The Best Microphones for Youtube EPIC video
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- What are the best microphones? Especially for TH-cam and all those videos you are making. Maybe its time to graduate from that little Rode stuck on top of your camera. What are the best lav mics, shotgun mics, under-clothing mics and even headset microphones? Find out what the pros use and also what some very affordable alternatives are. Be aware that some mics require power, especially XLR mics. Some sound great but require adapters, like 1/8" 3.5mm TRS, 3 pin Lemo, TA5F, XLR, Shure, etc. Hear the comparisons between Shure, Audio-Technica, Sennheiser, Sanken, Rode, Countryman, Body Mics, Voice technologies and more. This video is one of many in an audio masterclass series. Enjoy!
Here are links to sound files you can download to hear the differences...
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Mic samples with processing added (your processing choices may be different)... www.markusrothk...
LAVALIER microphones
8:37 Sanken COS11D $400
9:20 DPA 4060 $450
9:47 DPA 6060 $600
10:11 DPA 4080 $600
11:00 DPA 4071 $600
11:34 Sennheiser ME102 $350
11:51 Sennheiser MKE1 $430
12:22 Sennheiser MKE2 Gold Serie $350
12:46 Countryman B6 $299
13:21 Countryman EMW $200
13:42 Audio-Technica AT831 $100
14:01 Audio-Technica AT831 XLR $200
14:25 Audio-Technica AT830MX $90
14:50 Audio-Technica AT899 $270
15:39 Sony ECM-77B $300
16:10 Sony ECM-88B $470
16:43 Lectrosonics M152/5P $170
17:21 Tram TR50 $250
17:42 Shure Twinplex TL48 $500 *
18:11 Shure MX150 MX150B? $350
18:30 Voice Technologies VT-500 $270
18:55 Voice Technologies VT-506 $300
19:51 Movo mic $100 wireless kit
20:05 Movo TRS $25
20:18 Zoom LMF2 lav (part of F2 kit)
20:35 Bodymics Drury Lane DLF-3 $100
20:58 Giant Squid $35
HEADSET microphones
22:20 DPA 6066 $1000
22:51 DPA 4188 $800
23:11 Audio-Technica ATBP-892 350usd
23:40 Shure MX153 headset 230usd
24:00 Drury Lane DH3 150usd
24:17 Drury Lane DE3 160usd
24:46 Haowin headset 22usd
25:08 Countryman H7 headset 600usd
SHOTGUN microphones
25:57 Rode NT5 220usd xlr
27:30 Rode Video Micro 60usd
28:12 Sennheiser ME66 300usd
29:48 Sennheiser ME67 300usd
30:04 Audio-Technica AT 4053B 600usd
30:46 Sennheiser 416 1000usd
31:42 DPA 4017 1800usd
32:20 Schoeps CMT5U 2500usd
33:28 Zoom F1 SP 230usd
The Audio Series:
The Best Audio For Video- Part 1... the long awaited audio series intro
• The Best Audio For Vid...
Windproofing a lavalier Microphone Trick for outdoor Audio Recording • Windproofing a lavalie...
Where do I hide my mic ? • Where do I hide my mic ?
How Pros mount & HIDE Lavalier Microphones, Transmitters & Recorders • How Pros mount & HIDE ...
Why NOT to stick a microphone in your hair • Why NOT to stick a mic...
Creating a Good Audio Recording Environment Indoors • Creating a Good Audio ...
The Best Microphones • The Best Microphones f...
Audio Recorder Epic Comparison • Audio Recorder Epic Co...
Wireless Audio Mic Systems Epic Comparison • Wireless Audio Mic Sys...
Audio Post Processing for Videos • Audio Post Processing ...
Audio Series wrap up, misc stuff • Audio Series wrap up, ...
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lavalier microphones
8:37 Sanken COS11D $400
9:20 DPA 4060 $450
9:47 DPA 6060 $600
10:11 DPA 4080 $600
11:00 DPA 4071 $600
11:34 Sennheiser ME102 $350
11:51 Sennheiser MKE1 $430
12:22 Sennheiser MKE2 Gold Serie $350
12:46 Countryman B6 $299
13:21 Countryman EMW $200
13:42 Audio-Technica AT831 $100
14:01 Audio-Technica AT831 XLR $200
14:25 Audio-Technica AT830MX $90
14:50 Audio-Technica AT899 $270
15:39 Sony ECM-77B $300
16:10 Sony ECM-88B $470
16:43 Lectrosonics M152/5P $170
17:21 Tram TR50 $250
17:42 Shure Twinplex TL48 $500 ***
18:11 Shure MX150 MX150B? $350
18:30 Voice Technologies VT-500 $270
18:55 Voice Technologies VT-506 $300
19:51 Movo mic $100 wireless kit
20:05 Movo TRS $25
20:18 Zoom LMF2 lav (part of F2 kit)
20:35 Bodymics Drury Lane DLF-3 $100
20:58 Giant Squid $35
headset microphones
22:20 DPA 6066 $1000
22:51 DPA 4188 $800
23:11 Audio-Technica ATBP-892 350usd
23:40 Shure MX153 headset 230usd
24:00 Drury Lane DH3 150usd
24:17 Drury Lane DE3 160usd
24:46 Haowin headset 22usd
25:08 Countryman H7 headset 600usd
shotgun microphones
25:57 Rode NT5 220usd xlr
27:30 Rode Video Micro 60usd
28:12 Sennheiser ME66 300usd
29:48 Sennheiser ME67 300usd
30:04 Audio-Technica AT 4053B 600usd
30:46 Sennheiser 416 1000usd
31:42 DPA 4017 1800usd
32:20 Schoeps CMT5U 2500usd
33:28 Zoom F1 SP 230usd
Thanks again Markus for all the amazing work!!
Wow, someone else who works as hard as I do! Thanks David!
@@MarkusPix Not nearly as much as you do Markus, but if this helps others and helps the TH-cam algorithm to show your valuable content to more people it's a pleasure 😊
Awesome. Thank you Sir.
Thank you!
WOW - you sampled so many different products, and included the post-processing. The editing must have taken so much time, it's excellent. Thanks so much for doing this.
Absolutely. It takes time and totally no bs. He's the real audio man with tons of skill and wisdom.
The only free stuff I want from Markus is information, and I get that with every video. Thanks
Looking forward to the 'post processing' video.
THIS.
Please
Yes please
My thoughts exactly. Would love to see a simple tutorial about typical post processing. Hopefully it’s a simple process.
Yah, me too
What post processing do you do?
As part of your mic series, it would be great to see how you do post processing.
You tested them all, i like them all. But most i love is the energy you put in all your video. Thanks
Holy Schoeps man! That was a sweet mic! Can't believe how clean it sounds at a whisper. Great video as always!🤟🏻😎📸
That mic really impress me.
Amazing how well the $25-35 microphones performed. How they connect and hold up might be the difference. Thanks.
I do quite a bit of music-recording, and often the mics are a lot further away then. This is when you really start noticing the price-differences, these are almost always condensermics in a stand. but most of us do speech, so this will not be a real issue...
This dude uploads courses that would cost a fortune and he does it for free(with goddamn giveaways)! What a champ!
Markus, we need to know your post-processing workflow for audio!
Please…
like your entertaining vibe and your way to teach us things :)
Thank ya
It's important to note that the AT4053B is not in fact a shotgun microphone, but is a 'pencil condenser' indoor dialogue microphone. This type of mic generally works better indoors than an actual shotgun mic.
Exactly. People should know that a shotgun mic does not sound good indoors because of the way sound bounces off walls.
@@ToddLloydunless you have a treated room, like in this video. The difference is night and day with a shotgun.
The 4053b is my primary go-to. I've used it indoors and outside, on vocals and instruments. My favorite utility knife mic. And yeah, it's a pencil. I swapped to this from an NTG 3 shotgun because I recorded more indoors than outside.
Thanks for this Markus! Those 39 minutes went by in a blink of an eye.
I've been to the Schoeps factory with my audio class at university in Germany. Was a great experience to see how these high end mics are made and what the people making them had to say about it. All down to earth, friendly. A bit unreal seeing like 50 of these high end mics stacked up next to each other though.
The new standard in Mic shootouts. I've done tests of up to about 10 mics in a session at a time, but this is many levels up. Not only doing the raw mic but also comparing with post processing added, which as you can hear with cheap mics starting to "reveal the limitations" as you process the audio is a big part of a proper evaluation which is rarely included. Epic content creation!! Even with my interest in the subject, I'm not sure anyone else could have held my attention or made the presentation of all of this as enjoyable.
Markus - Thanks for doing this series. I am loving it! In all my years on TH-cam I have never seen an in-depth series on audio like this. I am really looking forward to seeing some videos about post-processing. I am also hoping to see a video on recording with an external recorder, or recording directly into the computer, like with OBS. Thanks again!
Thanks
Awesome. This is a very valuable source for Filming Mics. Podcastage covers a lot of studio mics and you're filling in a huge gap by covering the lapel headset and shotgun microphones. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
When you like a video before even playing it just so you don't forget you know it's going to be quality. I know i"m in for a good half hour of well done educational entertainment. LOVING this series on audio.
I have to say big applause for your deep comparison between all these mics. I never saw anyone in youtube doing this huge amount of different microphones in one video for us to hear their subtleties. Appreciate very much your editing after time:35min 33 seconds at the end of it. That summarized very well their capabilities.
Well done, I usually don't comment but here I felt I needed to be grateful for you huge efforts. ❤ all your videos and I am following you since the very beginning of your TH-cam on this channel.
Hope you can teach more what you love and get great connections with lots of fun doing so. Wish you success on this channel Markus. 🙏 👏👏👏
I don't post process, I've got a Sennheiser MKE400 which I used mainly 12-5 years ago, about 5 years ago I upgraded to the Sennheiser MKE440 (because it looks fancy doing stereo shotgun sound and etc), then I got the Saramonic dual wireless lav UWMIC9 system (once I lost the transmitter to my expensive Sennheiser single wireless pack), later downgrading to the easier to use more convenient Saramonic Blink 500. So basically, I think I am a Sennheiser fan for shotguns and a Saramonic fan for dual wireless lavs, and thanks for this video but I am not sure if there is any better shotgun or dual wireless lav system to switch to 😄 one thing I definitely think I should do is to replace those included lavs provided by Saramonic, I considered maybe getting a Sennheiser lav to connect on each of those. But I'll probably look for a cheaper lav. But, I'd like to upgrade to a better dual wireless lav, maybe the new Rode, or the new Blink 500 Pro, or something else better that might come out..
Everybody gangsta until markus take his microphone from his head
I am only 16 minutes into this phenomenal presentation, Markus, you’re the best. It’s so intricate in detail and I say Bravo to the way you really make the effort to show the quality of each mic. Super helpful, (overwhelming at first), but worth watching a few times when missing details on the products. Thank you 🙏🏽
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video and love your style as well as info! Thank you! I have one question… if filming indoors for golf, what mic would you use for Sony a6400 or the zv10 e ?
I need simple bit as good as possible. I struggle with sound in this space.
Wondered if a boom above would work but then I do several close ups and different angles etc
Thank you!
Great in-depth video Markus! Well done! 👏😎
Giant Squid for $35 sounds the best!😃
I use two of the Rode NT-5 in a crossed pattern for recording live orchestras. Especially good for chamber music. Usually try to put them 11 feet above and in front of the group.
loving the sound of DPA 4071
What post processing are you adding?
I've been watching a YT channel, bingeing two years of their videos, and not until I watched your last video did I realize they would benefit from better sound. You're 100% right--if the content is good, great video and awesome audio are secondary. I am not an audiophile by any measure--I was satisfied with my AM radio in my first car!
Ballsy move putting EPIC in the title, but tbf, it's accurate in this case.
Do you have a video on how to process audio ?!
Thanks so much for this review, wow, that's a ton of work! Very impressed with the Schoeps CMT5U. Many of us use the Schoeps MK41. It's pricey, however.
This reminded me so much of going to the NAB convention each year...I would always head over to the radio/audio section and go right to the Countryman booth where Carl Countryman would be standing there behind the counter at the controls of a mixing console. On the countertop were dozens of microphones and he would place headphones on my head and start talking into each microphone one at a time. They were all connected to his mixer and he made quite a show of it. Those were good times. Thanks Markus for your incredible demo.
Insanely helpful thanks for your extensive testing and comparisons! 💚
This channel always delivers serious quality 😭👍 thank you so much!!
Oh, I wish I can spam the like button, so good Markus!
I love your work! Always learning new stuff.
Thanks!
Johnny from Qc, Canada
Merci
Would love to see a video on your post-processing techniques like a tutorial. That would be cool!
This video will age like the finest wine! The definition of always relevant content. Congratulations Markus I can only imagine the work to put this together!
Man Markus I've been learning so much from your videos. Thank you for taking the time to be so thorough and knowledgeable about all these microphones.
Thanks for clearing up something that has puzzled me about every mike review I've watched (up til now), where they boast about no post processing... I always wondered whether you couldn't make any mike sound right if you knew what you were doing in post. I've been working on learning my DAW.
Great job Markus! Thanks for putting in a LOT of time in testing and recording with these mics. I've been a Sennheiser guy for decades and always wanted to hear the high-end DPA and of course they mythical Schoeps tested side-by-side. Looks like I made a good choice. Also, could not agree more with your points that the mic - or in my case the camera - really does not matter as much as improving your recording environment. 100% correct.
This video is BOSS!!!
39min? Cool 👍
Wow!! Thanks for all the work and all the an knowledge! Nowhere ever have we had the opportunity to compare so many mics at one time. You're the best.
Markus, thank you! I'm glad you're having fun doing these. Your last video about the ambiance of the room was terrific, and the demos of these microphones was the best I have ever watched! Balanced comparisons, and a bit of humor. Awesome! Looking forward to more stuff to learn! Cheers! ~Mike
Hi Markus, thanks for this video. Much appreciated. I'm always in awe how you made your audio sounds so great regardless of what mics you use. Would you mind making a video to share with us on how you post-process your audio? Cheers from Kuala Lumpur!
Thank you for all the work you’ve put into the making of this video Markus! I’ve saved it as reference. You are a generous lad! 👏👏👏
I kept buying expensive mics to up my audio game - stop making me rethink everything, Markus!!
Great series! Thanks for this. I look forward to the rest of the videos.
I’m amazed by how education can be so entertaining. This is the most extended and still professional with no nonsense talk video ever, you’re very talented in making TH-cam reviews. Thank you for making this for us ❤
I love the videos! Thanks Markus. I love the lav mics I use. I am a musician so I have some pretty nice mics, but amazingly enough I use cheap lav mics that I personally think sound perfectly fine. I have not really applied much processing to them in my TH-cam videos, but Im thinking I probably should!
Thank you so much my friend Markus for presenting us all these mics!! Very informative video!
Wow, great presentation of each of the mics, including post processing. I had a Fethead Phantom that I tried with my Sennheiser ME66 + K6P and MKH 416 and I tried this with a Tascam DR-100 MKII and Tascam DR-701D XLR and could not get a sound when using the Fethead with the mics on either recorders.
I was using the ME-66 for background ambient and nature sound recording as it has great low noise and high sensitivity and works great for that, especially when using a pair for stereo sound, but I liked the frequency response and sound of the MKH-416 more but I noticed if I recorded in the same locations as the ME-66, I'd notice more noise hiss on the recordings due to slightly higher noise floor of the MKH-416, so I thought the Fethead Phantom would fix that, but I didn't get any sound when using it.
Outstanding Comparison! You have done a LOT of my homework for me! Thank you!
Very informative and such a huge variety of mics tested! Thank you so much!
My pleasure!
I love how the DPA 4060 sounds! They are hard to come by here in Australia.
I use the Rode VideoMicro for my videos but I need to invest in a good Pop Filter for my voiceovers.
I definitely need to invest in a lav mic for field work because the biggest feedback I receive from my videos is the voice clarity in noisey environments, like at a market or in a restaurant. I do what I can in post production but it’s still lacking quality.
Awesome "Look" and listen to a Bunch of audio microphones. Great. Thanks.
The closer the better don't hold your breath.
My brain is melting 🫠 but I love the info and Markus !
Outstanding video, outstanding audio, and an outstanding channel.
There is so much one needs to know to do this stuff, that every youtube "creator" should be watching this series.
There are very few that understand the value of good audio.
Thanks.
A bloody great, informative, nutter. Thank you Markus. You're a star.
Absolutely epic --- You're such a legend!
Do you have any video tutorial on what kind of post processing you use?
The amount of time you spent doing this and posting your results will help *so many* people. Thank you so much.
Glad it was helpful!
I love all of your videos Markus you give us so much value.
Eye opening! Small cheap lavs are also sounding so good.
❤💓❤ *Markus* you are not pointing out that the MOVO is a one channel microphone. Wow. Yes we can fix that in post too... ROFL Man I love love love your videos. I see that you are out there doing a video and I have to watch it. I was mortified when I found out my MOVO mics were only one channel ROFL. Movo wireless is what I first went to. I now do it on talent and use camera audio to synch video. Such great instruction. Great education and Entertainment. Would love to apprentice for you a few days sometime. WOW You are an amazing teacher. ❤💓❤
just use a mono to stereo plug adapter when recording
@@MarkusPix Thanks *Markus* I was just surprised to find out many of the thrifty Mics, movo included, although they have TRS connection only carry one channel. Easily fixed in post, but definitely a surprise learning my TRS tip that we all associate with stereo only had left channel. ;)
The Schoeps cmit5u "Blue" shotgun from Germany that he said is a collectors item that's not made anymore is not true. It's still being produced. Myself and several of my friends own that exact mic. Yes, it is expensive but it is worth it for our work.
Markus, thank you for all the hard work you put into this video. This must have taken dozens of hours to edit! Excellent work! Tony
Glad you enjoyed it!
I had forgotten the video was even playing after hearing the few I wanted to hear, but when you started talking through the CMT5U, I stopped everything I was doing to figure out why it suddenly sounded like thre was a person talking to me IRL, except that I knew it wasn't a person in the room with me, because it sounded like they were close enough to lick my eyeball..
When you started whispering? I had to stop the video. It was making the hair in my ears vibrate in a way that introduced a level of discomfort that I've never experienced before.
That thing is absolutely insane.. in a good way ... mostly ...
Best mic review video on TH-cam!
Hi Markus. How to capture rain sounds for best result.
Very detail and useful. This is the most comprehensive review video for lav mic in real world.
Thanks so much for the great comparison and illumination of products!
My head is spinning and my brain is melted
Hey Markus, I had a quick question.
My camcorder I got on christmas was working fine....but....
You know when you rotate the LCD screen the image flips right?
Mine doesnt flip at all, so when i flip my LCD screen its rotatated PLS HELP.
That was a tour de force of microphones and thanks for the post processing examples. A really useful guide, many thanks 🙏👍
Thank you for taking the time (days) and trouble to do these master classes..
Interesting what you were saying about duel diaphragm.. something I've been playing with..
also construction of the mics.. the holes, slots and the differences between shotguns.. what on Earth makes the blue one so sensitive and sound so good?
Looking forward to the rest of the series.
This video is epic!!!! Thank you!
Thank you very much for this comparison !
Yes I did feel some brain melt. Have you done any work for the CIA or FBI?
I know you can't tell me even if you did. What do you think about software like Audacity?
These small mics must be made from neodymium magnets. Pretty expensive.
The always annoying in your face shotgun mics. Reminds me of the Johnny Carson shows.
Thank You Thank You Thank You 👍
Very nice comparison!
I have a bit different case.
I'm looking for a tiny mic that I can use somewhere on my right shoulder or (deaf) ear, in order to transfer the signal to my left (good) ear - kind of like a CROS hearing aid.
I'm thinking of using RODE AI-Micro audio interface, and eventually even use two mics to capture more sound (or cover more directions).
Also I'm thinking of using bone-conducting headphone on my good ear, so that I don't plug it and obstruct its normal hearing - just to add the sounds from my deaf side (ie overcome the head- shadow effect).
So specifically on this video subject - could you recommend a mic and perhaps a mounting way that would be better for my use-case?
Thanks!
Thanks Markus....
This was a huge undertaking to create this video. Your wisdom is appreciated 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
So much work goes into these videos, thank you Markus. It's really greatly appreciated.
I never would have guessed that you put the microphone in your hair.
thank you very much for the enormous amount of work you put in Markus! The Schoeps, is in fact re-issued as the CMIT-5U now.
The original audio from that Schoeps CMT5U is insanely good.
We need to see the post processing process
Amazing comparison Markus ! Thanks a lot for such a work.
I'm more in stereo recording for most of my work and specially using MS microphones like the Pearl ms10 . I own 2 bulkies Shure VP-88 but must try them with Triton fet-head because of their noise.
Hope I'll find a used stereo Audio Technica BP4025 one day as it's a gem in affordable all in one stereo mike considering its specs.
Are you in stereo captation sometimes ?
It's so funny how some people, not a lot, but some will ask how to win and not watch the video. My last giveaway was no acception and I just had to laugh. I'm not going to get in on the giveaway, I'll let someone else have a chance to win, but I just wanted to say again, "Thank you". I've learned a lot from your videos and I do appreciate it
remarkable 228 comments and almost 6,000 views, so many people apricate you You are Blessed!!
This is super helpful, thanks!
The giant squid has a reguarl round port..can I get a adapter for my android from the aux to usbc n use it directly with Phone ?
💛thanks for all your teachings health and camera wise
Just because of you i just sold 2x zoom f2 for tentacle e, and sold my sennheiser me2 for sanken cos 11d. I trust you much more than all of the youtube " prostitute scene" . Just wanted to let you know that what you do make a lot of sence to some people 👍
Wow! Your video is fantastic! You deserve major props for all the effort you put into planning, filming, editing, and wrapping it all up with that awesome recap. Most people don't realize how much goes into making something like this happen. Kudos, Markus!
Coming from a background in cinematography and production, I totally get why the top location audio recordists we hire invest in high-quality gear like DPA mics. We make do with a decent Lectro/Sound Devices ENG Kit for smaller gigs, but after listening here, it's clear our Countryman EMC and Tram TR50 lavs could be better with proper processing. Even though our trusty old ME66 shotgun has served us well, it might be time to retire it.
I'm curious about your processing techniques. Did you use the same plugins or outboard gear for each mic, but with different settings? And what is your vocal chain? Do you have presets set up for each mic/plugin combo?
I'm also intrigued by the idea of using a lav headset for podcasting instead of my SM7B. But I noticed those headset lavs can pick up a lot of breath sounds. Did you manage to clean those up in post-processing? Lastly, do you think any of those headset lavs could be suitable for both dialog and singing?
Thanks again for sharing such an informative video packed with useful insights! I salute you!
I'm looking for a tiny mic to record an UDU drum internally, so must fit through the small sound hole on the Meinl Ibo (tri) udu drum and be able to pick up a full range of both low and high tones. Also have low latency. I'm not familiar with how latency works on lavalier mic's ... how they connect to audio interface (Scarlett Focusrite 2i2 3rd gen) or connect to the DAW (Logic Pro) ... I would have liked you to talk a bit about this aspect, maybe a video about mic's used for recording instruments, including internal mic' ing for Udu drums ...