Review of Audio Technica Pro 70 Lavalier Microphone
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- This video is a overview of the Pro 70 lavalier microphone from Audio Technica. It's a low to mid-budget microphone, not wireless, so you'll hopefully pay less than $150 for it. This isn't an overly technical review, with all kinds of lab-testing of audio recordings. I've just covered all the basics, and talked about lav mics in general. It has a reduced dynamic pickup range compared to any studio condenser microphone that you'd buy, at around 100 Hz to 14 kHz, but that's standard for a lavalier and you'll have pretty decent quality for whatever project you're working on.
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Here's a link to another video that I mentioned, where I explained the basic audio editing that I was quickly doing in this microphone video:
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Thanks Jonathan. I'm always struck by the generosity of people like yourself. This is a really useful and informative review.
About the frequency response part. The mic conveys frequencies between 100-14 000 Hz. The lowest string on an acoustic guitar is tuned to E2 which is 82.4 Hz. Should you wish to play drop D, 73.42 Hz.
This means that AT Pro 70 cannot reproduce the main frequencies of these notes but only the overtones. You might not notice the difference since your brain tends to psychologically add the missing sounds to complete the image, but once you experiment with the low notes, it becomes clear.
I would not use Pro 70 to mic a solo guitar or to record any guitar.
Good comment, Madis.
That is not entirely right. Within the +3/-3dB range it is, but if you take a closer look at the frequency responce, you can see that this microphone picks up sounds as low as 40Hz, but in the 40Hz range it is 5dB under the 0dB line. This means that this microphone can reproduce all these frequencies, but if you want more lows, you gonna have to push them a bit (which does not mean it will be necessary, it all depends on the guitar, and only testing it on your guitar will tell the whole story)
Would I use this microphone for recording? There are certainly better options, but for live performance it certainly give more natural sound then a under saddle piezo or a magnetic soundhole pickup, but it is a bit more prone to feedback then these.
The entire video it's exported with the camera audio, i wanted to hear the audio technica mic not your camera's mic
Thanks Jonathan, great balanced review and a good explanation of why someone would use a lav vs a LDC in many applications. My only beef with the Pro 70 is that the mic is hard-wired instead of the Hirose connector used on the AT wireless lavs. Even if it added $10-20 to the price it would be worth it to have interchangeable mics.
Good comment, thanks.
Tune that thang
Ohhhhh... You're Canadian
Very impressive review, thanks.
Thanks, Napasak.
Thanks Jonathan, I am looking to use this with my Classical Guitar
Paul, does it work Ok with the Classical Guitar ? Thanks
The guitar mouth clip came with the mic or did you buy it separately? If separately bought, can you still recall what brand made this model..?
That was a really annoying ending. I think most of us were interested in how the mic sounds, and then you ruin the whole thing at the end. So there is no point making the
video at all.
I can sing down to 47 hz (F#1) , so will the mic record that ?
IRig acoustic stage - get one if those and be done with !
@Philip Deppen Really? Judging bythisvideo, this dosent sounfd to good.
Sounds like hell.
So this is like being a direct input without being a direct input.
Pssssst. My lav mic that's attached to my portable cassette recorder sounds fire for kick tams and kick drums for older music
What's the push button for?
Will I able to record with audio technica pro-70 by Tascam dr-10x recorder?
Does this mic compatible to use for vocal street performance, i mean for busking? Does it sounds good to produce voice singing sound?
I am curious too. Wanted it for Live-stream singing and busking
great review!!! can I use this mic with a DSLR camera?
This mic works fine with some DSLR's. It depends what they take for input - with some cameras you might need an adapter to get the signal into the camera.
djbolivia I use the nikon d800 and D3S. I just have to find a cable with a 3,5mm