How to get better Audio for YouTube - Cheap Audio Solutions!
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Watching this in 2019... Jay looks so young!
Same
Hope I can find some of this stuff in 2020
hahaha watching in 2021 LOL
I specifically tuned the bass on this video around the 251hz range, which is where the lows in my voice are. I also cranked them a few db higher than normal. Why? To see who here has their own bass and subwoofers tuned too high. SO, if you said "Its too bassy!!!" You only exposed that your own sound systems are out of tune.
Well since this time im using headphones, i dont hear a difference :)
when did you do these tech talks live? I watched them before, but I stopped for a while since it was way too late 4-5:00 AM my time. So are they still at the same time and which day are they.
That alesis mixer/eq is really good for the price, and the phantom power is 48V, whereas berhinger shit costs the same and doesn't compare!
Im wearing over ear sennheisers and it sounds a little to bassy
look jay, even on a 800€ monitoring system in a audio treated room, the voice is a little too bassy :) that mic is better suited for female voices, but -3db on the bass knob should do you well.. if you want to step up your audio quality even more, put a nice de-esser, a soft compressor and a limiter on the input while your recording (via software), so you'll have a nice and consistent audio track.. or if you want more of that "warm radio announcer voice" you can try a multiband compressor (most of them already have a radio voice preset)
"Røde" was started by 2 swedish ppl, thats why theres the "Ø"
Im from denmark and swedish is pretty close to danish. And "Røde" means "Red". So that might be why some pronounce its red
Thank you so much! I've been struggling with the noise floor on my Alesis Multimix 8USBFX for months. I watched this and was immediately dismissive because the product was another Alesis mixer - but kept watching because I know you have high quality audio. Turns out, all I needed to do was lower the gain in Windows.
Great tip on the clapping. That makes watching the video worth it for me. Thanks.
thats what the clappers in movies are for. clapping your hands accomplishes the same thing though.
Oh yeah never thought of that.
You can also get one of those dog training clickers and save your hands. They're about $2 at Petco!
If you're using a mixer, you don't need a USB model. You can pipe the stereo output into the 3.5mm line input, NOT the mic input. Line Inputs are inherently very clean because they don't go through your cheap preamp in the mic input.
The USB mixer you recommended is discontinued and the newer model is $99. In my experience the 4-channel or 6-channel Alto mixer is only $49 and $69. It doesn't have the problem of excessive volume levels.
The Behringer Xm8500 dynamic mic is only $20 and sounds superb. You can also find lapel mics for $12 on Amazon that are just as good and they can even be found for $3.50 on Aliexpress.
I'm not correcting, but just explaining:
'Røde' is Norwegian and translates to 'Red' as in the color, therefore some people simply say 'Red'
*angry comment*
Ja mæn røde kjæm frå Australia
4 years but that only means too me that time doesn’t really change how good a given product can make you sound. Sold !
haha he says XLR like "eggs-ell-are" great video tho
I used this exact same mixer for my music recordings (both UA-cam covers and original songs). It works great for recording music too. I used the same set up -USB plug into my computer using Audacity. It works great for recording vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and keyboard synthesizer. The only instrument I had trouble with recording was violin. Unfortunately, it got stolen, so I'm looking into new options for my videos and original recordings now.
It does sound kinda like listening to radio at 7:35.
I think it sounds better when you remove some of the bass a bit later on.
Edit: at 8:35
I thought it was just my subwoofer, glad I'm not the only one who feels the same way.
Wow! That mixer blew me away! I love the warm tones and the bass in ur voice, and the ability to adjust.
i think the audio was better with the smartlav, that's just my opinion. it's possible to plug the smartlav into the mic jack on your computer and just capture it with audacity correct?
The pinout on the 3.5mm jack for the Smartlav is specific to the smartphone layout (3 pin style) If there is some sort of adapter, then it may work
***** i think there's 3 pins like that because the port on the iphone is for a mic as well as headphones. 1 pin is for mic, 1 pin for left audio and 1 pin for right audio. i'm just guessing though, only way to find out is if you could try for us to just plug it into a mic or line-in port on your computer and see if audacity picks up audio from it.
Ubu the Tech Guru It doesnt work on the PC, camera or Zoom. I tried that a long time ago, I should have been more clear in my first comment. The pin locations on the 3.5mm are in fact very different than standard mic.
***** Jay, there's actually an attachment available for the tip of your Rode Lav. that costs about 20 dollars to XLR/ 1/4 / 1/8 / and Micon.
***** Here is the adapter
www.ebay.com.au/itm/3-5MM-Female-4pin-TO-2x3-5MM-Male-Stereo-3pin-CONVERTER-for-microphone-and-audio-/151340263184?_trksid=p2054897.l4275
For use with the smartlav you would not need to use the green connector. Just connect the red connector to the microphone in jack on your computer.
About the boom arm. Get the RODE PSA1. I have it for my blues microphones bluebirds and I love it. So smooth and really helps my gaming commentaries.
I made my desk arm from a lamp for 10 bucks :D And it's way stable than standart desk arms.
My favorite: Nady SCM-800 condenser mic ($35-$50) w/ shockmount, Behringer U-Phoria UMC202HD USB Audio interface ($60) and Behringer Xenyx 802 mixer ($50). For studio reference headphones, the Samson SR850 phones have an epic frequency response and are only $32. It allows full stereo mixing, 192Khz 24Bit sampling and sounds sublime.
Røde is actually Danish. And does mean "red" :)
*Angry Comment*
Yes that is correct - from another Dane, however the company is Australian;
"Welcome to RØDE Microphones - a uniquely Australian owned and operated audio company. Our home is in beautiful Sydney, just 20km west of Sydney's down town area and right near the home of the Sydney 2000 Olympics."
Thomas Jensen it is actually genious that they pronounce it as rode in English themselves instead of trying to get native English speakers to pronounce the Ø right 😂
Torben, I think the founder had some sort of connection to Denmark though. He was born there? Or lived there? I can't remember.
its acurly norwigan too, abd means the same as he said
I have the Multimix4. It worked great at first, but then after about a year or so, it developed this terrible hiss that refused to go away. Then as time went on, the hissing got louder and louder until it was virtually unusable since the hissing itself couldn't be completely removed in post without greatly reducing the quality of the recording.
Upon a quick youtube and google search, it seems to be a common problem among the entire Alesis Multimix line, particularly due to their use of faulty capacitors. Unless you're good with electronics, my advice is if you're gonna get it is to get it with a good 2-3 year warranty, or just forgo it altogether and buy a proper audio interface instead.
If you really need a starter usb mixer at this price point, try going with the Behringer Xenyx as they seem to have a better track record, not to mention the q802 has more features than the multimix4 for about the same price (or even cheaper depending on where you look).
Great video.
BNNOOO
Bit late to the party, but about that background noise:
With analogue cabling (such as XLR or 3.5mm), keep your power cables a minimum of 6" away from your audio cables when running parallel to them. A fair amount of noise can be induced (wirelessly) between a power cable and an analogue audio cable. Cross perpendicularly as infrequently as possible, and maintain at least 6" of a gap between the two cables when not crossing (12"+ is ideal).
Could we get an 2016 update? great vid btw
It's a dynamic mic which means direct USB is not going to give you any decent levels without tons of noise. An inexpensive pre-amp (ART makes some) then 1/4-inch to 1/8-inch adapter direct to the computer would be a better solution than straight USB. That Alesis Mix4 though is my travel mixer and it worked great. Recently decided to go with a multi-track solution (4 separate channels) via a Personus 44VSL audio interface direct to Studio One DAW
As someone who uses the Rode PSA1 Boom, I have had no issues with it what so ever!
The bass is too damn high!!! its just going to make it very tiring to listen to your voice especially in longer videos, its not as bad as if it was very high pitch because then it would just be painful but this is just too far to the other extreme, much preferable to have the tone set to a natural level imo.
Nope, your subwoofer is too damn high. My bass HZ is cut, and enhanced around 251hz. Perhaps turn down your own bass.
nope, I have my subwoofer turned right down actually (so as not to annoy the neighbors) and could do with being turned up really and I have my audio settings at the default flat requency response, no extra bass being added in anywhere, anything else I listen to sounds perfectly natural to me except for the part of this video where you use the new audio setup, you are going to say to me that professionally produced movies, tv shows, music and games have their audio setup wrong and only you have it set up correctly?
megaspeed2v2 I tested the audio on 4 systems, as well as my 7.1 surround with 12" sub, not sure what to tell ya.
***** Indeed jay. I also have a flat mix of the frequencies and the subwoofer is +0 db. As a musician i think the bass needs a few db lower. Nice audio though, but i liked the RODE sooo much more.
***** Sound quality is good on mobile (Moto G lte 4G).
Thank you. This video *was* really helpful.
Also, The Røde was (according to Wikipedia) originally unofficially called the Rodent-1, and later named the Rode NT-1, but he added in the ø because of his Scandinavian heritage. So, yes, it's pronounced like "road".
Again, thanks.
I personally think that the way you have your mixer set has to much bass
Perhaps, BUT, the fact that its adjustable, is the best part!
***** Indeed the adjustable part is amazing! But the bass is really really heavy in this video. I think a more natural and clear voice would be easier to hear for longer periods, like in your pod casts.
I think it sounds great! Sounds as good as any radio announcer I've ever heard before.
eggs el are microphone
hey there
You may find that the high noise floor is due to a driver issue. My XENYX 302USB had a terrible hiss going on until I got the driver sorted out, then the noise was completely eliminated. You've probably already tried it but just in case you haven't I thought i'd mention it.
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SUCH FIRST!
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MANY UPVOTES
Much audio such UA-cam
I got my Behringer Eurorack UB802 off newegg for about $30 a few years back. It also includes a mid setting if anyone's looking for an even cheaper mixing board.
its pronounced red,now u have to reply to me MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Another dream crushed:/
NO I STILL HAVE HOOOOOOPPEEEEE
Its røde or röde not red. Lol i have ø i my main language
LuminaryChief56HD !!!!!!!!!! ANGRY COMMENT!
***** Hi Jay. sorry to comment on the mic but here is the explanation.
Peter Freedman the fouder put in the ‘Ø’ character as a salute to his Scandinavian heritage.
They do pronounce it Rode,
But in fx. Danish røde translates to red.
Keep up the great work :)
Do you have to use a XLR MALE TO FEMALE PLUG JACK Microphone Patch Cable Lead for the mixer for the Microphone to work in the mixer?
2019 anyone?
I really don't know anything about audio so I personally dig vids like this, nice info.
i dont like the radio tune
What I'd recommend is, for a new UA-camr starting off, get a cheap USB mic like the Blue Snowball since it gives good quality audio for what us required for UA-cam. If you want better quality, upgrade to something like Jay has, maybe get a cheaper mic than this one but use a similar set up, (XLR mic into a mixer/preamp/phantom power etc) and this can if much more useful than using all of the EQ settings in built into the PC - as Jay said...
I dont like your voice with bass...
It really sounds like a radio station grade mixer, I'm not entirely familiar with the equipment that professional radio stations use but I listen in my car to a lot of talk radio and the sound signature sounds remarkably similar. I can already imagine the nerdiest talk radio station ever with JayzTwoCents and Barnacules at the helm...
The noise floor is high because you're using a dynamic mic in a studio environment without a cloud lifter.
But you should think about getting a condenser mic if the noise floor is an issue.
If you are talking Xlr i would recommend the MXL 770 or 990 , both priced under 100 USD. I believe that it has better vocals than Jay's Sennheiser E835, but requires phantom power.
I have the AT2020 XLR Model passed to a phantom then outputing to USB and the quality seems OK to me but could be better. That is on my Main channel without the 2 at the end. The clap to sync though is something I never thought of. That I will be using now in my Vlogs and Reviews. Thank you.
Jay i think the "current noise" is because you need to intergrate a ground loop isolator in your setup. This should get rid of the buzzing noise and its worth it because you can pick then up for a couple bucks
i like how jay just typed in desk boom into amazon and linked it
Perfect timing I was looking to upgrade my audio input and have been a sub of yours for awhile and saw this video the very day I was looking to order the equipment. I was going to go with a Blue Yeti but went with this exact setup that you recommended. I order the equipment on Thursday and had everything at my house on Saturday. I will say that the audio quality is AMAZING! Great video and as always another great recommendation. BTW my VoiceAttack program now recognizes more of my commands as result also. Thanks Jay!
+JayzTwoCents you can get the Behringer USB mixer for $50 or so. I got mine on sale at Guitar Center and can use any XLR mic for podcasts
I believe the reason some people pronounce "røde" "red" is because "røde" is the word, or at least is close to the word, that means "red" in a few languages. The "ø" sounds more like "oh," though, so "road" makes more sense for native English speakers, especially since the name of the company isn't actually "Red." Feel free to write me that angry comment. :D
The thing with my 600D (t3i) is that the preamp hardware/firmware is that it's so crappy it puts a very prominent hiss behind your audio. The best way to fix this is putting a mic into a H1 (a cheaper alternative to the H4n) and it sounds great!
As an owner of the Alesis device, I know that I really like it. I've also always found XLR better in almost all circumstances than the usual USB microphones - Looking at you, Blue.
I don't know how it's quality compares but behringer has a similarly priced and similarly featured mixer that also integrates a compressor on its mic channel. Well I will know soon enough once I get my desk set up because I bought one to drive a condenser mic that I'll be using when I launch my channel soon. :). Thanks for the pointers.
This is a great video. Should be a must watch for anyone looking to start or improve a UA-cam channel. Now if we can get people to start using windscreens on mics when they shoot outside...
I don't know, I personally like the Shure SM-58. It can handle aggresive screaming (as I am a metal vocalist) very well. It is a very high quality dynamic mic for $100. I run mine to a Yamaha interface (extremely great quality for $200. I could plug my guitar straight in as well) and I don't get static noise when turning up the levels and gain.
Very nice! For audio recording, if you have a tripod, I'd also suggest the Tascam DR-05. I've had it for about a month and a half now, and I love it. Quite the fantastic recorder given its price point of under $100.
I got 835 too and wondered if it might be a good idea to use it for recording. now I am sure. Just need to grab a decent mixer/interface to connect it.
I noticed when I try using a crossover/mixer in my studio I was also getting a hiss. In order to fix that I used my PC based oscilloscope ( Virtual Analyzer) which is wonderful for this use or any use, I fed the output of the mixer ( isolated that is ) into the oscope the mic jack with voltage and current dividers due to the low voltage safety threshold of the sound card. I then set it to a bandpass filter in the oscope and tuned it to where only the hiss was getting through to the oscope. I did the same once more with the mic connected with a signal generator sweeping from average human voice frequency, then simply read the frequency of the frequency counter and inspected the waveform. Then just built a simple active crossover ( filter ) similar to the use for my subs, and tuned it to where it blocked out only the background oscillation or hiss, however you want to call it. Then walla his was gone and had isolation.
Yes you are correct I have an Insignia NS-PCS41 speaker system with a subwoofer that for my taste has always sounded too bassy.
I'm using a AKG P220, a Behringer Xenyx 802 mixer with my Soundblaster Z soundcard and it sounds amazing. It's way more expensive (about 300€) but worth the money
i just bought an e835, making me feel really confident about my decision over the sm58
I think this setup may offer better audio for people beginning UA-cam, twitch or anything that requires good audio
Floureon BM-800 Condenser Microphone Kit - $29.99
Behringer U-PHORIA UM2 Audio Interface - $29.99
The kit comes with a pop filter, an arm stand, and all of the required cables for the setup
There are many videos on youtube about this microphone if you want to hear the audio quality for yourself. I personally think it sounds great.
Great video! There are many videos I didn't watch until the end or even stopped them at the very beginning because the audio quality was terrible. I highly appreciate people like you who invest in good audio equipment (and have a relaxing voice). Your videos are very easy to listen to. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much, ive been trying to channel out RODE from my possible microphone list,becuase ive always thought they were ultra expensive. but i have found absolutely no success with any other brand (even just plain audio recorders) but this i will definitely add this to my birthday list
If you use Ableton for sound recording, you can mediate clipping by using a compressor, limiter or both in tandem. Great video though!
If you want to get decent sound quality for a cheap price a good all in one mic is the "Blue Snowball", its USB and only costs £50 or something like $70 - $80 in the US, but yeah its a good mic, all you need is a pop filter to go with it.
Nice video! Another great mic for a great price is the AT2005, which has USB and XLR, so you can grow with it.
I've had this mixer for around a year now and I really like it. It's good for one mic but during recording when I use the monitor port I get a 1Khz Whine in the background but it doesn't show up in the recording. Kind of annoying but it's good for the price.
Thank you for this I know its several years old, but I literally just got mine in...learning the best set ups, but you put me at ease listening to this
I use normal dynamic mic [Sennheiser e815] and even though it does not require power, its difficult to drive by soundcard alone. I.e. its way too quiet. So i use an XLR Behringer VacumTube ultragain mic 200 amplifier which is then connected to my pc via a standard cable with 3.5mm jack. I got the desk stand for mic free with the purchase, and it was still cheaper than your solution.
I built my boomstand from an old lamp and if you have one they often mount the lamp on the arm with a bolt wich you can use with a bolt adaptater wich costs like 2 bucks an BOOM you got an actually very good stand/
I believe a lot of people pronounce Røde as "red" instead of "Rode" is due to the fact that the word "røde" means "red" in Danish (Danish is the language spoken in Denmark, a Scandinavian country). founder Peter Freeman dropped the Ø as a salute to his scandinavian heritage. I believe the name "Røde" is meant to be pronounced "Rode", and the Ø was just a play with words and languages.
Do you know the bestia way for doing videos with the blue Yeti and camcord? does a mixer help?
I think the noise floor is due to the poor mic preamp. In my experiance with these mixers you just put sth like a cloudlifter upfront and turn down the gain. I know this adds a minor cost but if you wan`t to use compression a mic pree would be a good choice.
Alesis is awesome! We use a presonus audiobox USB on our channel, was really cheap and works well. Nice video!
I'm blown away by the quality of the mic your wife gave you. Another amazing video Jay
i use a sony mic that came with a blu ray and speaker system that was for calibrating the surround speakers, handy cos has about 6 meter cord and people always say i sound HD and it screws into a joby tripod which is another bonus.
Yeah it's really late i know but hey Jayz, your mic is clipping because it's a dynamic mic on a mixer, so you have way too much power
If anyone owns the MultiMix 4, just want you to know that a lot of that noise floor comes from a bad capacitor in the power section. It's common knowledge on internet forums. I opened mine up and had the same problem, a bulging cap. Replaced the bad cap with a Panasonic FM cap and a lot of noise went away. I hope that helps someone.
I'm impressed with this video and your ability to experiment and think outside the box. Sure, it's always easy to get the best of whatever you want if you have the $$$$ but you figured out a solution on a budget. That's impressive! The video is 2+ years old. If I were to setup a system like this today, would I use the same equipment? If not, which models should I choose? Which desk mount microphone boom arms are a good choice today? And lastly, can I monitor my audio directly using headphones without hearing any delays?
Also, if you point your microphone not straight at your mouth, but a bit lower so it can pick up sound from your mouth, neck and chest, it will pick up more of how your voice sounds for people when you talk to them face to face.
fix that hiss noise?
go into audacity
select an area of just backround noise
go into effects
click noise reduction
get noise profile
then select the whole audio thing
go to effects again and at the top it will say repeat noise reduction. click as much as it is necessary
That setup sounds absolutely fantastic, but that noise floor has me seriously worried. That's subject to vary by unit, so if somebody got one that's slightly higher, being that you're at 7/100 Windows input volume right now, they may not be able to turn it down low enough to conceal it. Possibly worth the risk at this price and with Amazon's amazing return policy, but still, it has me worried. I've recently been looking into the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, mostly as a headphone amp but also to open the option in the future of using an XLR microphone. I will say though, that it doesn't have the settings for the amount of bass or treble like that mixer does, it's strictly an audio interface. With the price of that mic, I may end up needing a setup for this sooner than expected! That's crazy! Just wonder if there's anything better for not a marginal increase in cost.
Amazing tutorial dude. I found the same type of Mixer Mic Amp for almost the same price online, but it has 8 Inputs with two outs, for about $58 USD but different brand of course, but with almost identical looks, for my Dynamic Mic. And I GREATLY AGREE ON THE MIC-BOOM (track: 6:58) I got mine from "Lazada" (an Online-Store, kind'a like the Amazon or Ebay of Asia) for only $7 USD, totally works the same way, and for $15 USD it could have a free Anti-Vibration holder for the mic. Acceptable investments.
Thanks for the info Jay, i picked up the smartlav+ and an AT2020 with a mackie mixer. Good stuff and the clapping is a great tip as well.
quite informative jayz. i know a lot about audio but the examples were good. eq is a really nice addition to the setup too when it comes to those bad low frequencies. cheers
I use the Yeti by Blue Microphones It has 4 choices to0 talk or sing into. I love mine.
The history behind the "Røde" name is confusing since the company is more tied to sweden than Denmark. However in Denmark the word for "red" is "rød" and if used in a sentence like "look at the red car" the word "Røde" would be used. The swedish word for "red" is "röd" which is pronounced the same way(now the way pronounced in the video though).
So its a bit weird that the danish word for "red" is the name of the company even though the company has ties in Sweden, but it still is a explanation for why some people call the company "Red".
I've had great results using a Tascam DR-05 recorder with its integrated microphones and occasionally supplementing with a Sony ECM-CS10 lav mic when I'll be moving around. I can also feed the monitoring output from the recorder into the microphone jack on my Creative X-Fi Go! Pro when I need a live audio stream, using the integrated audio works just as well, but I have the X-Fi, so might as well use it. Sorry, no samples, my customers wouldn't be very happy if I gave away what they paid me to make for free on UA-cam.
Oh, and in my arrogant and correct opinion, the audio quality was much better with the RODE smart lav than it was with the desktop setup.
That Heil Boom is a Pro Quality Boom. It's geared towards professional Dj's and radio hosts. Rode makes a cheaper decent one.
I'd go with a tad bit less lows/bass on the mic, but that's my preference, to make it less boomish.
Im using a Steinberg UR22 Audio interface, when i talk on skype or through fraps people can only hear me on the left when i use input 1 and on the right when i use input 2. Any ideas what to do?
I got the Alesis Multimix 4 usb... and it has some really horrible hissing, even if it's only power plugged in... googling the problem, I found that there's a design-flaw with the machine, where it's not grounded properly. it's possible to fix through soldering... but... not only do I not have the equipment for that... I *just* bought it. it should work right out of the box.
gonna see if I can return it and get something else.
I saw this video, added the dynamic mic to my wishlist, and then Sweetwater sent me an email saying they had mics 2 for 1. So I bought two Blue Encore 100s for $100... from Guitar Center, which matched Sweetwater's price.
I have the same little mixer , I run my music equipment through it can't beat it for the money
There are cheaper solutions out there. Don't get me wrong, the RODE SmartLav is a great choice for something that works great out of the box. But if you're really on a budget you can get an Audio Technica ATR3350 or something similar like the Azden EX 503 for $25 and a headset adapter for < $10 to plug into your phone. You can then use the built in recording app.
for 30-40 euro's (in dollars it would be a bit less) you can get a Behringer U-Phoria UMC22 this is a USB interface with almost no background noise i would argue that this is a better deal. it's not a mixer you can only do levels and phantom power etc. But it's really high quality and you can do the eq in your DAW.
So hey, there's also a rather cheap mic available. there's a webcam i use that has fantastic sound quality on the Microsoft Lifecam webcam. It's cheap and it's an amazing start mic!
I have the multimix 4 and use it for recording basic demos with direct line in from my guitar and mic, the sound quality is just great. Easily worth the price. The only annoying thing is that getting it to function properly was a bit daunting for a newcomer, I had to go and find the asio4all driver and learn how it all worked so that I could get the latency down to tolerable levels. But then that isn't really a fault of the product.
Plus the full metal construction is pretty sturdy feeling and is more than strong enough to withstand being thrown around a bit.
edward stables Interesting, mine was plug-and-play, I didnt have to do a thing.
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That's what it was like at first, but when you start to do some more serious audio stuff (live monitoring, using effect plugins, etc.) the drivers are vital. The latency of the playback was about 500 milliseconds without it.
Best mic i have found so far, is a Marshall MXL 990/991
What do you know!!!! there is an adjustment on the subwoofer and it was maxed out...Who Knew...LOL!!!! now you sound excellent...very full voice. Here I am telling you this and I have been a communications electronics technician for over 30 years.
The company name is "RODE", the line in the "O" is simply aesthetics, although danes do tend to pronounce it in danish, since "Ø" is a letter in the danish and norwegian languages. That is however purely coincidental.
firstly thanks so much for your video. I have a dance fitness brand and I have started doing youtube videos. I wanted to improved the audio quality of my videos. So most recently I have purchased a mixer. - I need help! Is there anyway you can make a video showing exactly what cord to connect where and to what. I have a need to do live streaming as well as regular camera recording. I saw that you have a mixer and demonstrated the difference with and without the mixer, but how do I hook it up? Its definitely more complicated than I thought it would be. Please help .
The SM58 actually has a better frequency response @ 20 to 18 000 Hz than the E835 @ 40 - 16 000 Hz. As for a mixer you should have gone with the PreSonus AudioBox USB 2x2 or 4X4 - because you can use the interface as a digital mixer and get all the benefits that come with a digital mixer. @ just less than $200-300 on amazon thay have a full EQ, gates, compressors, 8 internal effect sends, take scene saves and recall them later + you can run audio from your computers media player to it with out the need for a TRS cable.