Shure SM7b vs CAD E100S - Dynamic vs Condenser
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Comparison of the Shure SM7B dynamic vs CAD E100S condenser microphones.
Shure SM7B: geni.us/Huv3i (Amazon)
Cloudlifter: geni.us/8NSN (Amazon)
CAD E100S: geni.us/H3kNl (Amazon)
NOW - "Go pick a microphone and record something AMAZING!" - what a line!!!!!!
Bionic Tdb he sounded so genuine and original
Was just at your Massdrop E100S video. Wondering if it would be a better fit than my SM7B. Voila! Here's your video comparing the two! Best voice recording channel on UA-cam, keep it up!
The CAD E100S sounded as if you needed to boost it a bit when comparing it to the Shure SM7b, especially before the CL1. I have a similar set up, except I don't use a Zoom for recording, my preamp is a Grace m101 which will give the SM7b more than enough gain, especially when you change the Grace to ribbon mode. I really love both mics, however I find pluses and minuses with both,
The SM7b has a mid boost switch, which can change the cut of the mic and give you a few more db's of mids and highs. This works on some voices very well. There is also a high pass filter, so essentially you have 4 different sound modes in one mic. The windscreens also give the Shure different voices, try it without the foam screens and the mic really opens up. The tone of the SM7b is tailored for voice as well. I find when recording someone who has a lot of mouth noise, or sibilance, this mic greatly reduces both. As you said, the Shure will also pick up less room than most condensers.
The E100S is just a wonderful microphone, low noise, tight hyper cardiod pattern, great sound, but it is less forgiving if you are slightly off axis and it has a more pronounced proximity effect than the Shure, meaning, if you are adding corrections to say some long form narration, an audio book for example, if you are not in the exact same place, there will be noticeable differences in tone. But it is one of the best mics for voice over bar none, in my opinion. Very smooth, natural and overall pleasant to listen to, without the overly hyped frequencies, both high and low of many mics. It just presents the voice in an almost detached space, allowing it to sit unnoticed by the listener. Needs very little post processing.
When it comes to an Electrovoice, I like the RE 320, it sounds very similar to a Sennheiser 416, nice high end, not too boomy bottom. The RE 20 needs a bit more power than the Shure and has a duller, flatter sound than the 320. The advantage of the RE 320 is, you don't need a Cloudlifter, it's a much hotter mic than the SM7b and RE 20, sounds more like a condenser, with less proximity, the Electrovoice Vari D system is great for that, and costs less than the RE20, Shure and CAD. There are enough online shootouts to give you an idea of how both mics sound.
I have a Neumann TLM 102, like it better for voice than the TLM 103, but that's just me. I chose an AKG C414 XL II (when I was comparing it against the TLM 103), which costs a little more than the TLM 103, but it is a much more versatile microphone over all, comes with everything you need, right out of the box.
That said, if I were advising someone looking for the best value, sound and so on, I would choose a CAD E100S, just my opinion.
Michael Graphone MAN! You sound like a Pro man
Who cares what you think? 🙄
keep up, you will be big deal
Thanks for watching! +عشوائيات
Bro I've been following you for a while and I really don't understand why you don't have a bigger following. Real helpful man. Keep it up!
This was awesome! Thinking about getting the Shure SM7B and this helped alot.
4 years now are verified
also if you're into recording music the sm7b sounds great on a kick drum
Dope videos! Keep it up, just found your channel and you've got some good stuff. I'm wondering, do you have any knowledge on mixing voice over for games or animation?
ThickFreedom I'm wondering the same thing. Have you discovered anything in your search?
I haven't really found a guide on this or anything, but I have come up with my own way of doing things. In short: mimic irl as closely as you possibly can given the tools and recording environment you have access to. Get nice dry recordings, eq out the nasty low frequencies/boxieness/tinniness, throw a light compressor on it so its comfortable to listen to and sits on top of music or whatever (ratio of 2 and no more than that). Outdoors scenes should be dry with no reverb, use delay for yelling or screaming, indoors scenes should have subtle reverb. Use automation to control panning and volume for a more 3d effect. Use eq on bg music tracks to create a space for the voice to sit in the mix.
That's basically a list of the kinds of things I do, still messing around to get it good but I think I'm on the right track. Try going outside with a mic and recording some voice then do the same indoors and listen to how it sounds and try to mimic that.
ThickFreedom wow! That's detailed man, thanks! Reading through your suggestions and realizing I'm more of a newb than I thought haha! But I can't wait to get started. Thats awesome you're figuring things out though. What mic did you end up using?
Thanks bro play around with it, let me know if you find something I don't know. I decided to go with the MKH-416 its so good, 100% worth the money. You can hear how it sounds in my Pegomastax video.
awesome bro, I'll check that one out and your vid too!
The Cloudlifter just increases the loudness of the noise with the gain also from my experience. I don’t see how it’s beneficial.
The cloudlifter is a fantastic tool with the sm7b.
I use a Fethead with my SM57. Those things are a life saver! Though I've been thinking of switching to a condenser because since I have a higher voice, those dynamics sound like my voice is in a cone. If I had a richer voice it would probably pop a lot better because dynamics are just better at lower frequencies whereas with mine, it just makes it too bassy and if I use EQ to fix it, it reduces definition in the sound. Condensers have a much more natural sound but they pick up SO damn much and that's not good for my setup lol
Excellent video as usual. I'm a happy owner of a SM7B (and a Cloudlifter), btw... ;-)
Could I use a CL with a condenser mic if I had an external phantom power source between the CL and the mic? Is that a bad idea?? I'm just recording out of my home so I want to get clean audio from soft singing vocals (hence the condenser) but also clean gain from the cloudlifter... thank you for any help!!!
Triton Audio FetHead Phantom. It's a pre-preamp just like the CloudLifter, but it's for condenser microphones and very compact.
I was looking for gear to start doing actual, good quality voice-over for my UA-cam channel. Just glad I stumbled upon your channel! After watching bunch of your different mic comparisons and reviews, I feel like I have made a good, informed choice between NT1, SM7B and AT4040. Selecting the one that is not technically the best and most accurate, but fits my job and my voice the best. I chose SM7B.
It is not easy to convey that kind of "gut feeling" and experience through medium like video, you succeeded. Just absolutely marvelous work, simple but effective - Keep it up!
If you were to recommend one microphone (without a price limit) what would you recommend ?
+Snow Reacts without price limit? That would be a Neumann U87. It's pretty much the king of the hill in voiceover and a very versatile microphone.
omg thank you!!! & You just prefer H416 because of the way it makes your voice sound??
+Snow Reacts that and the fact that the U87 costs more than three times as much ;-). It's about $3,500. I instead also use the Neumann TLM-103, which is a somewhat similar, but simpler microphone than the U87.
+Snow Reacts that and the fact that the U87 costs more than three times as much ;-). It's about $3,500. I instead also use the Neumann TLM-103, which is a somewhat similar, but simpler microphone than the U87.
+Booth Junkie do you prefer the TLM-103 over your shotgun microphone?? & for an interface do you prefer the duet over the portable one that you have?
for my sm7b.. I use something called a triton fat hed or maybe it's spelled fat head... any way what it does is snap in between the mics XLR connecter and the XLR cable it is really small, it will turn the Phantom power on your mixer into preamp gain! it sounds great and is much cheaper then the cloud lifter. . I got mine used on ebay for about $60
I second that. The FetHead is truly an amazing piece of gear.
Toons on Strings it’s FetHead. And I use the same thing
Its so funny how the SM7b has become a "thing" mostly because of social media. I was a session drummer and bassist for 35 years and I rarely every saw an SM7 outside of a DJ booth in radio stations. And I literally never had one put on my kick drum. For most engineers, It just was not that useful of a mic for recording music... there were, and are, SO many better choices.
Yet now it seems like literally EVERYONE is buying them--once again because of social media... and no one seems to understand how they work, until social media tells them to spend more money on an extra gadget to fix their "problem" when the actual problem is a lack of education and research in the first place. They are all quick to justify spending extra money to make the thing work in their home "studio" or UA-cam Channels and claiming how "great it sounds" while never having used any other mics.
And FWIW I've seen several other reviewers make the exact same video about this mic as you and get ripped to pieces by commenters protecting their decision to buy this mic without understanding how to use it.
Its very sad.
@Conrad Donovan if you’re getting plosives on the sm7b you’re doing it wrong.
This was an excellent overview the time it got released. However, times have moved on and today they are actually multiple entry level and prosumer devices very capable of driving the SM7B To its potential, with out the need for something like the Cloudlifter. So the extra cost is no more a consideration point.
Your voice sounded better with the Shure/CL imo. The plosives were still popping in the CAD despite the pop filter.
Finding room treatment produces the best improvement, dollar for dollar, over buying more expensive gear. Room treatment is a boring topic and new gear is usually exciting. Who talks about blankets? 😁🤪😆🤯
Hey Mike, not sure if you ever read these comments but I can't for the life of me find anything on the best preamps for gain hungry mics like the Shure sm7b. I got the 2i2 and cloud lifter and there's a gross buzz/current that can be heard. I've searched forums and your videos and I can't find a solid solution to simply get a preamp that has 70+ db of clean gain. I'm entirely new to mics and preamps so maybe this preamp doesn't exist but it's odd as Shure themselves state that at minimum you want 60+ db of gain just to hit 0. The only preamps I found have all these extra functions which brings up the cost and there's no way for me to find out if these fancy preamps bring in clean gain or if they just have 70+ gain but it's not clean. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
Shure SM7B is a win!
I use a dbx 286s and I still have alot of back ground noise. You should do a video with the SM7B and the dbx for correct settings.
There are no correct settings you can take over.
The setting will change wildly room to room.
If you get background noise either build a better room or increase your gate/invest into active denoising devices.
Narrower lobe of sensitivity
*hits mic*
loud voices sounds robotic in blue yeti.
Can you help me with it ?
could you do a comparison of your cad e100s vs your Neumann TLM 103? I keep trying to find comparisons and can't find any
Click here >> 8:50 to see true terror on a man’s face.
Very useful video, thanks.
Great job dude! excellent presentation. Big thumbs up and subscribed.
I'm running into an issue with my Shure SM7B, where to meet ACX's average volume requirements I have to aggressively amplify the recorded signal. Even with a Cloudlifter I'm getting very noticeable hiss after that post-production step. I don't believe I can get any physically closer to get my voice louder. Does anyone have thoughts on how I could eliminate the hiss?
It honestly might just be room noise, but I don't know the difference between it and pre-amp hiss.
Get a better pre-amp
SM7B sounded beautiful with the cloudlifter... picked up the sound of your voice and all of the subtleties in your enunciation in a great way
facts
Thanks so much for this. I wasn't find the same type of clear comparison anywhere else. I'm new in radio and working on a home recording set up for commercials and a future youtube channel and this helped immensely!
hey dude, trust me！you're definitely gonna be a u2b star！
Great analysis. I rented an SM7B and I had to crank my gain to the max to get a halfway decent signal. And the audio was still weaker than I'd hoped. It's a great mic, but probably better suited for a professional environment.
Actually you’re wrong. It’s best suited for a non profession environment. Find me a mic that in a non professional sound treated room gets rid of room noise, plosives, and reduces sybilince (sp) more than this the sm7b.
I’ll wait.
Its a good male vocal video, good sound. Just to add the SM7b can pick up rf noise more easily too, also mentioned on the Shure site. I had that RF issue in a small area desktop workspace the SM7b was picking up a rf issue with the preamp turned up.
The condensors sensitivity pickup the pc fans! and all the rest... I find middle sensitvity mics like the KSM 27 works great and can go straight into a standard interface with centered gain/50%. The CAD E100 is really sensitve and requires a good room, I had one and it was picking up the attic fan!
Thanks, I think you may have helped me finally figure out what mic I should get. I am trying to do voice recording on a sailboat ( outside sounds I can't control ). So hope with it and sound proofing it could work. Any thoughts? I'd love to hear your opinion. Thanks and thanks for your awesome videos.😊
The noise floor hiss on the SM7b!! Yikes.
Let me just say this... Your voice sounds absolutely awesome in the 7B with the cloudlifter and even without it. Hands down... it's a fabulous mic.
The E100S is sooo much quieter. Wow.
You can really hear the hiss/noise floor for the Sm7b due to the gain.
It may also be worth noting that the CAD e100s has the lowest “self noise” of pretty much any microphone on the market.
I used a cloudlifter with my SM7B until I sold it today. My Audient iD14 does an amazing job and it’s no longer necessary. EDIT: I did try a FetHead and have to admit it makes a huge difference. I definitely would recommend a FetHead over the Cloudlifter.
Was that a FetHead with the ID14 or do you mean on the old interface?
Curious, why would you recommend the FetHead over the Cloudlifter?
If I were to get the SM7B, are there any cheaper options than a Cloud-lifter? Couldn't I just get a Hum Eliminator like this one and wouldn't it basically do the same thing? Here is just a random Hum Eliminator: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BARTW42/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Thanks for the help my dude! I'll definitely check it out
Thanks for another very informative video. I'm attempting to get started in voice work and your videos have already helped me greatly. Keep up the great work.
+Donnie Lee glad you liked it! Best of luck with your voice work!
Good points at 15:00 about the 7b being useful if recording at the same time as others such as a multi person podcast. You see lead singers use these too, presumably to reduce bleed from other band members playing while recording the vocals if not in a booth.
I'm STILL loving my Shure Sm7b. I have a Fethead that I used with my Audient ID14 at first. Now I have a Mackie 802VLZ4 and simply 'gain stack' with that. Since the ID14 has no way of bypassing the preamp this gain stacking must happen. The Fethead may sound a bit better but for my use having the mixer in my setup offers a lot of other pluses beyond just getting my Shure SM7b's gain up.
I found an old used CAD E100 which sounds absolutely amazing, but because it's not as popular as the Sure SM7B I was nervous about buying it. Your video gave me insight on the subject. Thanks!!
Good call Phil. I keep two vintage e100 mics in my locker. They really are a secret weapon for voiceover!
The Shure seems to be a lot of trouble for the price. I think I will save my money.
Really shure sm7b it’s ok for voiceover? Why people talk no only condenser large diaphragm mic dynimic not working for voiceover
Cloudlifter - $150
Fethead - $89
There are options!
Your videos are always sooo helpful!
First of all I would like to mention that I am one of your big fans as I am interested in the way that you’re giving technical details that we won’t find it on other channels so I have a question if you please…I already have the DBX 286s but I would like something similar(with the same quality)for traveling(smaller one)and also a recommended traveling sound card(it doesn’t matter if it’s expensive) but I need those two things for traveling(small) ones for traveling, will you kindly help me with any recommendations?
P.s” I need it for voice over and podcasting work only”.
Thank you so much and I wish you all the best 🙏
Hey Mike, love your stuff, but you have the physics wrong. It matters not about pickup pattern or operating principle; it's all about distance. To paraphrase: In acoustics, the sound pressure of a spherical wavefront radiating from a point source (your mouth on axis, in this case) decreases by 50% as the distance is doubled. The pressure ratio is not inverse-square, but is inverse-proportional (inverse distance law). The distance in question is mouth to mic diaphragm, not the mic grill. The capsule is significantly recessed on an SM7b. Cheers, -glenn
Tried this microphone and it was awful. Bought the cloudlifter and still awful. Barely picks up my voice and when using the cloudlifter I still have to set my gain to 100% but when I do that it becomes to loud but when i turn it down to around 80% it becomes really quiet with a hiss. No matter what i tried it just doesn't produce the sound everyone else is getting. I'm using a focusrite scarlett solo with the cloudlifter cl-1 and the shure sm7b. Slowly regretting spending all this money on a microphone that just produces awful sound. I've also tried using it on the Behringer X2222USB Xenyx 22 Input 2/2 Bus Mixer which also didn't work. I've turned phantom power on for both the scarlett and behringer and it just doesn't do what it should do. I cannot get my head around this and its giving me a headache since i've been researching for a solution for the past week with no fix found.
Hey Mike Great stuff - have you ever used two mics -(one in phase) and the other one (out of phase) to cancel out back ground sound -
If you recorded the SM7B in 32 bit float then raised the levels in post, would you avoid the noise floor issues you’d get with high gain pre amps?
Lol, I have a dual mesh pop filter and the bigger foam thing on my SM7B, and I still pop like crazy on it. Especially when doing vocals, but to be fair, those can be summarized as "random shouting". I didn't use it with a Cloudlifter in the beginning, as for vocals, I simply didn't need it. But it was a must for when I started using it for work calls and whatnot, especially as I then have it a bit further away from me.
I'm quite certain I could have gotten a bit of a nicer mic if I spent the same money it and the Cloudlifter cost on something else, but I for sure did not know enough to do so when I bought it, and one thing I will give it is that it is amazing at rejecting the noise from the electromagnetic nightmare that is my workstation, along with all the bussing fans and extra crap that comes with that territory.
I use 2 pre-amps to run mine, mic goes into an audiofuse studio, then an insert to a DBX 286s, so each pre-amp just has to lift a little "weight"..... noise floor is essentially silent
Unless you have a really good preamp or powerful gain on your interface, I don't recommend the SM7B. It's a good mic if you have a board, but the gain is too low. I had one. You can also use an inline cloudlifter but it just raises the gain on both your voice and all other noise.
what about for singers?!
I gonna start a small home studio... as a singer, am I better off with the condensor mic?!
thanks !
😊
What's best for doing voiceover works, dynamic or condenser mic?
I think this video saved me from making a dumb purchase. Thank you!
Active mics can be very noisy if the internal electronics are sub standard conversely the dynamic mic can be very quiet (hiss) if you use a good quality mic pre, for me the sm7b is a way better mic.
Typing this during coronavirus: cannot find these mics at the prices you state at the start of the video. Maybe price gouging while everyone is desperately trying to buy stuff for virtual communication and perhaps an uptick in people setting up home studios.
You're fabulous. Thanks for this.
Thank you man! I'm having the Shure SM7B and the RODE NT1-A. With that i'm using the Behringer Xenyx X1204 USB. Both mics sound really good through the Behringer, but of course if you're going to buy the SM7B with the Behringer, it's going to get a lot more expensive. But that also depends on what you're doing. The NT1-A also sounds awesome through the Behringer, but still. If you're sure you want to buy the SM7B, then just buy the Cloudlifter instead of a mixer. And thanks to you Junkie! Your videos are really helpful!
Cringer what IS the best for you among those 2 MIC?
That's difficult for me to answer. I can't tell you which one is better. I'm still just using the mixer and not with a cloudlifter, and both mics sound really good through the mixer. If you don't want to spent your money on a cloudlifter or something, then i'd go with the nt1-a, it's a good mic for vocals etc. I'm using it for my short films and trailers, because it just sounds so good with the nt1-a. If you now wanna make commentaries and gaming videos, i'd go with the shure sm7b. I'm using that mic since my unboxing video of the shure sm7b. I also made a comparison in my unboxing video with the nt1-a and the sm7b, but sadly i forgot to change the settings on my mixer for the sm7b so it fits to the sm7b since it's a different mic. In my channel trailer, i'm using the nt1-a with just my mixer, then i edited it a little bit in audacity. You can try to watch my channel trailer if you'd like to hear what you can get out of the nt1-a. And in my newest videos i'm using the sm7b, but i didn't edit my voice with the sm7b yet, so what you hear in my newest videos, isn't the best you can get out of the sm7b. Overall, like i said. I love both mics, they're both really good. It depends on what you're doing, since i'm using the sm7b a lot, i'm goind to buy a cloudlifter soon or maybe just an audio interface. Again, it really depends on what you're doing. If you'd like some help, i'd be able to help you :)
Cringer thank you so much cringer, i'll be using my Next first MIC for singing... i discovered a MIC called electro voice re20 i'll bet for it
No problem! That's a great mic too! Are you gonna use a mixer for that, or are you just gonna go with an audio interface? For singing i recommend using a mixer. You can also connect an audio interface to that so that you boost your voice. I'd recommend a mixer, since you can do a lot with EQ so your voice sounds a lot better :)
Cringer muchas gracias for your suggest i'll keep in mind, but i dont have a mixer, im using an octacapture by roland interface, i've heard the re20 need a good preamp so thats another investment
How can I know which one's going to sound best for my voice before buying it's a first I'm looking at a first microphone purchase
I'm sorry nobody got to your message, I'm sure you probably already purchased one, but my biggest recommendation is to either find someone who has one of the microphones you are interested in, or try them out at like a guitar center, they have tons of microphones and you can hear how you sound with the attached headphones. or you can buy, try and if you like keep, or send back and try again.
Well I would get a condenser mic but I just don’t have a treated room at this point so the sm7b was an obvious choice for me
How does he talk so far away from the mics and have no echo? Impressive.
Good voice, depressing space you are in though
what dynamic mic brands & models don't need too much gain
CAD E100S sounds better with no noticeable hiss at all. Even with the Cloud, I hear a slight hiss on the SM7B.
So. With the shure sm7b there's no way to stop the hiss sound from gain?
SM7b still has the hissing /noise while E100S is silent as a crypt.
Your voice work with any mic
5:26 Why do you sound like the pacer guy.
Wait never mind! I found your website!!!
Cant you get rid of the hiss noise by using audacity?
I've got a Vintage e100 and an SM7B
You sound good on both, thanks for the info
Is Fethead better than Cloudlifter? I hear they give out higher gain and are also cheaper. Any advantage the Cloudlifter has over the Fethead? Thanks!
That's why I love my combo UMC 204HD + RE 320 for a cheap but fair dynamic experience : enough gain without adding a cloudlifter, sounds great, looks cool...
And it's thanks to you Mike ! Live long and prosper ^^
I can hear some gate effect on CAD E100S. Was it connected to some compressor/gate like DBX286?
What shotgun mic are you using at the moment ?
Wait never mind! you covered it!
What is better for a podcasting out of these two?
Electrical Engineer here
The purpose and intent of a differential microphone preamplifier is to get as much gain with the least amount of noise. Going from microphone level to line level audio allows longer microphone cables without picking up electromagnetic interference (EMI), noise, interference, and high common-mode rejection ratio. Recommended XLR microphone cables are star quad double braided copper shielded microphone cables such as Belden 8424 Cable. Use Belden 8424-star quad cable between the microphones and the differential microphone preamplifiers not greater than 7 feet or 2 meters for the least amount of noise. XLR Cables on the output of the differential microphone preamplifiers do not have to be very high quality because audio signals are at line level greater than +4 decibels as opposed to microphone level at -51 decibels. Long microphone cable lengths at microphone signal levels will pick up lot of noise and in some cases AM radio stations, hum or electromagnetic interference (EMI) when microphone cables are close electrical wiring. Long microphone cable lines behave more like antennas than microphone lines. After the microphone preamplifiers your audio signal are at line level and very much greater than the noise that you will pick up on long microphone lines.
The key to getting the lowest possible noise with the greatest amount of gain is only using the lowest noise components such as Texas Instruments ultra-low noise operational amplifier LM4562, metal film resistors, ceramic capacitors, tantalum capacitors for power supply filtering 4 10 pack nickel metal hydride rechargeable AA batteries 7918, and 7818 linear voltage regulators, DC coupling no DC blocking capacitors no audio transformers. Of course, it only works with dynamic and ribbon microphones. My custom-made differential microphone preamplifier has a 60-decibel gain with a 100Khz low pass filter. By being battery powered there is no hum and noise pickup.
Hi, I'm António Filipe from Portugal
I follow your channel since 2017, I love the tone as you do your reviews.
I saw your review on the Motu M2 sound interface, the Shuer SM7B microphone with the Fethead applicator and ended up buying them.
I connected the Shuer SM7B microphone (+ the fethead) and my Beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro 250 headphones to the Motu M2 sound interface, installed the driver, and was able to record and listen to Adobe Audition, however when I'm not recording (and even recording) no sound comes out of the headphones.
What am I doing wrong?
Shouldn't sound come out of the headphones at the time of recording?
Thank you very much and continued success with your wonderful channel.
Dude, you're such a pro
Love your video! Super helpful! Would you mind recommending a preamp for the Shure SM7b and a fethead? Thanks so much!
Take a Beyerdynamic M88 dynamic mic and you won´t have any probs with too low output - and it sounds way better than the SM7B and is cheaper.
Try the t-Decor preamp from bashaudio, probably the most effective solution and the cheapest
I got the SM7B for its character and I have the Cloud lifter. I need the beast of mics. This is it. But the CAD is a good one. I have use them before, good sound too.
thanks... :)
I use AT2020 & Sennheiser E845 S as well with Focusrite 2i2. E845S demands huge gain. I need to turn the knob all the way up, leaving no room...
should I go for a gain amplifier??? what do you suggest??
thanks in advance... :)
I just purchased a SM7B and Cloud. This has been the best video by far on educating me about these mics. Thanks!
The difference is not big, to say the least. Deeming it minute would be more true to my listening. I do not mind the differences over the capability of the SM7B, to reject background noises.
Do you need a cloudlifter in between the sm7b and mixpre3?
Personally, I thought the condenser mic sounded a lot better; I thought it sound less bloated in the mids, less veiled, and, overall, less fatiguing to listen to, though, for a dynamic mic, the SM7B sounds great. Condenser mics will basically always sound better, but, if you're in a non-ideal recording environment, I would highly recommend picking up the SM7B.
i bought a pack of 5 cheap wired lapel mics for 10 dollars and was surprised that they sounded so good. 2 of them didn't work but it was only 10 bucks so its whatever
If I want to start a podcast (audio and video) and it involves eating and drinking with at least 2-3 people at a table, what would be the best audio set up? It's most likely to be set in not-so ideal, not sound proofed warehouse, so I've considered the SM7B, as it is the most recommended mics for multi-people podcast, including by you here. So each person will have their own SM7B mics. However, I want the audios to pick up soundbites while we're eating the food (sure, a bit of ASMR if you will), as well as when we're having conversations, obviously. But I'm just dreading the idea of losing signal as we're having to move away from the mic to take bites or get close to the plates etc. Obviously we'd have to move the mouth around a bit if we're eating. I just want it to feel like diner table conversation, with crisp sounds. The volume sounded pretty low when you took a step back, even with the cloud lifter. I didn't like that inconsistency all that much. So all things considered, what would be the ideal set up for me? Should I get one of these condenser or dynamic mics? Or a clip-on mic? or the overhead mic? If you could give me some feedbacks that would be wonderful!
@Booth Junkie
Nice videos, I got a quick question I'd appreciate you answered.
I currently got a soundproofed booth, similar to yours. I got a Zoom S2T and a Rode NT1A
I mostly do voiceovers and want to offer vocal recording to music artists.
Debating between these 4 mics, I want a significant overall better quality with the least noise floor and all without breaking the bank.
Mics:
Shure SM7B, EV E320, EV E20, CAD 100S, NEUMAN 102
I know I need to get a fethead if I get a dynamic and I dont mind if they offer great quality and best bang for your buck
I was just suggested to get the Tascam UH-7000, seems very good.
I could get the EV E320, FETHEAD and this Tascam UH-7000 .... or any of the other mics mentioned
or I could get a Neuman 102 and a cheap Interface like the Focusrite 2i2 or maybe even just use my Zoom s2t or Zoom h5
What would you do? Even though I "can" get the Neuman 102, it'd be through a loan so will only do it if its far better than all the other ones and if mentioning it to my clients will help in charging more than if I had a mic they probably own themselves
I can get the Neuman in Europe for about 180$ cheaper
I really like the CAD 100S and Tascam 7000 combo....
Looking forward to your reply! Thanks!
Straight forward and informative, great explanation the best I've listened to so far about the SM7B.