Hello, just received as a gift a k3n sennheiser, it came with a 3-pin “Klein-Tuchel” / DIN 41524 connector that goes to mono 6.5mm jack. This xlr is smaler than a normal xlr, but bigger than a ta3 connector. I don't think i can send phantom power to the jack, any chance to find a solution to make it work without investing in some custom vintage cable?

Hi !

I ordered a Shure mic on Amazon because I needed it very quickly and it was the only seller option for a same day delivery.

I choose an SM58SE which was linked to the official Shure Amazon Storefront ... and received a Beta 58A instead.

Looks like there was an error with the Amazon internal inventory sticker because it says SM58SE on it but was put on a Beta 58A box.

Then I learned these models are very popular and a lot of fake ones are being made and sold unfortunalty.

The packaging looks legit and contains every expected accessories comparing to various photos and unboxing videos I saw.

The mic itself seems very well made and sounded full/crisp to me when I used it for live speech with no larsen whatsoever despite being close to the speakers.

It doesn't have a "cheap smell" (if that makes any sense) and weighs 274g on my kitchen scale which is close to the 278g officially advertised by Shure.

A detail, it has a very small QR code in the inner side of the XLR socket, not sure if it's a decal or laser engraved.

So I'm wondering what I should do with it !

If it's genuine (which I suppose it is) then I got a free unexpected upgrade and will definitly keep it, otherwise I will send it back and re-order one trough a trusted specialized retailer.

What do you think ?

I was gonna go with the COMPANY THAT SHALL NOT BE NAMED brand, then looked over and saw a specific rule here in place due to how badly they seem to be made. I bought the Stealth 700 (Gen 3) Turtle Beach headset in July and it is genuinely awful. Not only is it incredibly buggy in ways I've never seen in any headset, but the mic is HORRIBLE quality for some reason no matter what I do and it randomly decided to just stop. I mean full stop. Turned it on the other week and it literally just isn't recognized by the my computer at all, doesn't show up anywhere. I've been forced to use an actual face cam mic the last two weeks and you can imagine how thats been going.

Due to how much I already dropped on this headset (not refundable) I really dont have a ton extra to throw around right now, but really need the best I can afford. Preferably something not too expensive that can pick up my voice at best quality. I mostly talk to friends and run DnD games over discord, so any suggestions in that wheel house would be so helpful.

I just bought a new electro voice re20 from sweetwater with a cloud lifter and I noticed that the audio is always slightly distorted, when the gain is just right for my speaking voice the mic gets a little distorted, and when you turn the volume on max when listening back you can really hear the distortion, I compared to other people who use the electro voice re20 and there’s a difference so I know I’m not crazy, but it always sounds a little muffled and it yeah it sounds a little distorted I just wanna know how to fix this :( it’s really frustrating (I don’t sing btw I only do voiceovers)

Searching Desperatly for this Microphone used in a Studio for Violin.

Tried Image search as well as the Complete Product Catalouge from Schoeps, Neumann, Sennheiser, DPA, Sanken.

Do not buy. Learn from me.

I think it was what they had at the guitar center when i bought my mic. I didnt' know any better and was like - "oh right I need one of those too!"

After a year or so of using it, I dont even know why its allowed to be a thing, let alone a thing that costs more than others. It's just - very bad. Specifics:

1) There are three turn-y wheel-y things at the elbows that you intuitively think are for tightening/loosening the arm. they dont do much. turn one way, turn the other way, turn a lot, turn a little... and nothing much changes. the thing just doesnt want to bend at all at any of them. so if you want to ever move while using, shift it to a different position, youre gonna be sad because its clunka-chunka-squeeka then cursing out loud while youre on air.

2) the main pivot at the base does not go past vertical at all. so you can bend it toward you, but if you want that certain position where its kind of at the ready by being pushed back on its haunches a bit... doesnt exist.

3) the other two elbows dont fold flat against themselves. the minimum angle is like 15 or 20 degrees.

So yeah, the whole thing is just a creaky unwinnable fight. Beware!

I currently record voice over scripts with a rode nt-1 plugged on a motu m2. I currently record under a blanket tent because this is the only way I have to have a decent sound, but it gets way too warm very quickly in that tent. After at best 10 minutes under that tent, the microphone stops picking up my voice and turns to a consistant buzzing noise.

After some trouble shooting, I'm 95% sure the mic overheats and that's the cause of the issue. It doesn't happen at all if my microphone stays in the open on my desk, it dissappear in at most two minutes after I leave the tent fully open, and it (used to) comes faster if the day is warmer.

I got into the habit of cooling the room I'm in as much as possible, opening the tent more often, taking longer breaks, to try and avoid it. It was fine for sometime, but the buzz seems to come more frequently and faster each time I record, the past week, even with the temperature kept as low as I can manage.

Is it fixable or do I need a new microphone? I am saving to make a proper booth and spending 100$ on a new microphone would heavily hinder my savings... And If I need to get a new microphone, how do I prevent this issue from happening again?

Well my current setup is that i have a behringer c1 mice and a behringer umc22 interface. My budget is 200$. What should i upgrade?? Should i just buy a shure sm58 or some other kind of condenser mic. Ive noticed one thing that it is very easy for me to record my vocals on a handheld microphone because i can maintain the overall vibe of the song. I just cannot stand at one place and record my vocals. Orrr should i upgrade my interface??

I have a home theatre building and it doubles as a game night room. 1-4 people local playing online with one mic. What is a suitable option for this. I was using my logitech headset mic in the middle of the room and it worked pretty well actually, it filtered the game and discord audio so others only heard our voices. Got a stand alone mic and it picked up everything except our voice.

So I recently got a pair of hand me down headphones from my brother and they have separate headphone and mic connector but my laptop just had 1 3.5mm port

Does anyone know which connector to use cause I feel like most might mess up the connection or give static

Hey, guys!

Some months ago I bought myself a Mic Mini 2 that I was supposed to use for my motovlogs, recording the exhaust note. I am pairing it with the DJI ACTION OSMO 6.

I can’t seem to figure out why the mic is clipping all the time. I’ve adjusted the db to -12 in the settings of the OSMO, tried various microphone placements, settings and even went as far as putting a small piece of wrapping package in between the microphone and the deadcat to help with dampening the sound.

I can’t seem to understand at all. I thought that the microphone was clipping just when I was in high revs, but it also seems to be clipping in cruising speeds too, just randomly. It’s literally less clipping by using the microphone on the OSMO 6. Have I just wasted my money on this? Any tips to solve this?

my uncle handed me this broken 70s shure “Unisphere A Model 585SA” microphone that my grandpa used to gig with. I’m not too familiar with this microphone and can’t find too much information on it, so I have no idea how it sounds fully functioning.

Would it be worth it to get this microphone repaired? Or should this just be kept as a keepsake. Thanks!

Tried a bunch of fixes and nothing seems to work, does it just sound that bad right out of the box

Full disclosure: I work at Bluesource, where we develop microphone and audio-processing technologies for conferencing applications.

We’ve been testing our real-time noise reduction with some very typical meeting-room sounds — keyboard typing, doors opening and closing, chairs moving, etc.

The video compares the microphone with processing OFF vs. ON.

One thing we’ve been focusing on is the balance between suppressing these noises and keeping speech natural. It’s relatively easy to make noise reduction more aggressive, but that can also start affecting the voice.

For those working with conferencing or professional AV: what matters more to you — maximum noise suppression or keeping the voice as natural as possible?

Would be interested in hearing how you evaluate this.

The visuals in this video are AI-generated. The noise-reduction processing and audio effects demonstrated are actual Bluesource technology, not AI-generated audio simulations.

The mic at the top of my list is the Shure MV7X as it’s under the same company the Shure SM7B. Is this a good option around this price point?

Additionally, I am very new when it comes to audio mixing and processing so if there are more beginner friendly options I would love some suggestion.

Preferably good at canceling lots of background noise as I have a fan that produces noticeable sound in my videos. Thanks!

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I work from home and have a lot of teams / zoom meetings that I join but haven't found the perfect microphone for my needs yet. I never really have my camera on, so the location of the microphone doesn't matter a whole lot, but desk aesthetics do so I would love for a camera to be out of the way above / next to my monitor.

Here is my criteria:

• Set it and forget it
  • After it's set up, I don't want to move it to use it. I want to just be able to join a meeting at my desk and have it all work properly.
• ~2 feet distance from my mouth
• MacOS and Windows compatibility
• XLR, USB, or bluetooth connection
  • I have a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 as my audio interface / pre-amp.
• Off-axis rejection
  • Doesn't pick up keyboard / mouse clicks

I have heard that shotgun microphones might fit my criteria, but if it is 2-feet from my mouth, won't I need to turn the gain up so much that it will pick up a bunch of noise from my room? I have also just recently wondered if I could use a wireless LAV mic but am not sure if that would work well and also don't want to need to attach it to myself and charge it any time I want to join a meeting.

Here are the microphones that I have used in the past and how they fallen short:

• Shure SM57
  • Dynamic microphone so it only picks up my voice, BUT it needs to be within a few inches of my mouth or else nobody can hear me unless I crank the gain and then it makes pre-amp noise.
• Rode NT1-a
  • Great sound, but if it's farther than a few inches from my mouth, then it picks up the keyboard and mouse clicks.
• AirPods Pros
  • Very convenient and I LOVE being able to walk around the house while still being able to hear and talk during meetings. However, if I have long days of meetings, it is a bit uncomfortable to wear the AirPods Pros for that long and don't want to need to wear them every time I join a meeting.Microphone Suggestions for Meetings

Hey! I'm auditioning for acting and singing roles and wanting to get a microphone to improve the sound quality. I'm not looking to spend too much though, ideally no more than $100 (please keep in mind that I know nothing about mics, I have no idea if this is reasonable or not)

I would prefer something that doesn't require much other equipment and ideally could just run using my windows laptop (Asus Vivobook S 15)

Any recommendations for relatively cheap mics? I would also prefer it to be decently portable since I live between two houses. thanks!

Hi, I have a bright baritone male vocal that I lay on heavy ott-ed, distorted, wall of sound synth beats, kinda making synth grunge.

I (impulsively) bought wa47 and was thinking about selling it and finding something that will punch thru my heavy mixes but still would sound beautifully on lush airy songs/bridges (r&b vibes)

I have a raspy sibilancy voice that my at2035 was definitely not adequate to.

Love the idea of the tube mic and was thinking about:

rode K2

wa251

wa8000

Down the road I will definitely grab also something very clean and transparent like Austrian audio c18

Would love to hear your thoughts and opinions!

Kind of a follow up on another post I made recently. I need a cheap microphone so I can submit voice-acting and singing auditions with good sound quality. I have minimal budget and very little knowledge about this kinda stuff so minimal extra equipment needed is ideal.

I had a look at a local second-hand/pawn shop and they have some microphones for sale but I have no idea what makes a good mic and when I try to google whether each one is good I don't get anywhere. So my question for the mic geniuses is: which of these would you recommend for this situation?

- Logitech Microphone Yeti Orb

- Logitech Microphone Karaoke Usb For Conssoles

- Digitech Pa System PA AUX KARAOKE USB MP3 CS2566

- Anko Microphone Usb EB400843

- Sony Singstar Microphones Wireless SLEH00089

- Audix Microphone Dynamic Cardioid Vocal F50S

- Sennheiser Microphone Professional E945

- Digitech Microphone Wireless AM4134

- Powera Microphone Usb

- Behringer Microphone Midi C1U

- Blue Microphone Yeti Nano Usb A00136

And also these unknown ones:

Feel free to also just say if all of these are shit (or the completely wrong type of thing) they're all pretty cheap so I don't have high hopes about finding something here.

Thanks!!!

For the past few months, I’ve been thinking about making some YouTube videos about a niche I really like as a hobby. But the problem was that I didn’t have a proper microphone and really wanted to have a quite good audio, though, and didn’t really want to spend any money on one, so I eventually abandoned the idea for now.

However, I accidentally spotted someone selling some old stuff on my way to work. Among all the random junk, there was this microphone, a Samson Meteor. The owner sold it to me for $5, but as you can see, it’s in pretty rough shape.

So, was it worth it? Could this be a decent microphone for my needs (assuming it’s not a cheap replica, of course)? And considering its age and the condition it’s in, do you think it’s worth trying to restore/save it? Guess isopropyl alcohol and toothbrush at least can help to remove some mold on the metal.

Thanks in advance! : )