Do I Really Need a Shockmount? by Sweetwater

[ThommyKane]

this video is the PRIME EXAMPLE of how an informative tutorial video is supposed to be done. Not a wasted second on nonsense.

[variatroid]

When you find a video that explains everything perfectly priceless !

[nocakenocode]

How much I wish some youtubers learn from this guy, short video and straight to the point with everything you need to know in one go. Some might call it "spoon feeding knowledge", I call it "I AIN'T GOT TIME FOR YOUR BULLSHIT!" my brain has only reserves for great knowledge and not some filler content.

[theintunity]

Short video with clear explanation and an exact demonstration of what I'd like to see....Thank you!

[MyPeanutButtersHairy]

This really helps, I'm looking to get a good mic and a stand to use for recording gaming videos and didn't know exactly what a shockmount did. It looks like I don't need one

[im_Spade_]

Damn, didn't realize it made THAT big of a difference... Probably should grab me a shock mount!

[WaRLoKWYATT]

Wow. I wish I knew that back when I recorded and play shows all the time.

[tsunamicam]

Perfect video learned everything I needed to make my decision

[hotchpotch]

It's about stand borne vibrations and sometimes hardly perceptble fluctuations and cancellations. If you're not completely in control of the environment, a windshield, shock mount, and weights on the base and the boom arm can clean up your recording. Less elegant than a heavy pro studio stand (although some shots of Abbey Road and other sessions show additional weights on those stands) but it can make the difference between profit and loss ...

[PatiSmh]

Might be a bit late. But I’m planning on getting a suspension boom arm (a boom arm with springs) and some people complained that when you move the arm it makes a spring noise. If I get like a £15 shock mount from amazon will that fix the issue of the noisy springs? I got a razer seiren x microphone and I haven’t got the boom arm yet.

[AntonioKowatsch]

*Short answer:* Yeah, you probably need a shock mount.

[davidjmrussell]

Does it make much difference if the mic is hung vertically as opposed to upright as on this video?

[ASOTFAN]

The annoying thing with shockmounts is that they're not created equally. My MXL 770 came with its own shockmount, which I connected t a mic arm that's mounted to the side of my desk and it transfers every vibration onto the microphone. Both with old and new bands for the darn thin. Even when I walk in my room it picks it up. So a shockmount is sometimes just as useless as a fixed mount.

[Handdu]

Can't see why I would touch or grab the microphone while recording in home studio.
Thanks for sharing.

[MaksKCS]

But I have a shock mount and mine sounds like it doesn't have a shock mount lmao. What's wrong?

[murdechoc]

anyways, usually microphones comes with their own mic holder, and this mic holder will have or not a shockmount you can't really bypass

[FadyMC]

damn it should been called sweetJessus not sweet water that guy is OP
loved it

[theusbondezan]

Thanks, so, I dont need shockmount. Ty

[jengameslol]

ok but how do you know if a shock mount is going to fit your mic?

[MegaMan-bsoy]

I mean I guess? But it depends on the use of the mic. I am a streamer. I am always adjusting in a chair or typing on a keyboard. So i just use pop filters for speaking. i am on cam so if i adjust the mic people see me do it. Its not like I am doing VO or music recording then yeah totally diff situation