Three Budget Microphones You Haven't Heard Of

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 YouTube 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:

TOP THREE BUDGET DYNAMICS:

TOP THREE CONDENSERS

TOP THREE DYNAMICS:

TOP yOu CaN'T pUT mE iN a bOx MIC:

[milesian]

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.

[StreetsOfVancouverChannel]

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...

[ethanparr]

Lauten seems to be killing it. I am really happy with my LS-208 so far. Great video, yet again man. :)

[znestudio]

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!

[LautenAudio]

Hey Ricky, thank you so much for this video! Not sure how we missed it!😀

[clarinetninja]

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

[RadioBluesPR]

Yes! Recording Studio Loser talked about the Lauten and mentioned how amazing they sound on toms.

[sanjulianx]

Cool bro 👊 Great to see your Channel growing so well ❤

[rome]

The Lauten Audio LA-220 is on sale right now, fyi. I might try one.

[diego_de_santamaria]

Can you please help me choose which mic to buy for my home studio to play classical trumpet and sing latin jazz: AKG C214 or LA 220? If you had some other suggestions please let me know! Thank You very much!

[mypal]

The SM-57 is still king of budget mics!

[priyanshuprakash]

Can you suggest me a microphone that is exactly same or better than tlm 103 but affordable not "cheaper"

[brandonedward]

Totally agree about the smaller companies, they're crushing it right now. Lots of hidden gems out there.

[EFRAH]

what would you choose between the lauten la220 the oc16 and avantone cv12 bla ?

[matthaberek]

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

[roberthunt]

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!

[Marzetz]

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.

[Danny-Lightning-CSR]

yeah, that thing sounds good. great video as always..

[legacyShredder]

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.

[jirosaves_theworld]

i just discovered Avantone mic on shop recently
but doubt to picked up
is that good?
(just curious btw)