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holding the mic
- H1N or H4N recorders are like 100-170$ and kind of compact but you still need a full pocket for it. little wired lap mics are about 30$. these are cool because you can also use them for interviews or foley work or you can put it on your computer as a USB mic they even have ports on the back to mount it to a pole if you want. very efficient purchases. :blobcatthinkOwO:
- there's a tiny zoom recorder that only takes the 2.5V powered lapelle mics, but that one is 150$ right now and you can't really repurpose it.
- you can get wireless for around 30-40$ on amazon, but its not great. like they come in pairs but there is no left/right channel separation.
- there are wireless packs for 100-200$ from sketchy chinese vendors. those are the good ones where the dedicated receiver gives you a left/right separate channel for speakers.
so. meh. guess i'm not gonna blame the budget youtube channel for just hoping their snowball off the desk and holding it in front of their webcam while pointing it all at their fridges.
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@jesu i think the razer sieriens have taken over that role. i mostly see streamers using the yetis they bought six years ago still, i don't see it at all (condenser out of frame), or its some elgato thing.
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@icedquinn snowballs are pretty nice tbh, great for small budgets and single track recording... a single instrument or vocalist really doesn't need much else
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@jesu i imagine the same as any other condenser USB mic.
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@icedquinn How are those for proaudio/music? :)
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@jesu i think if you care very hard about sound you are already shopping for your XLR interface :neocat_woozy:
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@icedquinn ahh, so they are condensers... I'd have to look at the freq response curves I guess, maybe they're mainly good vocal mics? probably good for other things if scooped tone is acceptable
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@jesu i don't use one. i use a zoom ZDM-1 on broadcast.
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@icedquinn right! :) just curious, I could really use a simple USB mic for my setup though, I only need my interface for multitrack recording and lately I don't do so much of that... what razer do you recommend with a flat freq response, or as flat as would be reasonable?
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@jesu i have no idea about guitars. i only use synths—mics are irrelevant for these.
from what i understand the industry default is to slap a SM58 (or an XM8500 if you're a poor who needs to buy behringer) on whatever it is, unless you are performing at a very high level of autism.
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@icedquinn I see :) This is a consideration for electric guitar, by the way, not vocals, just wondering :)
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@jesu maybe. someone took apart some of these and found there is no difference between shure mics. they are all the same drivers inside of different shaped capsules.
for some recordings people just unscrewed half the bulb off their SM58 and ran it naked. :neocat_magnify: SM57 looks like it just has a flat mesh to start with instead.
from what i heard the reason these are the default is because they're durable and you can just buy and carry a dufflebag of them and they won't be the "wrong" mic for much of anything.
there is always something that you could match better on a per-person or per-instrument basis—but this has to be balanced also with cost in money and cubic.
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@icedquinn sm57 is simply what I should get lol thanks!
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@jesu right wingers all buying the SM7B is just pure profit because its literally just an SM58 in an overpriced housing.