Three Budget Microphones You Haven't Heard Of
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Today we check out some of the mic's I think you might not know about, and some of their unique features that sets them apart from some of the options you may get from a quick CZcams search :)
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(Please note these rankings represent my subjective tastes. These lists would change with different applications, so this is a bit of an oversimplification.)
TOP THREE BUDGET CONDENSERS:
🥇Lewitt 440 Pure - amzn.to/3imNwRh
🥈Neat King Bee II - amzn.to/3JOYATU
🥉Rode NT1 - amzn.to/2NUoBJK
TOP THREE BUDGET DYNAMICS:
🥇Shure SM57 - amzn.to/2P1pUXC
🥈Behringer XM8500 - amzn.to/3utvKmp
🥉Shure MV7 - amzn.to/3BfewuF
TOP THREE CONDENSERS
🥇Austrian Audio OC818 - imp.i114863.net/qnGXBO
🥇Lauten Clarion - amzn.to/3EkXpdQ
🥈AKG C414 XLS - amzn.to/3lMAgXq
🥉Soyuz Bomblet - amzn.to/3YLjr1E
Honorable Mention: Roswell Pro Audio Mini k67x - amzn.to/3BeT9Mt
TOP THREE DYNAMICS:
🥇ElectroVoice RE20 - amzn.to/2UFdyaM
🥈Shure SM57 - amzn.to/2P1pUXC
🥉Sennheiser MD 441 - amzn.to/3S6st6b
TOP yOu CaN'T pUT mE iN a bOx MIC:
🏆Lauten LS-208 - amzn.to/40u0guB - Hudba
Damn, Ricky. Your guitar segments starting around 2:15 were phenomenal. You're so damn talented. Also wanted to say that I first came to your channel for the reviews, but I absolutely love the direction you've gone in recently, incorporating more storytelling.
Lauten seems to be killing it. I am really happy with my LS-208 so far. Great video, yet again man. :)
The LA-220 is such a good mic. I find myself reaching for it before more expensive mics a lot. Lauten is doing it right!
As always - thoughtful and compelling stuff. I am happy to see that you are holding true to yourself and making content about what to do with the microphones after one buys them. As an owner of four of your recommended mics (in the description), most of the time (more with my voice than the clarinet) I am just fooling around for my own enjoyment. Even with the clarinet, the difference maker seems to be more about placement than which mic I am actually using. I feel like I can make the 57 and the Lewitt 440 sound basically the same in the DAW despite the fact that what gets initially captured is quite different.
Anyway - looking forward to what you make next
Thank you as always man! Thanks for the support specifically :) nice team you got there for mics as well! 440 and 57 will cover a lot of ground
@@AudioHaze I have a question about my workflow...if you don't want to take the time to teach me in response - I understand that better than you would imagine....however if you do I would love your opinion.
When I make videos I use two mics - one for my voice and one for the clarinet. I then edit the file to the appropriate one at the appropriate time. I purchased an NT1 5th gen recently. Would I get be able to get similar results recording in 32 bit float with the mic positioned to pick up both my voice and clarinet? Would I spend just as much time editing in this situation? I know I can just try it...but your expert opinion may save me some time in the process and eliminate what would certainly be boneheaded ideas along the way.
Hey Ricky, thank you so much for this video! Not sure how we missed it!😀
Hahaha no biggy! Glad you enjoyed :)
My Lauten Audio mics have been my BEST MIC PURCHASES bar none... they simply deliver exceptional audio quality for extremely competitive pricing. Love the vid, bruh...
Totally agreed! The Lauten's pack a punch in every price bracket :) thanks man!
Cool bro 👊 Great to see your Channel growing so well ❤
Totally agree about the smaller companies, they're crushing it right now. Lots of hidden gems out there.
Cool review bro, thankyou.
Cool review ! Thanks .
The Lauten Audio LA-220 is on sale right now, fyi. I might try one.
yeah, that thing sounds good. great video as always..
Any chance you can review and compare the RE27N/D?
I'm really curious how this microphone ls-308 will sound with trumpet when usually trumpeters want to get some more dark, smooth sound than this bright sound comming form bell.
i just discovered Avantone mic on shop recently
but doubt to picked up
is that good?
(just curious btw)
what would you choose between the lauten la220 the oc16 and avantone cv12 bla ?
Here is one, best ribbon for recording vocals and acoustic guitar at the same time? Thank you.
Thank you very much for your knowlage and ironic sense of humor. You are the best! You are my teacher, you are my master :D
It is a pure pleaseure to watch your fillms.
Waiting for money to buy Lauten LS 208 and Shure SM57 and start my bedroom studio.
Can you suggest me a microphone that is exactly same or better than tlm 103 but affordable not "cheaper"
Yes! Recording Studio Loser talked about the Lauten and mentioned how amazing they sound on toms.
Yeah really crazy mic! Great for a lot of instruments and high spa sound sources, very weird on spoken word lol
@@AudioHazeit’s crazy you say that cause Drake recorded on a LS 208 in a recent freestyle
Awesome content!
This is great! Thanks for opening up my horizons on mics. Maybe I don't have to spend my next three Social Security checks to get a good one!
Glad I could help! Lolllll maybe just one or two haha
The SM-57 is still king of budget mics!
Totally agreed :)
The original Neat Worker bee and king bee were up there with the 57 that one year lol when they were both sub 100 dollars
119 to 289 is budget to you ?? Dang so what is my 60 Samson q2u then? The super poor low low budget microphone ? 😂 I’m just playing. I like your videos I subscribed after just watching 2 of them. I wanted to ask you what’s your opinion. On se electronics v7 and the telefunken m80? I’m looking for a mic in those price ranges that works for studio and stage. Telefunken claims the m80 can do this but reviews seem mixed. And yeah I would use a condenser but room treatment not good enough it’s treated some but not entirely. That’s why I like super cardiod microphones for blocking out around noise
I stan my LA 220 and I'm wondered why it doesn't get more love? I have a bass baritone singing range and it captures the low in my voice with punch and clarity that smokes a bunch of mics I matched up against it including the AKG C214, Elecro Voice RE-320, SenheiserMK4, Stellar X2 which was a close 2nd for me on my voice, Warm Audio AW 414, and Aston Spirit. I wouldn't trade my LA 220 for anything except for maybe a more expensive Lauten like the Clarion
NICE dude love to see Lauten getting some love!
Can you please help me choose which to buy for my home studio to sing: akg p120 or mxl 770 or mxl 990? Thanks a lot!
I personally prefer the 990 over any of those choices! It really depends on your voice though, and if you don’t have any treatment in your room a 57 will probably suite you better than any of those
@@AudioHaze My voice is alto-tenor and I have a place to record which is threated. Thank you for responding!
guitar with Lauten LS 308 siunded buckleyish...
The LS 208 and 308 are fantastic on drums. The 308 is great on toms, and I really like the 208 on brass snare drums.
I like Austrian Audio, and I've tried to like the OC16 but it's mid range honky sound kills me. I can't use it. It sounds like like an AT2020 with a sinus infection.
To be fair in this video I myself sounded like an AT2020 with a sinus infection haha, but thanks for sharing! Always great to have different opinions in the comments
@@AudioHaze I'm breaking in new monitors that have insane clarity, and you sounded fine. Maybe a tad stuffy, not bad though.
ive been obsessed with finding dark mics.. its so much better to me, I would rather add my own brighting, like Saturation and EQ, You should a video with all the darkest mics ha, maybe vintage too
Are you going to make a video about Earthworks Ethos?
Perhaps at some point! No concrete plans right now though
you play the guitar damn well for an audio engineer!
Thanks dude! I was a guitarist before an engineer so I guess that tracks lol
Anyone using the 308 on Drums? Really would like some feedback on those especially for toms. 👍🏼
Darrell Thorp on the last two Foo Fighters records 😀
@@LautenAudio what better response from the people themselves 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Thank you.
Ok so my main concern regarding the 308 is the fact they are condensers but I hear the polar patterns are really that focused that they really really are better than some of the other dynamics most engineers use.
I have tried it on the underside of a snare, and thus far the most useful and pleasing sound compared to others I have used. Only used a pair of overheads, kick and the 308 for snare, full rich sounding kit!... also a traditional hand drum, it sounds like there is a drum in the room when played back through the speakers.... excellent for these applications and some others, but some sources not so exciting, like any mic has its place, I have found the 308 is very obvious when it is or isnt, not so much mid-ground... hope that helps!
I love cheap mics. I’ve got loads of them! I look at it this way, I can have one really expensive mic or lots of cheaper ones that give me options. Honestly, I think super expensive mics are over rated anyway. By the time you add Eq and processing to a recording, there’s not much left of the original signal anyway!
Oh, and who was that playing guitar, it was awesome?
Nice! Yeah the flexibility of what you can do with a bunch of cheap mics is more valuable in a band setting for sure. I was able to record my bands whole ep a while back just with a bunch of junk lol and that was me! Glad you liked the playing :)
@@AudioHaze your playing is outstanding!
I think my 3 best budget mic is the behringer xm8500, the rode podmic, and the sm58 which I want to add to my collection soon
I agree on two of them! Not a huge fan of the podmic personally
@@AudioHaze i wasn't a fan of the podmic for a long time until I started using it and then I hated it for a bit as I had braces and it became annoying to use it to edit because my voice changed with the braces and now that the braces are off I couldn't love it more
How is this budget, it's more than 500usd..
It's "budget" compared to the thousands of dollars you might have to spend on a mic from one of those big legacy brands.
ok f the mic . where can i get more of music like you play at the 2:10 ?
Benzi?? from MI anyone too?
I dont understand how these are budget mics 😅
Yeah I get that! Budget means different things for different people, to me around $400 is sort of the cap on a "low end" mic, but even that is sort of creeping into midrange territory
@@AudioHaze would you care to recommend a 2nd mic for podcast interviews? My primary is the SM58, I'm looking for a second one for guests. 🙂
@@4jcv another 58? Don’t overthink it my friend. :)
@@samchoate1719 yeah you might be right, I just wanted another opinion. Maybe there was something cheaper / better
@@4jcv right on!
Frequency response graph is worst.
Meh. After reviewing so many good microphones, the narrator has convinced me what microphone I use has little or no bearing on one's MESSAGE. Serious "influencers" do not obsess over what microphone they use. Instead, they focus on their MESSAGE, discussing important, substantial and significant social, health, business, political and other issues. Given reasonably good mic technique, the particular microphone will have little or no impact on the message. Parenthetically, I am unimpressed by narrators with low self esteem evidenced by poor grooming and hygeine. Yeah, I know the curly lock to the side is intentional. But, being a slob does not exactly convey convey technical expertise and credibility. And that is just MY take. Your mileage may vary. Meh. I will move on to more important matters. JT