Hair clippers and dignity :) Hi Mike shaved head lumberjack beard maybe you could carry that off.

Shave it off!!! Very liberating!!!

Shave your head. I held out for years and felt (and looked) so much better after taking the leap.

All the greats are bald. Bruce Willis, Jason Statham...me. :) Jokes aside thanks for another great video. I have literally been debating the 286s for multi-person vlogs & podcasts if a NYE sale happens. I have six tabs of 286s open now and asked for it to be a topic at this Wednesday's Orlando Podcast Meetup. For the nonprofit project I'm working on in Gainesville I'm hoping to avoid or at least greatly reduce the software solution for time savings.

Buzz it Mike! Just say no to the combover! Bearded, Bald and Bold here! Thanks for the info btw, getting back in the game as a freelancer after leaving the broadcast booth after almost 30 years. You offer valuable, sage advice. Appreciate you!

Saaaame here haha. Upgrading from a UR12. What about yourself?

Is that THE DANIEL THRASHER? Yá know, THE REAL DEAL? Talent fairy, piano playing, singer, rapper, música judge, comedian DANIEL THRASHER???? 🤪🤪🤪 Luv your stuff man, keep it going!

If i only use my DAW for 1 microphone, will the ID4 be a good cheaper alternative or am i missing important stuff?

Jajaja good luck if you are using windows and try to record 48 khz or over jajaja , I had the same interface and after a year of fighting with audient because drivers will not work correctly in 3 different pcs and in some cases id app will not even install, I sold it for $180 abd got the motu m2, sir the headphone pre am was able to handle my dt990 250 ohms and software was working flawlessly at 44 48 and 96 khz. Audient has the greatest gear but software has down syndrome even in 2021 the release the evo and new id14 makr with the same sofware issues.

Motu is much more accurate in terms of frequency response

Casey is boring

@@usynnstradler i wouldn’t say Casey is boring, but I think mike is more interesting

That was a dope cut/edit

Same for the H6.

Wow, what a crazy versatile device

@@alexeysivokhin9613 yeah, but it won’t change volume from the unit, so if you plan to plug other headphones in there you have to deal with a fixed volume which happens to be increddibly soft.

Wow!!

Dealer - Gaming I was thinking about doing that myself. I might still

*I have the CAD as my back-up mic, but now I use the Sennheiser MKH416. The CAD is ok for audio you may only hear once, but for voice over, as it is a "flat" mic, it requires a ton of EQing to get crystal clear, broadcast quality audio.*

You should try the original. It's probably one of the best mics ever made. They're had to find, but you can pick them up from $150-400. Built in metal pop filter behind the mesh, the capsule is suspended from an internal shock mounting system that actually works, and it comes with rechargeable batteries that boost the power above 48v if needed to capture transients with total clarity. Super flat FR curve with just a nice, smooth presence and air boost. I got a chance to do a side-by-side test with an original Neumann U47 on a grand piano, and it sounded remarkable. It's not just amazing for VO, but it's great on snares, kicks, any instrument, really-especially the cello. It makes the current 100s sound like a RØDE NT1a. Amazing mic. I'm only telling people about it now because I've already got a few! He did a e100s v e100 video. Doesn't quite show off the full range of the mic, but gives you a good idea of the relative warmth and richness. The e100s sounds brittle in comparison. If you want more highs out of the e100, it sounds way better to boost them than it does to cut them from the e100s. It's like butter!

Leah, I mean this in the kindest way, and I'm not sure what mics you were testing, but that XY mic sounds really awful compared to just about anything. When you're first starting out, your ears might not yet be trained well enough to hear the difference, but an experienced listener will cringe at that mic. The other problem with it is that it records in stereo, so if you move, your audiobook listener will be able to tell you've changed position. Plus, your file sizes will be double. You really only want stereo in audiobooks if there is music or special effects like in some of the bigger productions (like the Star Wars books). Even then, the VO is recorded in mono with a single mic. If you want a great mic at a low price that also has a really tight pickup pattern so it won't pick up unwanted noise, watch reverb.com and eBay for the original CAD e100. Be careful not to get the e100 2 (terrible mic) or the current e100s. I've bought them for a little as $150 to $200. I have a few because they are comparable to some of the legendary mics in quality and I use them for everything from voice over to recording drums, cellos, and even grand pianos, and they stand up to legendary mics that cost over $10K. You can hook it straight into your Zoom H5 and record straight to the SD card, just like with the XY mic, but you'll have immeasurably better quality. I hope I managed to pass this info along with the spirit of helpfulness with which it was intended. I'm just looking out for your best interest. That XY is just really, really bad for audiobook or VO work for so many reasons. Best wishes to you!

Wait, where can you rent microphones??? Please help 😂

@Jack Kyle thats the internet version of the guy who likes to hear themselves talk. Wall of text is the red flag 🚩 lol

I miss the soundbooth : (

I use the DBX with my TLM 103! Seems to work a charm! Though I needa' upgrade my UR12 to an Audient iD14 I dare say. Would most likely unlock this mic's true potential. Also got my eye on the MKH 416. Seems like a lovely mic for commercial.

I have become addicted to sound. I also have the Mixpre3 , H6 , MM1 and bunch of mics. Sometimes i just pick the h6 couple with the MM1 via quater inch cable to record my audiobooks and the sound i get from that matches the mixpre3 recorder, very high quality audio when using dynamic mics. I set the MMI on the dynamic setting and get studio quality sound.

I don't think we'll see a video on that topic because you really can't get away with using any kind of noise reduction software when doing professional VO work. Even RX, the industry standard, still leaves artifacts that are audible to anyone with even a little ear training. It's okay for podcasts, and It'll get you by the ACX algorithms if you're doing audiobooks, but the hit to quality is very audible. ReaFir or RX are great in pinch if something sneaks into an otherwise great recording and you need to clean up just a second or two, but using them on the whole file isn't gonna fly if you want to do this professionally. If it's a really low frequency rumble, a better option may be to use a high pass filter. You can just use the built in EQ in REAPER and cut out the low frequencies altogether. As long as your voice is not in the same frequency range as the rumble, this is a much better solution than noise reduction. A lot of my voice is in the 35-70Hz range, so I can't get away with this, but most people can roll of everything under 80Hz without effecting their voice. I'm not sure if what you're describing is noise that the AC is causing in the wiring or if it's ambient noise. If it's in the wiring, there are power cleaners you can get that will get rid of that. If it's ambient noise, there are a lot of options for blocking it out. In any case, it's something you really need to resolve BEFORE you record, not after.

X S Thanks. The noise problem is ambient. RX does seem to do an even better job than Reafir, but I realize and agree that the real answer is noise abatement rather than trying to fix it in post.