Sound Shark Long Range Microphone Vs. Sennheiser MKE 600

In this video I talk a little about Parabolic microphones and test the Sound Shark against the Sennheiser MKE 600. I wanted to find out how well this microphone works and how it compares to more traditional microphones.

[juancasotelo]

Excellent my friend, a lot of passion for his work. Greetings from Lima - Perú

[harryniedecken]

Thank you, great test of outdoor use of the mke 600

[Reriiru]

To minimize bass response what you could do is this. Get Moongel (or any drum dampening gel pads), on the back of the dish stick it right on the center, then stick four pads half way cross between the center of the dish and it's edge, if it doesn't help stick some on the edge as well. My theory is that the dish doesn't just act as a reflector, but also acts as a membrane, and if you dampen it from the back (without messing the reflective patterns inside the dish) it should reject better. It's just a theory, though.

[mgabrielle]

just the thing, add 4 microphones in the center, feed to a computer signal processor, and have a 10 foot wide dish, you could pin point an enemy drone from about a mile, and couple the processor outputs to a servo driver and gun system, you could knock down a hostile drones out of skies.

[Pithecanthropus]

Could you test whether it picks up a normal conversation at a distance?

[bluegarren]

Been looking for distance testing for the Sennheiser MKE 600. I'm sold! Thank you! Blue

[threerisingsuns]

Interesting, as a mechanical engineer, I wonder if adding some sound proofing padding to the exterior of the shell will help reduce the low frequency background noise of the Shark. Maybe worth a test.

[davewestner]

Thanks for your video. I just watched a bunch of parabolic mic vids here on youtube and yours why by far the most informative. In particular the voice test.
I work as a recording engineer and record music. Have never had the chance to use one of these things and have been curious for some time if there could be some wild application of the parabolic thing in the studio. Seems like it could work for something. Maybe surround sound?

[PiDsPagePrototypes]

Have just been watching their own samples on the sound shark yt channel, then searched for parabolic mics and this video came up... And based on this the MKE 600 is the superior choice - the omni directional nature of the lapel in the center of the parabola doesn't reject off-axis sources nearly as well as the hypercardioid nature of a good shotgun mic.

[aleckinch]

Thankyou very much for explaining the differences! I wonder if you try the new amazing audio plugin called Waves Clarity VX? I think it out performs RX (if you can believe that) in voice recordings. VX has an internal type low cut in the algorithm, but it is much more than just a static Low cut Eq. I would be willing to run your "Shark" 30 ft audio thru it and send you the results, I'm so curious!

[kennethmyrez]

was there a hiway in front of the camera? it's picking up urban noises lol

[DennisAndersen]

Hi I like to film Red deer in the rut but I would like to improve the sound when the stag Roar now i just pickup the sound with the mic build in the camera (nikon p950) I was thinking about buying a shutgun mic like the boya by-bm3032 but wil it acualy improve the sound when its All from 50 to 300 yards from the deer.? Or will it be the same as if I just use the build in mic.

[Farner]

Big tb what would be a good setup for having a microphone in your backyard that runs to a speaker in the house 75 feet away?
I want if to listen for someone moving around my yard at night

[birajadas]

I m planning to get one for bird songs, can U suggest me a model mic combination

[AbbasTahaie]

Thx for good camparison again . I wish you'd tested longer gun too, like labor one . And people say bigger shark mics are better and more useful. I wish you could check that. too

[ThePriceyShow]

WOW - Do you think the sennheiser 600 is to directional for crowd laughter at a comedy show?

[alextryan]

Well that answers that.... Sennheiser here we come.

[dingbu]

The sound quality of your video is really good. I want to know what equipment was used for recording

[kamczak]

I was expecting more difference to the shotgun.

[kennethmyrez]

for me the mke 600 won. the shark picks up everything