![]() I'm now realizing that it was quite overkill, and that as i have no any real use to it, i might just return it (total cost EUR 950) and buy a USB mic, maybe the Shure MV7 (total cost of EUR 280), that would maybe still be too overkill. Don't really need the money, but could also burn it on something else. Would you agree with such statement? Should i still keep the SM7B, as it is more future proof, hoping that one day people would communicate with better gears?Īlternatively, i can still try to leave my job and become a singer, in order to find a utility to the microphone. Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I had to help my girlfriend do some auditions for a UK singing show through Zoom. We did some testing on her pretty good home recording kit, and the sound was incredibly bad. The reason was that Zoom, like most audio and video conferencing and calling software, has very aggressive noise reduction that makes unacceptably-noisy environments sound intelligible, but degrade audio for absolutely no reason with high-quality gear. There's also feedback protection and a whole other host of things mangling the audio. Her coursemates say she sounds "like Glastonbury" Thankfully there are ways to turn that off, and now she uses the same system (which includes a Logic file with EQ and compression) for her university calls. So basically if it sounds like absolute arse you might want to check whether there are noise-reduction features. Zoom certainly has them and they can be turned off. One thing to consider is that the mics on the Airpods and the like are actually pretty decent electret omnis and can sound pretty good in treated or naturally very dry rooms (will sound like absolute cr*p in reverberant rooms tho), so I would do some testing and compare in an actual recording to see if the sound in a lossless audio quality environment is actually that different in the first place.Īlso, the MV7 sounds pretty good. (he talks mostly about the XLR version but he has and does test the USB version on there too) Finally, if you are looking for USB mics, there is a new Earthworks model that's the most badass-looking USB mic I've ever seen and it sounds lovely too: Most people will either not care about the difference, or prefer its slightly brighter sound. Thank you, indeed, maybe there is no solution here because the solution is to easy. What i'm looking for, a good sound for calls, is so easy to reach, that i don't need any gear. Maybe i should look for a really simple USB mic, even more simple than the MV7, quite lost here with the gear.I wear a headset mic to teach my online classes. It's a $100, dynamic mic from Audio-Technica. But the fact that it is an inch from my mouth really helps intelligibility, IMO. Towards the end of the term, I experimented with Audiomovers Listen To. This is a plugin you can put in your DAW that sends the content of the track (or aux or master fader) to a web address that people can be given the link to. It costs a monthly or yearly fee, but you can get a free one-week trial. ![]()
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