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[harshvardhanrane]

after watching 25 videos on mics, this video finally does it for me, the presenter is extremely intelligent about what will help the viewer. God bless!

[rachelmarmstead]

This helped me so much! As someone who is completely new to the audio side of filming, I walked away feeling WAY more comfortable with audio than before. Thank you!

[thecrowfliescrooked]

The only video anyone ever needs on audio. Thank you for all this hard work and well thought out information.

[melodycgeorge]

It's worth noting that on-camera mics are generally just for reference and syncing; they're not meant to be used. Thx for the great content!

[KarlRock]

Incredible video! I used to use Rode shotgun mics for vlogging. But I changed to a wireless lav mic and never looked back! Bonus benefit is no one thinks I’m some local news reporter. For some reason that’s what people think when they see a shotgun mic with a deadcat/windshield.

[ChasWG]

As a professional sound mixer/recordist for the past 30 years, I had to watch your video. And, for the most part, you got a lot of it correct. There are a few nuisances that I could argue, but for the beginner who thinks audio is a mystery, your video works.
I recently bought myself a Canon R7 for a video project that I will be shooting (you don't spend 30 years working in video production and not learn a few things from the other departments). So when it came time to outfit the camera with an audio kit, I only pulled a couple things from my Sound based pro kit. That stuff is all amazing and top of the line, very expensive audio recording gear. It has been developed for use in my audio bag and a majority of it is either too big to be used around the small camera kit I was putting together or it couldn't be powered by the camera without adding all sorts of extra parts. Yeah, I could have adapted either my Schoeps CMC6/41 or even my Sanken CS-1e boom mics to be on top of the camera, but there are several cheaper, smaller and lighter options. The one I chose to go with is the Rode VideoMic NTG. Its based off of the broadcast line of Rode NTG mics, but in a smaller format with internal power. I was hoping that Rode had built into this mic some of the same quality that they have put into their bigger NTG line up of mics. And I was very pleasantly surprised with the overall quality of this small shotgun mic. It also has the more directional polar pattern that I was looking for. Many of these mics that "look" like a shotgun mic are in fact stereo mics. And that's not what I was looking for, I wanted a mic that had a bit more reach. The Rode VideoMic NTG is a bit more expensive that the other Rode options at $249, but I think its the best in this class of mics.

I'm pairing that with the Rode VideoMic GO II as a wireless system. They are an excellent small and relatively cheap wireless system. Just add in a couple lav mics taken from my Sennheiser G3 and G4 kits and they are good to go. The sound they produce is shockingly good. I 'm not gonna replace my Lectrosonics systems with them, but they offer something that those $5000 systems cant offer, a very small size and almost zero weight penalty.

And then my deep backup with be a Tentacle Sync Track E recorder. Its a super small and very simple audio recorder that you can feed time code to so that it will be sync'd to a camera or other recorder. There are no external buttons on the small case other than the on/off button. There is not setting the levels of the recorder either as it uses the 32bit floating point format. Take a look at these recorders, amazing systems for when you're out of reach of a regular wireless system or can't bring the whole audio bag. the problem is, they are not cheap. At about $460 for a single unit, they aren't on a lot of non-professional's lists. But compared to a Lectrosonics PDR, they suddenly seem very reasonable. Take look at them on Amazon. They are German made. And from a really great company.

[ToviaOgun]

Seen so many videos on microphones, this is the by the best; learnt so much in just 22.53 minutes; thank you 🙏🏽

[kelvingantert]

you!!!! I bow down for finally one video that helps instead of thousands without context!

[rightful]

i started with an On-Camera shotgun mic for my mirrorless camera but now I'm picking up the dji wireless lav mic to go with it to get more "personal" Audio. really appreciate the knowledge you're dropping here. Subbed!

[mikewatson]

I have watched tons of vids on microphones. This by far has been the most comprehensive and helped me make excellent decisions on what I need for my type of presentations. Thank you!

[dangerpudge]

Good stuff. One note (I'm an electronics tech/systems engineer): A preamp is more closely related to a filter than anything else. What it does is knock off irregular noise, then passing a clean signal to an amplifier, which actually does the amplification as the name suggests. So while you're correct about the better quality preamp, the reason is slightly incorrect. Amplification done later is subject to the same things that the preamp is; cheap electronics tend to produce their own noise and don't discriminate well (amplifiers don't usually discriminate at all, or very, very little). So when you pair a cheap, noisy preamp with a cheap amplifier, well, you're just amplifying noise, and no one wants that.

[rome]

In my opinjon, the Sennheiser MKE 600 is probably your best bang for buck when it comes to "advanced" shotgun mics. It's $329 with all the accessories included. And it sounds nearly as good as some other shotgun mics in the $1000 range.

[CastingChef]

For a very long time that I'm looking and researching for the mic I should buy for my vlog. This is the only VLOG that helps me. Kudos!

[danielz]

I saw this and was like I'm not sitting through a 20 minute video about microphones, but I was gladly wrong. Thanks for teaching me so I didn't waste more time watching additional videos !!

[AliceVixie]

That sensitivity polar pattern isn't given by the capsule but its long tube with lots of slots. "Proximity effect" (deep sounds louder when microphone is close to mouth) isn't given by condenser/dynamic, it is given again by the sensitivity pattern.

[neddanison]

Great information! I watch YouTube videos on my computer through Fostex & Yamaha studio monitors, so I get a pretty accurate representation of the creator's audio quality. As for listening to voice, the kind or price of the mic almost doesn't matter if it's not EQ'd properly, or if the particular mic and preamp don't supply the frequencies needed for clear human voice. I find that a lot of sophisticated creators (as seen here) allow frequencies (below 150 Hz) that sound boomy and muffled. There's little sibilance (just over 5k Hz) and not enough crispiness (around 800 Hz).

[ministry_of_love]

I got the _awareness_ from your advertising campaigns, this video has pushed me down the *sales funnel* to _desire_ which is one step away from _action_ to buy...

[ELFKidsVideos]

Outstanding overview. Best I’ve seen. I’ve just sent it into my daughter who will be studying film soon. Thank you!

[andrewstambaugh]

Thanks. You have clearly shown me that I would like an advanced shotgun mic, but shouldn't spend that kind of money. I'm going to go with a dynamic, as I live next to a busy street.