It's weird how you do a noise floor test and it turns your screen black and white. (hehe). Nice informative video. :) p.s. She sails show shells by the B store.
At that price point, I'd recommend a studio mic, the Lewitt LCT140, it sounds awesome on speech and will run circles around anything labeled video mic save for a few high end ones like Sennheiser MKH416, fairly tight cardioid and low self noise. The Movo sounds good on 48v but it does have some self noise, similar to the Deity though. Seems like something is messed up with battery power, it should be able to work, maybe yours is faulty.
Humm, I'll have to check into the Lewitt LCT140. I have an old shotgun microphone that uses a AA battery with XLR to 3.5mm and it always sounded good so when I was first testing this mic, I thought maybe a dead battery, tried 3 other brand new ones with the same result of really low audio. Could be I got a dud regarding that portion of the microphone.
@@DandoPorsaco-ho1zs Compared to ...? I used it on string quartets, voice, overheads and acoustic guitar. Yes it's noisier than Schoeps but only noticeable when you record something extremely quiet, I wouldn't call it noisy. I have a single and a matched pair, no noise issues on SSL12 interface.
Your voice makes any microphone sound good, the battery powered audio was terrible but using fantom power sounded very good even the comparisons. Btw whatever you did at the end to fix battery audio in audio tweaking was fantastic
If you never leave home with it, it sounds like a great mic for the money. It's highly disappointing considering how I still love my older mini shotgun (same as yours) and it made me a Movo fan ever since.
Yeah that VRX-10 or is it VXR-10 sold me bigtime on Movo's microphone quality. On battery power this one is not good, but on 48v phantom power it sounds really good in my opinion. Thanks for watching !
The MOVO with a 48V power supply had a slightly heavier bass and slightly closed upper midrange. I preferred the MOVO. However, with battery power the MOVO was terrible.
The Movo sounds good with Phantom power, The Deity has a better “presence”. The battery powered audio is a joke. You had to do a lot of work with that audio to make it sound good, good job !
This actually sounded very good even when compared to the Deity. The audio from the battery sounded really bad but if it’s a dedicated studio microphone, it’s a nice choice
I don't know much about shotgun microphones, but I'm thinking of using this microphone with boom pole during my movie shootings. If I plug the jack input into my phone and record the recording on my phone, will it still sound terrible like the recording made with the battery or is the phone enough to give this power?
@@WORTHITORNOT I couldn't understand the video because my English is not good. In the parts where the sound was of good quality, was the sound independent of the power running on the battery or did it sound very high quality when connected to any power? "written in translation"
How can I power XLR mic from external source? I have mic with no batteries inside, connected to Zoom H4essential with XLR cable but I am not receiving anything, and when it is powered with internal battery is is super quiet like in your test, no idea how to make it sounds normal!
@@coffeewithdamian Mine is only very quiet when using a battery, when using it in my Zoom H6 it sounds great. When using phantom power turned on, be sure to set your microphone input levels on your Zoom H4 and turn it up until you hit -12 db which is a good starting point
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I honestly couldn’t tell you were switching between the mics. I had the audio playing in my car speakers. Not bad at all.
Hey Paul, yes it's really hard to tell the difference but I give the edge to Deity when listening to it on my studio monitors.
It's weird how you do a noise floor test and it turns your screen black and white. (hehe). Nice informative video. :) p.s. She sails show shells by the B store.
Haha, I mentioned you in this video !
@@WORTHITORNOT How the heck did I miss this the first time through??? 4:33
@BasicFilmmaker Brain fart
Thanks so much for the review!
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At that price point, I'd recommend a studio mic, the Lewitt LCT140, it sounds awesome on speech and will run circles around anything labeled video mic save for a few high end ones like Sennheiser MKH416, fairly tight cardioid and low self noise. The Movo sounds good on 48v but it does have some self noise, similar to the Deity though. Seems like something is messed up with battery power, it should be able to work, maybe yours is faulty.
Humm, I'll have to check into the Lewitt LCT140. I have an old shotgun microphone that uses a AA battery with XLR to 3.5mm and it always sounded good so when I was first testing this mic, I thought maybe a dead battery, tried 3 other brand new ones with the same result of really low audio. Could be I got a dud regarding that portion of the microphone.
@@WORTHITORNOT Yes I don't think the mic would get enough juice from 1.5v, there must be an inverter to raise the voltage, maybe that's dead.
Interesting one, but a bit noisy.
@@DandoPorsaco-ho1zs Compared to ...? I used it on string quartets, voice, overheads and acoustic guitar. Yes it's noisier than Schoeps but only noticeable when you record something extremely quiet, I wouldn't call it noisy. I have a single and a matched pair, no noise issues on SSL12 interface.
Actually a pretty good sounding microphone with phantom power, but then again you got that booming radio voice.
Haha, Thank you !
Mic sounds good with 48 volt , trash with battery. Great honest review
Thank you, I always tell it like it is in my reviews.
Nice review of course
Thank you Sir, no zoom zoom today as it's COOOOOLLLLLLDDDDD outside lol
Your voice makes any microphone sound good, the battery powered audio was terrible but using fantom power sounded very good even the comparisons. Btw whatever you did at the end to fix battery audio in audio tweaking was fantastic
Thank you ! Yeah I had to do a LOT of post work on that ending audio clip for it to sound as good as it did !
If you never leave home with it, it sounds like a great mic for the money. It's highly disappointing considering how I still love my older mini shotgun (same as yours) and it made me a Movo fan ever since.
Yeah that VRX-10 or is it VXR-10 sold me bigtime on Movo's microphone quality. On battery power this one is not good, but on 48v phantom power it sounds really good in my opinion. Thanks for watching !
Folks, I don't know about you but I don't trust a reviewer who doesn't know how to screw off from time to time @2:32...lol.😅
Haha
😂 @jancky setup. Great review as always. It sounds good but I think the s mic 2 sounds better, but what do I know 😊
You have ears, so viewers hearing also plays a part in which one YOU liked better. Yes it was a janky setup but worked for what I needed it to. 😎
The MOVO with a 48V power supply had a slightly heavier bass and slightly closed upper midrange. I preferred the MOVO. However, with battery power the MOVO was terrible.
The Movo sounds good with Phantom power, The Deity has a better “presence”. The battery powered audio is a joke. You had to do a lot of work with that audio to make it sound good, good job !
I agree 100%, and thanks for watching !
This actually sounded very good even when compared to the Deity. The audio from the battery sounded really bad but if it’s a dedicated studio microphone, it’s a nice choice
Yes considering I was comparing it to the Deity S-Mic 2, I thought it really helds it's own quite well.
Dang. The audio on the on the 3.5 mm with battery is terrible.... 😱. Thanks for that.
Yeah very bad audio from the 3.5mm but the XLR sounded good
I don't know much about shotgun microphones, but I'm thinking of using this microphone with boom pole during my movie shootings. If I plug the jack input into my phone and record the recording on my phone, will it still sound terrible like the recording made with the battery or is the phone enough to give this power?
Unfortunately I can't try it with a phone and I'm sure that the battery is still required to power the microphone.
@@WORTHITORNOT I couldn't understand the video because my English is not good. In the parts where the sound was of good quality, was the sound independent of the power running on the battery or did it sound very high quality when connected to any power? "written in translation"
@@EfekanOrtanci The good sounding audio came from using a recorder that can supply 48 volts phantom power
How can I power XLR mic from external source? I have mic with no batteries inside, connected to Zoom H4essential with XLR cable but I am not receiving anything, and when it is powered with internal battery is is super quiet like in your test, no idea how to make it sounds normal!
In the Zoom recorder there is an option in the menu to turn on phantom power.
@@WORTHITORNOT got it thank you! But it is still insanely quiet, why is that?
@@coffeewithdamian Mine is only very quiet when using a battery, when using it in my Zoom H6 it sounds great. When using phantom power turned on, be sure to set your microphone input levels on your Zoom H4 and turn it up until you hit -12 db which is a good starting point
@@WORTHITORNOT I can go +30db and it is still trash, I don't understand what is wrong is it a mic or recorder.
@@coffeewithdamian did you set the phantom power to 48volts ?