Sometimes it's dramatic, other times it's subtle. Įach of the mics changes the tone of the voice. The way a microphone handles this balance can sometimes feel smooth or harsh or gritty or crunchy. With great microphones what you can look for is the balance of WARMTH and DETAIL. In the youtube video above you can hover and skip around on the timeline to compare. It's like A/B testing you can listen to track A, then B, then A, then C, then B, then C, then A, etc. The best way to judge these mics and pickup the differences between each is to go back and forth between the different tracks. To get the most out of this test you should have headphone monitors that can reproduce the sounds with enough resolution for you to tell the difference between the microphones. These are just about all microphones that use XLR cables, though I did include 1 USB mic in the test for good measure. The mics I've chosen all fall in the $100-500 range. We're here' to discover if the price of some of the renown podcasting mics are WORTH IT or not. I'll obviously be testing for general quality of vocal tone coming from these mics, not just from my voice, but from a lady, and another man with a deeper, more bass-heavy voice as well.Īnd finally, of course, price. So one of the things important to all of us is a mic's sensitivity to background noise. Some microphones are more sensitive to reverb, room noise and off-mic sounds than others. When someone gives your podcast a shot, you DO NOT want to sound like you're in your mom's bathroom (even if you are). It can lead to a lot of background noise in the podcast, which sounds unprofessional.īackground noise is important for ANYONE podcasting. Four of us on the show, often at least 3 in the same room. We run a podcast here called The Fizzle Show. So here's the criteria I'll judge these microphones on: This is for us, the new kids trying to make the best possible show we can (often times out of bedrooms and basements). So in this test I focus on what I think is most important for real podcasters. I don't know it all, but I know what it's like to produce a #1 podcast every week for a few years. The Multifunctional Winner (to my ears)Ī note about the test author: I've been working with audio in professional and hobby environments for about 15 years.
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