Wow, I did not expect the pillows and blankets to help that much. I use a few but not nearly as much as you. Time to redecorate! :) Thanks for this Mumbo, very useful information!
Indeed, thanks a lot! ...Now I just need to pick a good microphone and boom stand, considering my equally- minuscule budget and currently- unreliable mic... :/
My mum used to work at a university many years ago and did audio recordings for foreign language courses. I remember she managed to reduce reverberation through covering the walls with egg cartons made from paper pulp. Perhaps a solution where the cartons are mounted onto a cardboard backing might be more suitable for a domestic situation and suit many people better than applying them directly to the walls.
***** When recording with a microphone directly infront of you this does not make a huge difference, as the microphone is getting like 95% of the audio directly and only the other 5% from walls. So you only reduce the volume by 5% and if you can even notice the difference, thats easily fixed by turning up the gain a wee bit
Great overview Mumbo! I would have liked to see you discuss Condenser vs Dynamic microphones and the pros and cons of each. Sound proofing makes a HUGE difference for you. I need to play with that some more at my desk. Also... I'm really starting to regret not going with an XLR mic (my new one is a USB)
Rockyakaben Tango Tek Indeed, even the cheapest USB mixer/input does better than a straight USB mic. I run basically an AT4040 + Alesis 4 channel mixer.
Dovydas Spec I didn't read your message And I made the same remark a few minutes ago.. I don't believe both mics were working simultanously (blue and camera) and produce what they called 'statics'. It doesn't make good publicity for a 'Blue mic'.
if you werent wearing headphones then that could be the reason, but most people use headphones. if you are wearing headphones then it might just be your speakers which means you have good speakers and i would be jealous
You should try and do weekly uploads to this channel. Just showcasing something new every week, or doing house tours, or weekly Q&A's. I think that'd be pretty cool.
I love all your tutorials, they are so clear and easy to follow . If you keep going like this, then the second mambo channel is quickly going to be as popular as your other one. So how about doing a Render settings tutorial next?
Oh gosh! I am glad you enjoyed it. It is all fairly basic stuff, but I thought I would do a little video showcasing some of the things to watch out for as I know I would have found that useful in the beginning!
The care you put into your videos puts quite a lot of professionals to shame. Keep it up! And definitely keep waving the flag for good audio in videos. (From an audio pro in the TV industry)
You are an inspiration, and I have no doubt you have created a unique style of commentary that other (like myself) interested content creators can aspire to. thanks for the great content!
Hey Mumbo, I produce music as well as make Minecraft videos and I ran into the same problem that you had with the acoustic foam. I kept trying to find a bunch of different ways to buy acoustic foam but it was all just very expensive for the amount of actual foam you got. I managed to find a decent deal on Amazon. I got 12 16" x 24" x 1 5/8" thick acoustic acoustic panels from Next Acoustics GearWedge on Amazon for around $70 USD. This was more than enough to cover all of the major portions of my room, including first reflections and the corners, and the quality was amazing, it feels really professional and none of the panels were squished or un-shapen in any way during the packaging/shipping process, which is something that I saw people writing about in reviews of a bunch of different products.
+Mumbo You're well toned man didn't imagine you having such awesome muscles. dude the reverb difference is almost none I could barely here a difference
Tip for folks on budgets: Foam mattress covers (particularly of the 'egg crate' variety) provide great acoustic insulation and cost a fraction as much as professional-grade materials.
A couple notes about your Sound proofing. I have found that you need more sound proofing the farther you prefer to be away from your mic as you would need to turn up your mic to capture your voice. I usually have my word hole only a couple inches from my mic. For my setup I have my windows mic input volume turned almost completely down and my Alesis USB input turned up. This removes a lot of background noise and cuts down on my voice bouncing.
Yea hopefully I will be seeing an audio upgrade soon. Other things you might need are a large and generous family, and it helps to be a few weeks away from Christmas. Perfect timing!!
I would love to see more videos about making videos like the audio, editing, what planning you do for each video, ... since I'm a beginning youtuber myself
The most important thing is proper acoustic treatment, but it's not as easy as it seems. You can easily screw up your audio quality by "hurr durr moar spiky foam" and making yourself sound muffled, yet still have a lot of unwanted frequencies going back into the mic. I highly advise to do some research from good sources before buying stuff, there is a lot of bullshit going around the internet regarding the use of acoustic panels :P
great vid mumbo. one thing tho if ur monitors have heat vents putting the pillows like that could reduce the life of ur monitors do to overheating. keep up the vids
Hey Mumbo, If you want to look like in studio and you have no budget, try to make walls from eggs plates. It is cheap trick how to replace those expensive studio walls. And they are cheaper or free if you collect them over some time :) I personally use this trick and it works fine :)
Hey Mumbo, thanks for the great video. Unfortunately, for the short term at least, I have a budget of $0 to make my youtube videos, which means I am currently using the built in Microphone in my MacBook Pro. Do you have any tips on how to optimize this?
Hey mumbo, I love the quality of your videos and just have one question about editing. When doing time lapses with music do you need any rights to use songs?
Very good video, cool to see what goes into making your videos, a bit of behind the screen insight. looking forward to more from this channel would like you to do a review of the new Razer sieren Microphone. always like their product.
Loved the video, you seem to put too much effort into your videos! I filmed a video talking about audio and how important it is and what not, now I'm having second thoughts about uploading it, mine will be put to shame... The only bit that annoyed me slightly was the fact that you were talking in the shot, and it didn't match up with what you were saying as I doubt you were saying anything, it is a small thing and probably isn't worth fixing it or going to that much effort to do xP Other than that, it was the best looking video I've seen since well your last one! Keep it up!
My mom does a lot a freelance voice work and has a pretty amazing setup (aside from that stupid Dell computer and how slow it is. Screw that thing.). A Rode Broadcaster mic, to the same the same pre-amp you use, to a condenser, to another voice processing box that does various things, to her audio recording software. Then she has an amp with a switch that goes between her pretty crappy 10 year old Studiomaster headphones to the extremely nice JBL speakers. And blankets aalll around the walls. Blankets everywhere. Unfortunately, I have exactly none of that, and I'm stuck with some pretty intermediate stuff :P.
You could look more professional if you use the foam sheets for like a bed or something like that. They are fairly cheap and you could buy them for $10 USD at Walmart or anywhere else.
Thanks for this ! Only one question: As far as microphones go, I think the Rode Nt 1 is one of the best out there and even cheaper than yours.. ! Have you seen it / Why did you choose a different one ?
Rendering my first video for TH-cam now and I'll admit the audio isn't that great. Recording in an open basement with a CAD U37 probably isn't helping. I tried to de-noise and curb the ss in audacity but we live and learn. Thanks for the info hopefully I can improve soon.
Good equipment is one thing. Knowing how to speak into a microphone is more important then good equipment. Lets be honest about it, Mumbo has a good voice, although he may think differently. Not to low and not to high. But if you listen to other people, how are they speaking? What is the volume and tone color of their voice, are they screaming, talking really loud, or really soft or neutral? Lets say it like this, even if you buy a really good microphone and allot of equipment, that does not guarantee you to get a really good sound. You have to know how to speak into a microphone and you also need to have a good voice.
How do you explain this terrific 'hiss' beggining in minute 0:23 when you show your 'Blue Mic' and dissapears at 0:39. Is that Blue mic that makes this horrible 'hiss'?... And we are talking about 'sound quality'. Up to 0:39 we can say that the quality is fantastic. Which mic did you use to make this video?
I wonder what type of deskt that is, Looks like it is "BESTÅ BURS" from IKEA, Exactly the one I might buy but it costs approximately £250. also I unintentionaly bought the same equipment aswell except for the mic being the blue spark instead! "Rode mic stand" "Blue spark" "Scarlett focusrite" before I even knew you had any of this c:
Hi Mumbo, I am always getting like a static noise. I have tried to turn on noise surpression, but then my voice sounds like my hand is on my mouth and I have tried alot of things. I have an headset with a microphone on it. Can you PLEASE help me? Thank you. :D
Or if that fails, get a modmic for your headphones (may be a bit expensive) or just get a desktop mic (e.g. audio technica, blue microphones, samson) which usually has great sound quality but might be even more expensive.
So i use a guitar hero condenser microphone in a diy boom stand made from a designers lamp and a diy pop filter so and about the echo's i have a room with 2 walls of preaty soft wallpaper and 2 isolated walls, ohh and my google now turned on twice while watching this video
Do you use the Amazon Affiliate program? It lets you get a few percent on sales through your links. Worth a look if you do not. (Not sure how it works in the UK, but it works well in the US)
hey mumbo i would like you to make a video about what editing system you use because I would like to start my own channel but I don't know what to use. Help!
Mumbo Jumbo you mentioned the sound canceling panals, are you going to use them in the little studio room you are building or are you sticking to the pillow/blanket method that you have perfected?
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Wow, I did not expect the pillows and blankets to help that much. I use a few but not nearly as much as you. Time to redecorate! :) Thanks for this Mumbo, very useful information!
It is just one of those little things that can really make a difference!
Indeed, thanks a lot! ...Now I just need to pick a good microphone and boom stand, considering my equally- minuscule budget and currently- unreliable mic... :/
What is your background picture on your pc?
My mum used to work at a university many years ago and did audio recordings for foreign language courses. I remember she managed to reduce reverberation through covering the walls with egg cartons made from paper pulp. Perhaps a solution where the cartons are mounted onto a cardboard backing might be more suitable for a domestic situation and suit many people better than applying them directly to the walls.
*****
When recording with a microphone directly infront of you this does not make a huge difference, as the microphone is getting like 95% of the audio directly and only the other 5% from walls. So you only reduce the volume by 5% and if you can even notice the difference, thats easily fixed by turning up the gain a wee bit
Great overview Mumbo! I would have liked to see you discuss Condenser vs Dynamic microphones and the pros and cons of each. Sound proofing makes a HUGE difference for you. I need to play with that some more at my desk. Also... I'm really starting to regret not going with an XLR mic (my new one is a USB)
Xlr mics really are the bees knees tango. I had a cheaply made one that costs like $30 and it was way better than my blue snowball.
Rockyakaben Tango Tek Indeed, even the cheapest USB mixer/input does better than a straight USB mic. I run basically an AT4040 + Alesis 4 channel mixer.
Ikr? I regret buying this snowball. lol
Tango Tek I
These tips + Audacity = Profit
Watched this video for the third or fourth time today, this time with headphones. Just noticed the background noise at 0:23.
i noticed it too
@@creepybabby you're pretty late I think
Mumbo talks about how to get good audio quality and in 0:22 - 0:38 leaves some sort of static noise in the background :D
Yeah I don't know what happened there :(
It was the minecraft rain. At the beginning, he had minecraft open.
Mumbo I do believe that it may have been your camera microphone picking up the sound/static... not sure, think so though.
Dovydas Spec I didn't read your message And I made the same remark a few minutes ago.. I don't believe both mics were working simultanously (blue and camera) and produce what they called 'statics'. It doesn't make good publicity for a 'Blue mic'.
+Dovydas Spec LOL I thought something was wrong with my computer and I left something playing in a different window
Thanks noticed that backing up from my mic really helps! Makes my voice sound more like it does (and not like way younger)
I know it's just me but when you removed the stuff at the end I could not hear the difference at all
if you werent wearing headphones then that could be the reason, but most people use headphones. if you are wearing headphones then it might just be your speakers which means you have good speakers and i would be jealous
lilrymes vg In my case it literally is just me. I've got a mild hearing loss. lots of low sounds I just cannot hear anymore.
I heard no difference aswell, probaly because no headphons :P
Martin Knight
neither could i, and i just got new speakers :P
lilrymes vg it can be the headphones but i have a headset and heard it
You should try and do weekly uploads to this channel. Just showcasing something new every week, or doing house tours, or weekly Q&A's. I think that'd be pretty cool.
*_Seconded_*
Weekly is my plan for this channel yeah. Not 100% sure I can stick to it with Christmas coming up, but we shall see!
Mumbo Sounds great. I look forward to see what's to come.
Or you can live stream Benji every day for an hour or two and everyone will be 'a very happy bunny indeed'
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I couldn't help but notice the Blue Yeti looked like it was screaming at 1:00.
I really enjoy watching your filming and editing skills improve over time.
I love all your tutorials, they are so clear and easy to follow . If you keep going like this, then the second mambo channel is quickly going to be as popular as your other one.
So how about doing a Render settings tutorial next?
Tutorial Ideas
Minecraft Settings tutorial.
How you make your Videos thumbnails.
As a professional sound engineer I was hesitant watching this video. But your knowledge of sound and microphones and how it works was very good!
Oh gosh! I am glad you enjoyed it. It is all fairly basic stuff, but I thought I would do a little video showcasing some of the things to watch out for as I know I would have found that useful in the beginning!
The care you put into your videos puts quite a lot of professionals to shame. Keep it up! And definitely keep waving the flag for good audio in videos. (From an audio pro in the TV industry)
This is one of the most helpful videos I've found regarding this microphone. Thank you!
You are an inspiration, and I have no doubt you have created a unique style of commentary that other (like myself) interested content creators can aspire to. thanks for the great content!
Hey Mumbo, I produce music as well as make Minecraft videos and I ran into the same problem that you had with the acoustic foam. I kept trying to find a bunch of different ways to buy acoustic foam but it was all just very expensive for the amount of actual foam you got. I managed to find a decent deal on Amazon. I got 12 16" x 24" x 1 5/8" thick acoustic acoustic panels from Next Acoustics GearWedge on Amazon for around $70 USD. This was more than enough to cover all of the major portions of my room, including first reflections and the corners, and the quality was amazing, it feels really professional and none of the panels were squished or un-shapen in any way during the packaging/shipping process, which is something that I saw people writing about in reviews of a bunch of different products.
+Mumbo You're well toned man didn't imagine you having such awesome muscles. dude the reverb difference is almost none I could barely here a difference
I really learned a lot of stuff that was missing from my technical knowledge. Thanks a lot Buddie!
Tip for folks on budgets: Foam mattress covers (particularly of the 'egg crate' variety) provide great acoustic insulation and cost a fraction as much as professional-grade materials.
A couple notes about your Sound proofing. I have found that you need more sound proofing the farther you prefer to be away from your mic as you would need to turn up your mic to capture your voice. I usually have my word hole only a couple inches from my mic. For my setup I have my windows mic input volume turned almost completely down and my Alesis USB input turned up. This removes a lot of background noise and cuts down on my voice bouncing.
Yea hopefully I will be seeing an audio upgrade soon. Other things you might need are a large and generous family, and it helps to be a few weeks away from Christmas. Perfect timing!!
Mumbo, everything you do seems so professional...
Another thing that helps is giving the bass and treble a slight boost in software such as Audacity, or if your preamp or mic has that option.
You actually made me clean up my room where I record my video's by this video and getting some pillows down there....
GG mumbo.. g g
loving the set up
Awesome stuff, time to get a boom arm & a shock mount
Great tips, clear and precise information. An outstanding video.
Marvelous video quality for the tutorial. You should make a "how to get good video quality" next. :D
I would love to see more videos about making videos like the audio, editing, what planning you do for each video, ... since I'm a beginning youtuber myself
Awesome and very helpful! Great work dude!!
One concern: I think you set your gain too high while recording the soundtrack for this video.
The most important thing is proper acoustic treatment, but it's not as easy as it seems. You can easily screw up your audio quality by "hurr durr moar spiky foam" and making yourself sound muffled, yet still have a lot of unwanted frequencies going back into the mic. I highly advise to do some research from good sources before buying stuff, there is a lot of bullshit going around the internet regarding the use of acoustic panels :P
Thanks! I will try to use these techniques with my Snowball!
great vid mumbo. one thing tho if ur monitors have heat vents putting the pillows like that could reduce the life of ur monitors do to overheating. keep up the vids
Nice video Mumbo! Really good tips :)
What the heck, you ride bmx? That is pretty mind blowing. Definitely make an edit!
Hey mumbo, could you do a yeti and bluebird comparison video, maybe even with or without pillows & blankets
Great video Mumbo Keep this videos up!
Hey Mumbo, If you want to look like in studio and you have no budget, try to make walls from eggs plates. It is cheap trick how to replace those expensive studio walls. And they are cheaper or free if you collect them over some time :) I personally use this trick and it works fine :)
Super helpful video Mumbo, thank you :3
Keep up the good work! ^^
Hey Mumbo, thanks for the great video. Unfortunately, for the short term at least, I have a budget of $0 to make my youtube videos, which means I am currently using the built in Microphone in my MacBook Pro. Do you have any tips on how to optimize this?
Seems like I'm going to need more of a budget if I'm to start talking in my videos rather than just having music! Thanks Mumbo, for the advice!
Great video mumbo! I was just wondering if you are thinking about any next-gen GTAV videos?
I didn't notice a difference when you removed the pillows and blankets...which kind of says something about the quality of my headphones.
Hey mumbo, I love the quality of your videos and just have one question about editing. When doing time lapses with music do you need any rights to use songs?
Good job mumbo on the video, I bet this'll help me a lot
Thanks a lot
blankets...
and my neighbour is gonna be like omar you got out of the mental hospital too early didn't you when he sees that across the window
Very good video, cool to see what goes into making your videos, a bit of behind the screen insight. looking forward to more from this channel
would like you to do a review of the new Razer sieren Microphone. always like their product.
Wow, I'm rather surprised at how much those pillows cancelled out. I'm using headphones and I could hear it right off the bat.
Can you do recording tests? Showing the different mics w/without the shock mount & P and B thingy :P
Isn't the "Blue" screen in front of the Bluebird - which I believe comes packed with it - a pop filter itself?
+Ken Cur It is, but it isnt perfect.
It's pretty much for aesthetics only, doesn't really work well
yeah it's supposed to be, but it's sucks
however it's not very smart to have both on
yeah it's supposed to be, but it's sucks
however it's not very smart to have both on
Loved the video, you seem to put too much effort into your videos! I filmed a video talking about audio and how important it is and what not, now I'm having second thoughts about uploading it, mine will be put to shame...
The only bit that annoyed me slightly was the fact that you were talking in the shot, and it didn't match up with what you were saying as I doubt you were saying anything, it is a small thing and probably isn't worth fixing it or going to that much effort to do xP
Other than that, it was the best looking video I've seen since well your last one! Keep it up!
Perhaps it's just me but i think your voice sounds better without the cushions
the blue blue bird microphone is high end not medium ranged
The audio without the dampers (the pillows etc.) wasn't actually that bad, but I suppose it does sound a bit more professional with them.
actually, i like more the sound WITH the reverb rather than without :P
lol, I don't use echo protection with a leadership mic and have no problems at all on recording even for serious things like college projects
My mom does a lot a freelance voice work and has a pretty amazing setup (aside from that stupid Dell computer and how slow it is. Screw that thing.). A Rode Broadcaster mic, to the same the same pre-amp you use, to a condenser, to another voice processing box that does various things, to her audio recording software. Then she has an amp with a switch that goes between her pretty crappy 10 year old Studiomaster headphones to the extremely nice JBL speakers. And blankets aalll around the walls. Blankets everywhere.
Unfortunately, I have exactly none of that, and I'm stuck with some pretty intermediate stuff :P.
Great advice, thanks 😀
You could look more professional if you use the foam sheets for like a bed or something like that. They are fairly cheap and you could buy them for $10 USD at Walmart or anywhere else.
Thanks for this !
Only one question: As far as microphones go, I think the Rode Nt 1 is one of the best out there and even cheaper than yours.. !
Have you seen it / Why did you choose a different one ?
Haha, I couldn't really tell the difference between with and without the echo protection XD
Luv the vid man!
Mumbo: has £200 mic
Also mumbo: I have a budget if £0
Rendering my first video for TH-cam now and I'll admit the audio isn't that great. Recording in an open basement with a CAD U37 probably isn't helping. I tried to de-noise and curb the ss in audacity but we live and learn. Thanks for the info hopefully I can improve soon.
Can you show us your render settings next?
That bed in the background doe
you should do a bit on video editing and how you do it
Mumbo....if i had enough money to buy blue blue bird....and yetty.....which one is much better for starting....
From 00:22 it sounds like the camera mic is turned on because you hear a lot of background noise
Good equipment is one thing. Knowing how to speak into a microphone is more important then good equipment.
Lets be honest about it, Mumbo has a good voice, although he may think differently. Not to low and not to high. But if you listen to other people, how are they speaking? What is the volume and tone color of their voice, are they screaming, talking really loud, or really soft or neutral?
Lets say it like this, even if you buy a really good microphone and allot of equipment, that does not guarantee you to get a really good sound. You have to know how to speak into a microphone and you also need to have a good voice.
are you going to make WIP videos about your studio?
I am using a headset. There is a BIG difference in sound quality with and without the pillows!
Pillows behind your monitors? Would be to dangeours for me ... I suggest the carton of egg boxes ... they are perfect and realy cheap.
How do you explain this terrific 'hiss' beggining in minute 0:23 when you show your 'Blue Mic' and dissapears at 0:39. Is that Blue mic that makes this horrible 'hiss'?... And we are talking about 'sound quality'. Up to 0:39 we can say that the quality is fantastic.
Which mic did you use to make this video?
wow i love the thumbnail!
I'm now using a samson g-track with a pop-killer for recording but i didn't tested this out by now XD But this video should help me a lot^^
The echo isn't too bad in my opinion.
Where did you get those fancy wallpapers
so ironic he has staic noice in the backgorund, m8 that is not audio quality
I think that you should have done a little bit more demonstration
I wonder what type of deskt that is, Looks like it is "BESTÅ BURS" from IKEA, Exactly the one I might buy but it costs approximately £250. also I unintentionaly bought the same equipment aswell except for the mic being the blue spark instead! "Rode mic stand" "Blue spark" "Scarlett focusrite" before I even knew you had any of this c:
I like this video. it is so helpfull. big up men!!! waiting for more..
It looks like you can type without looking at your keyboard, but you only use your index finger
Hi Mumbo, I am always getting like a static noise. I have tried to turn on noise surpression, but then my voice sounds like my hand is on my mouth and I have tried alot of things. I have an headset with a microphone on it. Can you PLEASE help me? Thank you. :D
get a better sound card. Or your microphone is bad. getting a better sound card helps alot, although bad mics might not be helped by that.
Or if that fails, get a modmic for your headphones (may be a bit expensive) or just get a desktop mic (e.g. audio technica, blue microphones, samson) which usually has great sound quality but might be even more expensive.
rattacko123 Thank you very much for helping !
there are echo guards that can be attached to the arm, some of them are wide but its an option =]
I should have mentioned them yeah. I never use them as they obstruct view quite a bit!
So i use a guitar hero condenser microphone in a diy boom stand made from a designers lamp and a diy pop filter so and about the echo's i have a room with 2 walls of preaty soft wallpaper and 2 isolated walls, ohh and my google now turned on twice while watching this video
Good job man
Quick question: Do you have a special camera mount that allows you to slowly move the shot, or do you do that digitally?
Can you do a tour of your house?
Can you make a tutorial on the wiggle effect like in your intros
Without your pillows you really hear the difference but i got used to it in like 15 seconds :D
Discuss the best game headphones under €100
Do you use the Amazon Affiliate program? It lets you get a few percent on sales through your links. Worth a look if you do not. (Not sure how it works in the UK, but it works well in the US)
hey mumbo i would like you to make a video about what editing system you use because I would like to start my own channel but I don't know what to use. Help!
Mumbo Jumbo you mentioned the sound canceling panals, are you going to use them in the little studio room you are building or are you sticking to the pillow/blanket method that you have perfected?
I will be getting acoustic foam yeah. No more pillows :(
Mumbo Too bad. Right now, if you stay up to long editing and fall asleep, you be sure to have a nice rest 'till the next day xD
thats not a preamp! its an focusrite scarlett 2i2 and its an audio interface
hey mumbo, what software do you use to record/edit your voice recordings?
Huh I thought you used fraps to record, but i really see OBS on your desktop at 1:50
OBS is for streaming not recording....
oh oops yea you can also record with it but didnt know anything about streaming
Flybikes? Did you use to ride bmx? I myself have been riding bmx for a lot of time :)
LP He used to BMX, but he had to stop because he grew to 6 foot 5
also the Blue Snowball