What kind of microphone for YouTube?
Hi!
I've been toying with the idea of trying YouTube for a while now, and I need a good microphone. Unfortunately, I don't (yet) understand much about what a good microphone needs, etc., and I wanted to ask for some tips.
Maybe it shouldn't be too expensive. I'm getting it for my birthday, but it'll be difficult to spend over €400.
LG
My advice at the beginning: finger away from USB and capacitor microphones.
USB, because the low price ranges often have poor quality and the audio interface is virtually installed and not replaceable. Also, these are very often capacitor microphones that record any secondary noise and space echo. So: Dynamic microphone with XLR connection and an audio interface. Also from the often used streamers, Shure SM7B would various reasons (shortly: turkey, low output level, clobular and heavy and sound not worth the price)
I’d be with the microphone SE Electronics V7 recommend. The V7 sounds almost identical to SM7B and costs a quarter, not even a fethead or Cloudlifters need to raise the level. What else to look at would be Shure Beta 58 or Sennheiser E835, you can see some comparisons yourself.
As an interface, Steinberg UR12, that makes his job very good and reliable. There are a lot of choices that take from approx. 100€ nothing, so you can also go according to the range of functions.
Then another microphone simple pop protection against plosive and wind noise. At the microphone stand you can actually choose what you like, only from cheap stuff from Amazon I would take distance. The cheapest thing you can really recommend (own experience, over 4 years) would be Fun Generation Podcast stand.
Hi I did a comparison video about the microphone once:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXWkDofNuwM
So you notice in this video that the Sennheiser MK4 plays in another league. Unfortunately, I can’t tell you which is the perfect one for you, but for Vocals, the Sennheiser MK4 is one of the best of its Zunft especially in this price range. Otherwise Florian knows very well here.
Achja as an interface I have the PreSonus Studio24c
I changed the answer again. LG