Deity D4 Duo Mic: The Good, the Bad, and the Harsh
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- čas přidán 11. 01. 2024
- The Deity D4 Duo is a decent mic for under $70. I like the option of having the rear mic to pick up my voice when I am behind the camera.
I think the sound quality is "ok," and if fairly harsh (front capsule), but sounds better in outdoor environments.
It still has very little competition in terms of a dual front/rear mic option for DSLR and Mirrorless cameras, I do wish it sounded less harsh, but, it's the mic I keep in my bag for the functionality.
Deity D4 Duo: amzn.to/339GRGo
Below are some affiliate links to most of the gear I use to make my videos, happy recording!
Cameras used to film this video:
Panasonic GH5: amzn.to/3ZpwcjT
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Secondary Lens: amzn.to/3QhJc4D
Side Shot Camera: amzn.to/3SoOTCu
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B-Roll Camera: amzn.to/3XRzHgC
Tamron 20-40 f2.8 for Sony: amzn.to/442RnIZ
Sigma 16-28: amzn.to/45MB9pn
Other cool camera gear I use:
Manfrotto Pixie Tripod: amzn.to/3F8aepK
Smallrig Mini Tripod: amzn.to/3JQd0Ud
Articulating arm for my microphone: amzn.to/3f8Km2p
Backup and Cheap Microphone - Movo VXR10: amzn.to/3G9EUbi
K&F Concept Camera Tripod (Goes up to almost 7 feet!!): amzn.to/3f7x3zi
External Monitor, Atomos Shinobi: amzn.to/3tfxTSH
For Recording Externally with my Sony A7iii: amzn.to/3JUwZB2
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Awesome, great review thanks. This is very helpful.
Hi there, You're welcome, I'm glad it was helpful!
Just bought this thanks for the useful tips
yarp!
Back once again for the renegade master
D4 Duo with the ill behavior
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Appreciate the video! Wondering where you purchased your D4 duo as it seems you have the "upgraded" windmuffs (Ray Valencia made a video about it a few years ago). I've been looking for this version but it seems Henrys (Canada dealer) has the older version, and I haven't been able to confirm with BH just yet. Also seems that Deity has discontinued the D4 Duo according to one of their reps, so I am unable to purchase from their site. Any information helps, thanks.
Aaawww. Deity discontinued it? Dang. It’s not a terrible mic, just a bit harsh and sibilant at times, it’s a shame…..I’m assuming that sales weren’t strong enough to warrant its continuation. I really like the dual front/rear mic design, but my guess if most people don’t look for this feature.
@@MarcusHutsell appreciate it! If you don't mind me asking, where did you pick yours up?
@mxrcusjxmes Amazon. Got it in July 2022 so aver a year and a half ago.
Great video my man 👍Don't hear any SSes at all actually. It may be the monitors you edit with? Not sure but there are no SSes coming though on my end.
Good to know! And yes I heard fewer “s” sounds on this particular recording. But when I was setting up and testing I immediately heard fairly loud sibilance….maybe my “recordings voice warmed up after my tests.
It’s a good mic, but some harshness does come through depending on the environment.
Oh, and I edit with several destinations: 2 different brands/sets of monitors, and at least 2 pairs of different headphones. But again, on this particular recording, the sibilance wasn’t as bad. And I didn’t edit or a EA any of the audio in this recording either.
One question: what speakers or headphones are you listening on? Because I definitely hear sibilance on all of my speakers, headphones, and even AirPods and iPhone speaker, and with that harshness coming through to my ears on so many different playback devices, tells me it is present.
I’m curious as to what you’re listening on because it’s possible your speakers/headphones are overly lacking specific upper midrange or they are boosting bass (thereby masking the upper mid range. )
Let me know, I’m always interested in learning.
:)
Nice vid! What kind of mount do you use to mount your extra rode mic?
Hi there. Thank you! I currently still use a $13 mic arm to mount (at most) 3 microphones on the same arm. I have (2) of my mics mounted just about ALL the time so I can (1) have virtual meetings using the Rode VideoMic NTG, and (2) record videos using the Rode NTG-5.
Here's the arm I use: amzn.to/49Glnxa It's cheap, light, but it does hold everything, I've had no reason to upgrade.
I then have a 5/8" to 1/4-20 adapter mounted on the end: amzn.to/3QebTlY
Then the 1/4-20 screw of that adapter goes into a dual cold-shoe mount: amzn.to/447lyjO
That dual cold shoe mount holds:
(2) mini ball mounts (mounted on both sides of the dual cold-shoe)t: amzn.to/4b4JMNX - One ball head holds my Rode NTG-5, the other ball head goes on the other side of the same cold shoe mount.......and holds.......
(1) MORE Cold-shoe mount (Ulanzi PT-2 - amzn.to/3JtyzuA) on the OTHER side of the SesenPro cold shoe mount)......this additional cold-shoe mount gives me a 3rd cold-shoe mounting point so I can mount a total of (3) mics if needed.
My Rode VideoMic NTG is mounted to one side of the Ulanzi cold-shoe mount, which puts it right next to my Rode NTG-5, then the 3rd cold shoe mount is "free" and lets me mount other mics I want to test as needed.
Granted, my chosen mounting method is via cold-shoe instead of standard microphone 5/8" or 3/8" mounts, but, so far this has worked well for me and I just add a cold-shoe-to 5/8" or 3/8" adapter somehow to mount a standard mic clip if I want to test an XLR mic, etc.
I hope that makes sense.....but yes, both of the dual-cold-shoe mounts, the 2 mini ball mounts, the videoMic NTG, and the Rode NTG-5, and *mostly any additonal mic I put up there, can be held by the $13 arm. It gets pretty heavy when I mount a 3rd mic, but I just tighten up the arm and so far so good, it all holds generally where I need it to stay.
Now, since I need my mics mounted high, AND because of my desk/speaker/computer-monitor set up.....behind my computer monitor, I have the mic arm clamped to a spare VESA monitor arm (amzn.to/49NDFwH) to get more height out of the overall setup. I think I got this idea from Caleb Pike here: czcams.com/video/WedG8LKO6ks/video.html.
And that WHOLE Vesa-Mount-to-mic-boom-arm is mounted on the back of my desk-shelf.....and that shelf sits about 10" above my main desk......so the whole mic arm system is already mounted higher than the standard 30" tall desk and that gives me all the height I need.
.....and I did this because I need to be able to raise my computer monitor UP quite high to reveal my main front-camera for recording......when I raise up my monitor, I generally do NOT have to move my microphones at all, as the mic boom-arm mid-hinge point creates a high point for my monitor to slide-up-in-to.
So, the whole thing goes:
VESA Monitor arm mounted on back of desk shelf which sits 10" above my main desk surface >
Mic boom arm clamped to the end of the vesa-arm >
5/8" to 1/4"-20 adapter on the end of the boom-arm >
SesenPro dual-cold-shoe mount > with Neewer mini ball heads attached to each cold-shoe mounting point
- Mini ball head on right side of SesenPro dual cold shoe mount = Rode NTG-5
- Mini ball head on left side SesenPro dual cold shoe mount = Ulanzi PT-2 dual cold shoe mount >
Right side of PT-2 dual cold shoe mount = Rode VideoMic NTG
Left side of PT-2 Dual cold shoe mount = empty/available for additional microphone mounting.
That's probably way more than you asked for, maybe I should make a video on it :)
Happy recording!
Which shotgun mic do you normally use for in studio recording? Thanks
Hi there. I have mostly used my Rode VideoMic NTG plugged directly into my Panasonic GH5. Great mic!
I have (for about the past year) been using the Rode NTG-5 going into/through a Zoom F3.
Both mics sound great, I find that I have some low-end build up with these mics in this space at my desk, so, I (tend to) over-EQ sometimes. Been wanting a Sennheiser MKH50, but that sucker is currently $1350!!! So.......I don't have a "need" for another mic at the moment. ;)
good review, how can it be used as usb mic?
Hi there. No, it cannot be used as a USB mic directly, it does not have a USB port