it and im pretty satisfied
AT-2035, works great, sounds sooooo good.
And now I’ll need $2,000 headphones to hear the difference
Anik Desai my $500 shure 535s work prefect better than $100 pair of beats not as good as the $55,000 sennheiser marble clad orpheus headphones
Nate 9800 I was obviously making a joke because they sound almost identical
R/wooooooosh
Nate 9800 r/wooosh
Yeah, I know it’s a joke but basically no matter what headphones you use, since RUclips video audio is always really compressed and restricted to 16000hz.
Definitly a difference between 32 and 100 but not much between 100 and 2000
quitemango ya I noticed tgat
Yep, that's the whole moral of the story: diminishing returns. After the 100-200 dollar mic pricepoint, the differences become minimal and often that difference is just taste, instead of quality, like slightly different equalizing, slightly better for people with lower or higher voices (=again equalizing) etc. Basically, for 100-200 dollars, you can get a GREAT microphone these days.
That’s the weird thing about it 🤣
There actually is. Even at low volume, I can still hear that the 2k mic has a cleaner, fuller sound. You just don't have an ear for it I guess.
@@SinisterSkip Great mic? No. Decent mic? Yes. The ~$150 AT2035 for example is a decent mic. It is by no means great. It sounds way better than a Blue Yeti though (not a high bar). It won't sound as good as something like a Neumann U 87 ai or TLM 103. Even a slightly more expensive Rode NT1 will sound better. Yes, taste/preferences do matter when you're comparing mics in the same tier, but to say that something like a Neat King Bee sounds as good as a CAD E100s is just delusional.
12:45 "I'm trying to see which mouse picks up mouse and keyboard the most"
lmao XD
You should change that to 12:44 it would be better so you could hear the mouse at the beginning you have to listen a lot to her the first mouse
I was listening while typing a email and stopped and was like wait WHAT and went back and relistened to it lol.
Great video! We love to see people helping others with microphone decisions in such an accurate and well-informed way! Thank you for highlighting Kiwi and Ember. This is a great demo. We'll be sure to share!
@Cabal's Victims well makes sense, its the only space where their product makes any sense
Ima
@Blue Microphones i Love ur products! I have the same Yeti Nano for the past 3 years and it hasn't failed once on me.
I have the Blue Ember and I am so impressed with the level of quality from a $100 mic.
8:33 Nice Alinity meme.
On phone speakers I couldn't hear any difference rip
Well you can definetly if you have a great ear for tones and stuff :D
@@CalvinAnthony he has 32 dollar ears sir
I’m sitting here thinking he forgot to change mic
Jajajaja
@@JackLinton lmaoo
the ultimate question. What microphone are you using when talk into the camera
One with quite bad hiss.
@@jamescollins6085 what I was thinking
Fax
@@jamescollins6085 i could not watch the video, the static noise makes it so bad
*the camera it self idk if this is a joke lol*
I'm way late to this, but I imagine that the Kiwi, having been purchased for a studio setting would have handled a lot better than the ember when you sing into it. It also probably has a much lower noise floor. While there isn't a 1900 dollar difference in a streamer setting, I bet you'd notice a significant difference when you have people singing into each mic at the top of their lungs.
This is something I didn't think about, when talking at the same level the $100 and $2000 mics did sound the same, but it'd be interesting to see how well they handle different levels of audio
I own a blue ember, love it
I think it makes a good streaming microphone because its very slick so it doesn't take up much of the frame if you are using a camera
I think it's the best sounding in this video
@@IRTimKerr lowkey
12:45 "what im trynna do is, which mouse, picks up the mouse and keyboard the most"
*mouse*
Wow, I was blown away by how little difference there was between the Kiwi, and the Ember... I also think the ember has a nice sleek look.. However, I'm a bit of a vintage nerd and love the look of the Kiwi. It's amazing what you can do with a noise gate, compressor and a 10 band ;) Lovin' your content mate!!
The best change I made was ditching a condenser mic for a dynamic mic. A dynamic mic significantly cut down environmental noise (computer fans, console fans, air conditioning) and reduced the need for an overbearing noise gate to filter out mouse & keyboard clicks. I picked up a Rode Podcaster second-hand on eBay and couldn't be happier with the purchase.
Seems like...
$32 - 60% quality
$100 - 95% quality
$2000 - 100% quality
$2000 - seems like a good inwestment :D :D :D
RESURRECT2 lmao
The Kiwi is more open over the Ember. i.e, it's capturing more detail and richness. Listen to the low end a bit more critically and you'll hear it. The Kiwi suits your voice quite well. The Ember, however, while having a bit more broken up midrange is surprisingly good and would be my choice if I were a streamer as it is dramatically cheaper.
FYI, I stumbled upon this video while listening in a professional studio on Neumann KH-310 monitors which does make a difference. I appreciate you sharing the additional information regarding frequencies, polar patterns, and audio engineering background etc. It teaches people that there's more to capturing audio than just having the ability to hear.
If you're interested, other mic comparisons can be heard at the link ruclips.net/p/PLAIlewIeY4NdJMDfP11aCXc99OPSSDkYl
Schoeps MS That’s what I was thinking, like, not everyone is an audio engineer but when he said there’s almost no difference between the Kiwi and Ember I almost threw my phone 😂 the Kiwi sounded incredible compared to the ember - plus all he did was speak, I’m sure if he compared yelling in the different mics you’d hear a MASSIVE difference. The $32 and Ember mics probably clip pretty easily, while the Kiwi would handle it way better. There’d also be way less distortion even when it’s not clipping compared to the cheaper mics. But the Kiwi is also meant for music inputs like singing/rapping vocals and instruments, not really podcast/streaming scenarios so the Kiwi is ridiculously overkill for a streamer haha. But I was actually really damn impressed with the Ember. But there’s an extremely obvious high frequency and soundstage difference between the Ember and Kiwi.
12:43 "See which mouse picks up the mouse" 🤣
I just ordered that Blue Ember mic yesterday for my home recording studio, I can't wait to test it out.
How is it
The 2k mic looks like a vibrator lmao.
The only reason you know that is bc u have one
@@elmir7309 is that supposed to be a insult?
@@markopolo2224 yup
@@elmir7309 but you knew what it is too so it applies to you also
@@markopolo2224 ooooh kill em
3:54 that's because you shouldn't compare a microphone to a camera but to a lens. your interface and converter should be compared to a camera
I think it's cause cameras are just more complex and have much more room to improve in terms of pixel density, color accuracy, frames per second, picture stability, etc. Even comparing cameras with interface and converter. Also, a camera can also be a standalone, like a little computer with its own mic, on-board image processing algorithms, operating system, and memory interface.
You should make a video comparing a xlr and usb that are the sane price
GameJamz TL:DR, less noise, aka less hissing sound. Mode high end/low end clarity, and not as muddy.
LoonieLunaPlays that mostly depends on the mic itself, not the fact that one is xlr or usb
@@mintcgp Yes, and no. USB mics will be a lot more noisier due to the fact that the pre amp that you are using is your computer. While yes, it is true some USB mics wont nearly sound as muddy as other, even some cheaper XLR mics. They will almost always be noisier due to USB pre amps on a PC having a much louder self noise than using an interface with an XLR mic.
It's like plugging a mic into the pre amp on a camera apposed to using a portable recorder. It is easier, however the product wont be nearly as good.
LoonieLunaPlays I've used an at2005 (it's basically like the at2100's brother) over USB and even when massively boosting audio that was recorded at 100% volume in Windows in testing in audacity I don't really hear much noise besides stuff like the heater and other noises in my house. Although that's probably cause it's a dynamic mic so it doesn't really need a strong power source (internal or over usb) that mics like the at2020usb need. Of course if you had the right tools to measure it and a quiet enough environment there probably is more noise over USB than XLR, but the noise floor is still insanely low even over USB.
@@ZohondeKids A dynamic mic, I'm sure you know based on your comment, has very low sensitivity. If we compared two dynamic mics (USB vs XLR) it would be a bit harder due to the low sensitivity. How ever if we compared condensers that is where the problems begin. Now some USB mics are not that bad actually, but compared to an XLR mic connected into an interface there is a difference in audio quality.
I am not bastardizing your or belittling you for have an USB mic. I think it is awesome that people are interested into audio and video, honestly. There is just a difference between the dynamic range. A lot of people do not talk about it, and when they do people think they're being an ass hole. Which I'm not trying to be. Just informative.
I imagine it would make a difference listening through decent quality headphones, but can't hear much difference between the $32 and $2000 microphones. Problem is, when you are editing sound, it's easy to become OCD about minor things nobody else would care about. Realistically, an extra $68 for a reasonable improvement and better build quality is worth it. $2000 for any type of microphone is $1800 too much. There is no justifiable reason for them to reach that price unless they fill a totally unique purpose
The Blue Ember is amazing. You won't hear too much difference between the 100 and the 2000 becuase... For a company like blue, you can be really efficient in what you build at 100.
I need to listen on my interface to be clearer. But yeah.
“Classy as balls” ya know that’s what I was thinking
The music made it hard to hear a clear difference between the mics but there was a difference between the first and the second one. Second to third was hard to tell. Thanks for the vid though, your content is much appreciated for a beginner!
@Alpha Gaming Thank you so much for this video. My 14 yr old son has begun streaming on Twitch and uploading videos on RUclips. When he began to get serious about his content, I directed him to this channel to learn how to improve on both platforms.
With my support of his quest to grow, we discussed what he needs first. His friends critiqued his videos and so did I. I am in agreement with his friends that his voice audio just plain sucked.
After we both watched this video, we decided to purchase the TONOR microphone. His first night of using it, he got several compliments from his stream and friends about the improved quality. Now our next step is to find that reasonably priced webcam.
I actually tried connecting my video camera (VIXIA HF R70) to my computer for testing but unfortunately it is not supported. I would have to purchase a capture card which may cost more than I'm willing to spend on a beginner. I will watch all of your videos related to the web cameras (PICKING A LIVE STREAM CAMERA - literally everything you need to know)
Thank you again. You have helped me and my boys to become better streamers and content creators. All of our men (young and old) are gaming/streaming. For me, my priority is my real job... my support for my boys, as long as their grades meet my criteria, is 100% as long as they remain passionate about what they are creating.
Kelso amazing parent right here
I personally think you should Have invested into a A higher quality microphone like a yeti of an at 2020. There’s a very noticeable difference
what is his stream name?
@@robbiec6143 twitch.tv/notpolarll
universally good webcam would be the logitech c920
This is an amazing video, thank you so much! I learned a lot, including how I plan to upgrade my setup in the future!
to see effect immediately! go 8:03
0%diference
Totalios r/woooosh
@@stevetheunicorn6443 you need good sound systems to hear the difference, they only get slightly clearer as they increase. honestly, the 32 sounds great alone.
Thank you. Open your feet
Which mic is sounded like yourself hearing your own voice is consider the best mic I suppose.
This channel legit needs like another 1 mil subscribers
The alinity part made me laugh so hard
there is a difference in the mic quality, but it also depends on your taste in sound, i personally like the $32 mics sound, though i got lucky with my AT2020
Now I’m not gonna tell you who the streamer is “can we copy strike pewdiepie”
Thanks for sharing Harris, nice work on the 27 hour stream by the way, your a champion
"Anything you can do on stream to give your self another eyecatching detail, always worth it in my opinion" *proeceeds to buy 2000$ microphone with all my savings*
i know this video is about a month old of me making this comment but theres usually always one rule to stick to when trying to buy something with a large variety in prices. A small amount of money can make the difference of 35% in quality to 80% but it takes a large amount of money to go from 80% to 95%
I heard a SLIGHT difference between the $100 mic and the $2,000 mic
Thank you for letting me know that I was talking into my mic backwards.... 2:31
HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE 41k SUBS??? u need more.
300+k now
Listening on my OneMore Triple Drivers earphones (black/gold) now $80.00, and I have to say... I'm glad u had no problem hearing the stuff you were talking about. I just commented to talk about my earphones because my laptop broke and I'm a sad soul now...
He said there’s such an astonishing difference... they all sound the same on my phone, maybe that’s just my phone🤣🤣
Yep. They all sound the same to me
12.44 "Wich mouse picks up the mouse and keyboard the most" hahahaha
Perfect timing I was just starting to look for a better mic😂
The craziest thing about microphones is the prices rarely drop even a decade later. A lot of other tech product prices drop after half a decade.
pc hardware drops over half a year... :(
Listening on PC speakers.... cant hear a difference....
Trust me big difference
Thank you for making the comparison test. Helps a lot to see... or hear the difference. Your videos are always helpful to me in getting started with this you can say, business.
Ngl I have a cooler master mh752 headphones and it's a pretty decent one.I hardly hear any difference
Now imagine what twitch viewers listen to with their $15 fake airpods
There is a clear difference between all of them. Ember sounds very comforting tbh. Not too detailed, but very full and rich.
The real question is, which mic is Alpha using to record this.
Exactly
Ikr it's so much better than any of all
12:42 you say "what i'm trying to do is see which mouse" and mouse probably should've been mic. You usually add a little pop up text in the videos if you misspeak but didn't see one and just wanted to let you know!
Great video though man
The vid starts at 0:00 it’s all education watch the whole thing this vid taught me a lot thx
Thanks H H for the video. And for the further analysis! That's really helpful.
someomen buying a 2k mike from blue should not be trusted with soudn analyses. there better channels out there with competent people reviewing that properly
Why do you talk so much about the gear and never mention the environment despite it often mattering just as much?
I know you care, you have bass traps.
I've been learning so much about the difference in quality between these price ranges watching tons of your videos and so far this has been invaluable. Thank you for the wealth of knowledge and field tests in your videos, I may have to buy some merch soon
_tries to tell the difference in 4$ headphones_
*tHeY aLL sOuNd tHe SaMe*
Le RedDit WriTing
The cheap mic really cut out the low end, the $100 is sound more full and have better range on the low end, the $2000 mic is sound more colourful on high and and low range as well (probably that one have the best 20-20khz coverage) listening on a beyerdynamic DT990 Pro
(My setup is Rode Procaster with a Behringer UMC202HD)
Very nice comparison, I started to watch you because your OBS videos and I just caught my self I watch more and more of your videos. +1 subscriber :P
Try a $1 mic ;)
That would be an unfair test since a $1 mic would be a cheap as shit lapel version with nothing but a 3.5mm plug. These things don't sound good BEFORE the cheap and nasty moulded lead starts to break inside and cause the mic to cut in and out!
Cheapest mic with XLR is the one tested in this video. Trust me I have been looking for a long time, the only better mic you will get cheaper is a lucky ebay auction from someone who doesn't know what they have!
That would be your voice XD
That would just be a long piece of wire wrapped in a coil, with the cheapest magnetic material you can find inside the coil, taped to cut outs from a plastic plate.
Heck, that might even cost more than $1. Maybe just a piece of wire then. I'm sure if you talk into the end of a piece of wire, something is detected at the other end. You just need to perform a lot of amplification, noise reduction, and fancy analogy signal processing to get something out of it, kinda like the data from the first gravitational wave detection.
Offtopic: Just a little note about humans hearing 20-20kHz. I highly doubt that. Maybe kids, but adults? I'm in my mid 30's, so is my cousin and two other friends that we've done the blind test with. We just played a clean waveform of 14-15-16-17 and 18kHz around 90dB. Now, either all four of us have really bad genetics or damaged hearing, but I could notice a sound upto around 16.5kHz. A 10dB bump didn't do anything after that. My cousin can hear upto about 14kHz and he never really experiences loud sounds. My other friends both landed around 15kHz to average it out to 15kHz. We did the same test but now being actually TOLD what's been playing when. Didn't make any difference. 15kHz is far off from 20k and we're not 'old' people. However, this isn't a problem at all as 99% of sound (including drum cymbals) in practice only reaches about 10-12kHz, but still, 15kHz is far off from 20kHz. Obviously 4 people is way too small a sample size, but still, I'd be surprised if most people could hear upto 20kHz. --- All in all, any half decent mic can pickup whatever frequency it needs. It's more the need/ no need to add EQ to it.
That hairline is screaming, "It's over bro. Let me go."
This is the best mic comparison video I've seen. Thanks Harris!
i could barely hear a difrence but i think the 32$ mic was the best
Billie Joe ^
Bruh
And then there is me with my £12 mic from Tesco
I have a rode nt usb is it okay for streaming
yeah i would definitely say that. There's a difference between USB and XLR mics, but if you already have your mic, theres no big reason to get a new one. Also you would have to buy a Sound card which will result in about 2-300 dollars total, at least.
Im not experienced when it comes to mics, but i would say keep your mic :)
Mic shoot outs are fun man. You should do them more often. It really helps you understand the differences between each mic in more ways than just "which one is better".
I have a rhode NT1
me too
Does it do a good job isolating background noise?
Helder Cortez That all depends on where you record it, and your compression/gain-staging. But the answer your probably looking for is - yes it does, it’s a cardioid-pattern condenser microphone
"Which mouse picks up the mouse and and keyboard the most?" -12:44 xD
we are copystriking pewdiepie
I went on a tour of a machine shop I applied to right after graduating college... They were running production of Blue microphone housings right around the corner from my house. I was absolutely shook. I am not sure if they are still partnered, but I want to figure it out. I still live nearby. I mean, its a small, family-owned machine shop in my hometown. So cool.
Good video. There is such a small amount of difference between the mics on a phone speaker. Even the $32 mic sounds pretty decent unless you’re using a decent headset or speakers
THIS is quality content. Thanks Harris!
I commented before I even saw 8:32
Thanks for the video I’ve been shopping and trying to educate myself on mics. This was really useful information.
5:14 this man needs to learn about the magic wand tool for that picture
U know so so so much of sound. Please please please!!!! Do more content like this.
Why not compare to a shotgun mic so we can have a clean facecam without a huge mic in front of the streamer, and show what we would be sacrificing in sound quality with that choice. And if there is something we could do software-wise to improve that. And also tips for the sound interface device. Without a background like yours we feel quite lost in this territory. Thanks for all the help Doc. Really love your content.
The 2,000 one you can hear a difference right away and the clarity is amazing
You have good ears, my friend. I’m listening with a pair of studio headphones and heard the same differences between the mics as you.
Great help - first to hear your videos and have watched 3 in a row and going for a 4th. Thanks for sharing your expertise with clarity.
I also listened to it on studio monitors and then on my DT770 pro 250ohm, and let me tell you, when the kiwi comes in it's like you're talking inside my ear :D sooo clear !! Hence the price !
8:06 your welcome
8:05 is when the mic audio stats
Great video. I bought my first condenser mic last week and spent three days wondering why my audio sucked. Well I was talking to the bottom or the mic. I wish I would of had the same warning as the blue box. Thought you might get a laugh out of that.
was really hoping for "The F*** you say to me you little Sht"
8:46 - i think that the cheapest mic had a white noise in the background but the blue ember had the same type of "betterness" as the blue kiwi
*Awesome video man subscribed* 😎🤟
i dont think he noticed, but ill point it out - 12:44, he wants to see which mouse picks up the the mouse and keyboard the most.
The reason why microphones keep their value is because we really haven't had much change in recording technology. The hardware as stayed the same mostly. So until some break through comes that blows current technology out of the water, current prices will stay the same and not degrade.
This is a phenomenal review dude. Perfectly executed
5:24 - yeah, like what kind of preamp you're using which is just might happen to be 3 times the cost of your mic.
Please do a comparison of dynamic mics since this was really helpful, thanks a lot for the video 😊
The two Blue microphones sound the best on voice with the $2K KIWI mic having a slight advantage in the upper frequencies.
I just picked up a blue snowball mic! I gotta say your content has been an inspiration to me. I finaly made my own youtube channel and well, my editing skills are pretty bad lol but watching your videos gives me hope that I can become a better streamer and content creator. Thanks for the awesome Content :)
I'm listening with my studio headset to this video and I can actually hear a bit of a difference. I would have to agree with you to go with the second option due to not only the quality, but the price as well. Your content is really helpful!
1: get ribbon mic
2: turn on phantom power
3: reap the benefits of the perfect sound
good times! ;)
@@Phunker1 hahah yeah i know right:p
Never learned more about mics/audio recording in my life
I am currently using a neumann u87 ai with a focusrite scarlet 2i2 3 gen, my headphones are the superlux hd 618 Evo. My cabels are the sssnake xlr cable.
12:41 "What I'm trying to do is see which MOUSE picks up the mouse and keyboard the most.." 😂
Cant wait for the honest review of goxlr! Been trying to see if it's worth it for a newer streamer. Continue the great work on the vids.
Currently using an Audio-Technica AT-2020 USB+ Condensor. It has built in headphone jack with volume, and a mixer/fader for PC output and direct monitoring.
I have servers running in the room and the AT-2020 is hella sensitive, so I use Calf Studio compressor gate and envelope-filter plugins to process in real-time.
I went to trade school for audio technology. Spent the whole year recording different instruments, vocals, sound fx with all types of mics. I can barely hear a difference when comparing condensers of different prices. The difference is so small it’s not worth spending money on an expensive mic. Get something in the 100-200 dollar range and you will be golden. Get a good engineer if you’re making music that’s what matters.
One thing I noticed within 30 seconds of this video is whatever camera mic/ boom mic you are using is picking up reflections from your desk and causing a slight phasing of your voice. So much for all that "studying audio" that you did back in college...
The $30 mic sounded decent missing low end frequencies though, the Ember picked up more lows and mids but sounded slightly muddy imo, the Kiwi picked up everything beautifully.... this all being said after youtubes encoding messed with everything.
HOLY CRAP !!!! I want you to know I paused the video and typed this comment before you did your own comparison, on $40 PC speakers with a sub XD
I have the blue ember and I think it is an outstanding mic. I use it for recording scratch vocals and layering backgrounds in an untreated environment. I have even used it for leads and it is great no matter what its used for. Well worth the $100 price tag. May even be a steal for $100 bucks considering the quality of it.
I heard a very clear difference from the 32 to 100. There is a very slight difference in both tone and sound quality from the Ember to the Kiwi but all sound great in there own ways. Lower voices would benefit I would say from the Tonor and the Ember. Obviously the Kiwi is a very expensive investment but like you said a worthwhile investment would def be the Shure SM7B.