The Best Mics Under $500... and the Ones You Should Avoid
Tier List! Let's go over some of the affordable microphones in the condenser microphone category and go over what is a great value for the money, and what is potentially just hype, or even worse, just marketing.
I definitely expect a heated debate and I'm sure a lot of you feel the exact opposite as me, but I'm grown up enough to have a discussion in the comments.
Timestamps:
Intro: 0:00
Audio Technica AT2020: 1:39
Who am I: 1:48
Back to the AT2020: 2:37
High Frequency Experiment: 3:28
The AT2020 again: 4:54
Shure KSM32: 5:45
Rode NT1: 8:37
AKG C214: 9:50
Roswell Mini K47: 11:37
Oktava Mk219: 13:31
Avantone CV12: 16:30
Sterling Audio ST159: 18:10
Austrian Audio OC16: 20:12
Rode NTK: 21:22
Warm Audio WA47 Jr: 22:32
Mics Mentioned in this video: (affiliate links)
Audio Technica AT2020: https://www.zzounds.com/a--3993776/it...
Shure KSM32: https://www.zzounds.com/a--3993776/it...
Rode NT1: https://www.zzounds.com/a--3993776/it...
AKG C214: https://www.zzounds.com/a--3993776/it...
Roswell Mini K47: https://www.roswellproaudio.com/chapman
Avantone CV12: https://www.zzounds.com/a--3993776/it...
Austrian Audio OC16: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/DyvWRn
Rode NTK: https://www.zzounds.com/a--3993776/it...
Warm Audio WA47 Jr: https://www.zzounds.com/a--3993776/it...
GEAR LINKS:
What I use for audio: (affiliated unless noted otherwise)
My Voiceover Mic:
https://www.dachmanaudio.com/?sca_ref...
My Interface:
https://www.zzounds.com/a--3993776/it...
My VoiceOver Preamp:
https://www.zzounds.com/a--3993776/it...
My Main Monitors:
https://www.zzounds.com/a--3993776/it...
My Headphones:
https://www.zzounds.com/a--3993776/it...
My LiN76 Compressor:
https://www.zzounds.com/a--3993776/it...
My Camera Gear:
My Main camera: https://amzn.to/40Q93bY
My Main Lens: https://amzn.to/3GD2Wkx
My Main On Camera Microphone: https://www.zzounds.com/a--3993776/it...
My B Lens: https://amzn.to/44GwEgB
My Softbox: https://amzn.to/3EyfA2Q
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