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Than you! :) I'm pretty amazed!

To clarify, I know you said something along the lines of “if you are a CZcamsr / creator go for it” but I couldn’t tell if you felt one method would have an advantage or not. Again, purely outside the profession of voice acting.

@@Levi_Allen Hey Levi! If you're a content creator it would be totally fine to use one of these if you couldn't afford to treat your space. You'd just need to understand post processing to really bring the audio back to life. Mainly EQ. The problem then lies in the fact that every voice is different, and every mic is different, and every mic will sound different on every voice because, like I said, every voice is different. So unfortunately you'd have to understand EQ to make the most informed adjustment to your audio. You don't want to arbitrarily bring up the highs within the EQ, because you might end up enhancing harsh frequencies that could make your audio hard to listen to. Long story short, play with your audio and using the EQ. Learn as much as you can about it until you're happy with how it sounds.

@@JamesYounger Appreciate the insight James

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While I can't speak to the MXL 990 (I'm gonna have to buy it and try it out) I just got done writing a review for the sE Electronics X1 A and wooooow... Only $100 but might be my new favorite microphone. It sounds incredible.

Thank you so so much! :)

Yes, definitely. I say this to everyone, however it's not impossible to make a booth sound professional. That 300hz build up can be attenuated with sufficient acoustic treatment, it's just that most people don't want to go to the trouble it takes to treat a small space like this. It takes a really good understanding of acoustics to get a space like this under control AND it will cost you a decent amount extra on top of the outrageous money you paid for the booth in the first place. Usually just not worth it, and the closet or room you have at home can be treated and made to work just fine.

​@@JamesYounger I'll be honest I fell for the acoustic foam from amazon on all the walls thing. I just got into music and I needed a space to record vocals and that was my first thought (I obviously have no acoustic science knowledge). Now that I know that this foam is pretty much useless would it be advisable to just remove it all and get thicker foam and then treat the space with diffusers and bass traps or is there more to the story with this. I really need help lol

@@sinsoftherich So, the best thing you could do is place acoustic panels inside the booth. I get my panels from GIK acoustics, however this is pretty challenging to do if the booth is too small and they usually are. The next best thing is to do what I did back when I had my booth. Cover the ENTIRE booth with 4" pyramid foam from "The Foam Factory" AKA foam by mail, and here's the real kicker, I made custom bass traps for the corners. If I were you, I'd try covering the entire booth in 4" foam first and see what kinda results that gives you. I might be just enough to not need to do what I did with the custom bass traps.

@@JamesYounger I really appreciate your help, thank you! I'll look into these different foams you recommended. The panels might be too big for the space I have. I just want an acoustically decent sounding space that isn't just soundproofing.

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@@JamesYounger just kind of surprised I guess lol.

Nailed it!

I want to get my hands on one really bad and test it! lol hopefully one day in the near future! They seem to be an awesome company that makes great products!

A tad over 6" but shotgun mics were made to capture audio at greater distances than other mics. If your space is properly acoustically treated having your mic 6" away won't be an issue at all.

Well, when there's cons I always bring them up. Like, with the Kali audio LP6's for example. The older model (that I currently have) has a pretty prominent hiss to them. I made that a very big point in my review. Guess what? They appriciated my honesty and sent me a new pair to review on my channel. But I totally understand your snarkiness.

Thank you so much!

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CZcams's loudness standard they would like you to meet is -14 LUFS, but meeting this for CZcams this isn't as crucial as it is for VO because CZcams will just turn your video up or down depending on where your measure your audio to.

@@JamesYounger oh wow, I did not know that!

@@homestudioacademy Eh, I always measure my final audio to anywhere between -16LUFS - -18LUFS because -14 is just too loud IMO 😬

@@homestudioacademy Eh, I always measure my final audio to anywhere between -16LUFS - -18LUFS because -14 is just too loud IMO 😬

In the world of voice over the industry standard is normalizing your audio to -3dB. In every other industry it can be different. Music is usually measured by LUFS. Audiobooks are the only exception in the voice over industry and they use RMS. As a voice actor, you're not trying to increase your loudness unless you want to deliberately screw yourself out of the job and piss off the engineer you're sending your audio off to. As I said in the video, I leave my opinions at the door and solely speak to the industry standard. Everything starts getting murky real quick when everyone tries to make their opinion a standard. The industry standard is there to keep people from using other methods that will inevitably just screw yourself out of a job anyway.

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Hopefully I can review them soon, but if it's all the same (minus the polar patterns) I'd say they're probably perfect for VO :) But I gotta review them to be 100% sure

Thank you so much for the feedback! It means a lot to me! :)

Hey there! Thanks for the question! This sums up how I feel pretty well: czcams.com/video/_vSOwrym6Ws/video.html But to add to it I (personally) don't see why actors couldn't use a dynamic mic for audiobooks (assuming they understand how to properly use it to get the best sound out of it) however the industry still doesn't agree which is what I talk a little about in that clip. Let me know what ya think.

@@JamesYounger The issue I'm having is I work with a lot of authors or people that aren't used to work like this - voiceover work in general, content creation, or working with any of this equipment. And because it's sometimes done remotely and not inside studios it can make it hard to determine what is happening in the setup to cause issues. I was thinking of maybe suggesting the MV7 as an option for those that aren't used to this but have received pushback for it being a dynamic microphone and not a condenser. However, we're working with people that do not know sometimes even basics about audio work because that's not their job, but I have to still produce an audiobook all the same.

@@wombataudio That's gotta be incredibly frustrating. I personally don't think that voice actors SHOULD have to learn all of this technical stuff, but unfortunately they MUST because of the way the industry has shifted. And even though I don't think they SHOULD have to learn all the technical stuff, at the same time, I personally would have learned as much as I could on the technical side as a voice actor because it can only help to know about your equipment and all the other technical stuff. I just know most voice actors couldn't give 1 hoot about that stuff.

@@JamesYounger It is incredibly hard to convince authors working remotely that need to record their own voices, and especially if they live in rural areas, to learn and to get on top of this. Especially when they're older as well and don't have a basis to work off of (the amount of times I've had to talk to relatives of authors to help with aspects of troubleshooting). I'm just wondering if using a dynamic mic like my suggestion with the MV7 would work for a smaller publishing house looking to put these books out. These authors aren't professional voice actors and will likely only ever do this for the 1-3 books they might be asked to record.

@@wombataudio Unfortunately I have no idea if that would work for them or not. Personally, I don't see it as an issue (using the MV7) but there's no way for me to know if the publishing house will go for it or not. Each will probably have their own varying response 😕

I'm so glad my video helped! Thank you so much for the comment!

Thank you sir! And duly noted! Less for me to edit 😂