Thank you!! It’s a great sounding mic! Great presence👍🏻

I adopted her two years ago because the family wanted a cat. she is very shy and skittish. But somehow along the way she became attached to me instead and follows me everywhere, and won’t let anybody touch her. 😂 So she has become part of my background now in my videos. Lol. As far as mics, if you are wanting an entry level budget USB mic, this is a good choice, I love the FiFine K688 USB mic the best as far as sound and price! if you want to eventually bump up to an xlr mic without having to buy another mic, the FIFIne AM8 is a great budget option.

for me personally, it's the AM8. Much better sound out of the box. Not a second thought if the additional cost is not an issue.

thank you so much Mike. wish you all the best in 2024.@@levelupwithmikenewman

Honestly, the best and cheapest USB mic for around / just under $50 is the FiFine am8. The Maono PD100u is a great mic with even better audio, but there is no built in headphone monitoring. A great mic for talking head videos where you don’t want to wear headphones or also plug directly into a gaming console for game chat. But if you want to be able to hear your audio in headphones with zero latency, I would go with the recently released FIFine AM8 👍🏻

@@levelupwithmikenewman but if you’d have to choose audio and noise cancellation over anything else? Which 1 you’d suggest?

@@NipanPatgiri the PD100u to me definitely sounds the best and was the best at noise rejection of those two are the only factors you are interested in.

Purple is quickly becoming a favorite of mine…I would love to see some more mics in this color!

She is such a good kid, and loves creating videos! She gives me a hard time when some of her shorts have more views than my videos I post. A little family competition to stoke her creative fire 🔥. if you ever stumble across a purple dynamic mic, let me know! Ps…I’m rotting for the LCT 240 pro in your showdowns every time!! Lol. Absolutely love that mic!!

@@levelupwithmikenewman that's awesome. My 9 year old and I just made a video for his channel and simultaneously recorded content for kine.... Wireless mics at the park. Always fun! And I'll keepy eyes peeled!

I also watched your video on the PD200x and wonder if that would be better for me with it being dynamic vs condenser. I do want to try doing some singing recording with my niece as well.

I was also considering the NZXT Capsule

It definitely requires TLC for treating the room you’re in because of how good it is at picking up the little details of your voice, as well as any background noises too. 👍🏻

Thank you. She knows how to run everything in my studio. Records shorts all the time.

@@levelupwithmikenewman the new generation children’s very smart, is here I agree with your opinion. I have cousins who was born after 2010 and damn they understand everything

The noise suppression is an effective, in fact, a little TOO effective. It will cut out fan noise, but also cut up you voice too when it kicks in. It is a sensitive mic to background noises and key strokes so it will need to be mounted to a mic stand or boom arm up and away from the keyboard.

@@levelupwithmikenewman thanks! Any other recommendations around the same price ? I have a fifine usb mic in my cart but cant remember which one

The Tonor TD310 has the best off axis rejection under $50. The fifine AM8 is great for noise rejection at this price point, the Shure SM57 with the a2ws pop filter is really good at under $100 for noise rejection

@@levelupwithmikenewman thanks for the recommendations!

The DM30 is a condenser, and is very sensitive to the noises on my room. The Maono PD200x was way better. If you are anything like me with moving your hands/using your hands when you speak, the PM421 is a punching bag in front of you and you create abrupt banging noises in your audio with it being a tall, side address mic. The PD200x is sideways and that gives you more space to use your hands to express what you are trying to coach people on. To me, with a fan in the room and a lot of hand motion happing when you talk, the PD200x is the way to go. Plus you can use both xlr and usb depending on what your needs are. But you have more options with it. I just posted my review of the PD200x, and it performed wonderfully for me

@@levelupwithmikenewman I have so much respect and love to you. I appreciate you so freaking much man. Thank you so much! PD200X IT IS THEN SIR! thank you so much again!

I cannot say for certain, but if you have a usb C input, it think it should. Usually MacOS is the stuff that a lot of gear won’t work right on. PC is more audio/video gear friendly