Thanks. This Thing seems to sound extremely transparent to my ear, you can get a very natural sound or you can tune it when editing to get the sound you want,, it's kind of cool to find a mic that not already tuned to sounds a certain way.
I can see the 120 Hz high pass being useful on a female singing voice. For male voices, I tend to go up to about 90 Hz when mixing. Obviously, you can get away with more low end on a podcast or voiceover where you're not trying to fit it into a dense mix. Mixed vocals in songs are often surprisingly thin. Anyway, sorry for the rambling. I'm seriously considering this mic. I have an SM7B, which I find very useful, but it lacks a little of the detail I'd like. I have a few condensers but the lack of rejection can be an issue. They also exaggerate my sibilance in ways that can be unfixable later.
Personally I like to run the high pass on the editing software but it's really nice to have the switches on the microphone in case you need them for some reason, This is definitely a unique and great sounding Mic, I'm a big fan of this one
it's not cheap but its worth it, it took me quite a while to get one but i really love this thing, its got to be the most natural sounding and of the best sounding microphones that you can get for a semi affordable price. To me this sounds better than some microphone that cost a few thousand dollars and this really does reject background nose like a dynamic mic since the capsule is not as sensitives and you can keep it really close to your mouth without it sounding super muddy and bassy , i'm trying to get some more microphones from this company on loan so i can review more of them, every louten i have heard sounds great, a few of them are pretty interesting but i like this one for the noise rejection and natural sound.
i'm actually going to do another video where i move this mic and the sm7b and probably a regular condenser to my hallway and maybe even to the bathroom if my XLR Cable is long enough, to see how each one does in a non ideal space, that way you can actually hear it with your own ears and judge for yourself so that will be coming up in the next few days. now one thing to think about, it Depends on how bad the reverb in your room is, if your in a completely empty room with hardwood floors you're gonna get some reverb no matter what. If the room has carpet or rugs on the floor, maybe a bed a couch or some lazy boy char's that are made out of soft material that will absorb a lot of it My room has a bed, about 100 dollars worth of f stop foam squares (most foam squares kind of suck, these are high quality but not as good as real acoustic panels) covering the wall in front of me, behind me and to my left, on the right of me is a bed which all absorbs some of the reverb, As long as i keep the mic semi close to my face im not getting any reverb at all, most of the room reflections i get are from my voice bouncing off the hardwood floors, the ceiling, the big computer monitor In front of my face and the desk im setting at. now if i stand up and record i get next to no reverb in this room. but stayed tuned for the test where i take both microphones
This is definitely one of my favorite microphones, sounds good, has a unique interesting look to it and picks up way less room the way some river have been any other condenser might have ever tried so this thing is a winner. I think it's a very good choice
Yes, sometimes, I ended up doing some a/b testing between the two on a couple of different days and honestly a person's voice can sound different from day to day, or even at different times of the day I mean I'm sure you've heard the term morning voice or your voice sounds a little different in the morning, most of the time I feel like the SM7B is a little bit too dark sounding for my voice,, I don't have as much high-end or high mid frequencies in my voice as some people and the SM7B seems to pick up more of the low in frequencies so when you put those two things together sometimes it can give you a dull sounding recording, now this microphone boosts the high-end and the mid-range up a bit yet still gives you that warm sound people like in the SM7B, but every once in a while I get a recording where I'm like man that sounded great on the SM7B and my most days I think it sounds kind of bland so if I get the SM7B positioned just right and I record first thing in the morning I can get some pretty nice quality recordings on the SM7B but throughout the day I think my voice starts to sound a little hoarse and dull so I guess it really depends on what time of day I do the recording but generally I like something that boost the high-end and high mids up a little more on my voice, I really don't feel like the SM7B is a great fit for my voice. Occasionally I get a recording where I'm like oh man that sounded amazing but most time I'm like eh it sounds too dark or too basie for my voice, but I just don't think the SM7B is correct for me now if you've got a lot of high-end or high mid-range frequencies in your voice the SM7B often sounds amazing so really it just depends on the person
@@dannylightning-audio-reviews thanks for the long answer....unfortunately i also have a voice that sounds pretty different on different days....not just the usually morning voice thing...i just listened through laptop speakers but the highend of the lauten ls-208 and the ss sometimes sound digital harsh, exactly what i hate on most condensers...i'm testing the lauten la-220 v2 right now and on my voice it has the same problem in the high end...my sm7b sometimes sounds great and perfect for some songs...on other days and different songs it sounds too muddy and not high-res enough....i hope i can try the roswell k series mics next and if they don't fit, i think i will just record with a combo of sennheiser mkh416 and sm7b and take the recording that fits better the song
You might want to look up some videos on how to use high pass and low pass filters, if you're finding some of the high frequencies to sound extra harsh, you might want to do a mild low pass filter which lets the low frequencies pass through but it cuts off a little bit of the high end so it's a little bit confusing on low pass versus high pass just like when you do a high pass it cuts off some of the base frequencies but let's all the high frequencies pass through but you also want to make sure you're listening on something that's capable of reproducing the recording because if you're trying to mix or EQ on the wrongs to the headphones it's often not going to sound right when you listen to it on the next thing, for example most audio engineers will listen to their mix on there computer as they're editing and then when they're done they'll take it out to the car the home stereo the phone and listen to it on like five or six different things to make sure it's still sounds right on all of them but it's much easier if you're mixing with monitors but a little bit of EQ work can fix some high end frequencies and that loughton does have a little bit of harshness in the high ends but it's really easy to fix that with a low pass filter now this is something that's also really important to think about Listening through laptop speakers won't even come close to giving you the full reproduction of what it recording sounds like, if you really want to hear the recording and all it's glory you need to get a set of studio monitor or monitor headphones as those are designed to try and play back the recording and let you hear what the recording actually sound like I mean even listening on my home my stereo is different than what you get over monitors, for example like a home stereo or a normal set of headphones is just designed to make music sound good to wear a set of monitors is designed to let you hear exactly what the recording sounds like But phone speakers, laptop speakers, TV speakers or even a basics to the cheap headphones won't really give you the full story Hopefully that all came out correctly I just talk into the phone and it types it out and this had to headphones doesn't it was good at picking up what I say correctly is the other ones I normally wear so hopefully there's not a bunch of typos lol, I can only see like two or three lines of the chat on this app so trying to go through it all and find typoses and nightmare cuz they don't let you see enough of it I did email Roswell recently and part of the email said hey ignore this part if you're not able to do it but I have a TH-cam channel and I would like to review one of your microphones if you can send one out and they replied about the main thing but didn't reply to that so I guess they're not going to send one but unfortunately it's pretty hard to be able to dump five 600 bucks on a microphone to make a video that's going to get like 30 cents lol or a couple dollars, but I have one of those on my shopping list and someday, maybe someday I'll pick one up, just had to rebuild a computer so that was a large chunk of money I didn't plan on spending right there
@@dannylightning-audio-reviews i'm pretty happy with my monitoring setup, i mix and check on studio monitors, 2 pairs of headphones, tv speakers, and phone speakers....car check is also important but if the mix works on all of the above it usually also works in the car....i meant i listened to this video right here just over laptop speakers and there is this high frequence resonance with your lauten...similar to my lauten la-220 v2 that i checked over different monitor settings, don't know if just a highcut will help with that...i guess i'll send my lauten back and try others mics instead
Okay I thought you meant you were mainly just listening on your laptop, I'm actually surprised you're hearing some harshness on that Lauten you have, they seem like very smooth microphones but not every microphone is right for every person's voice, I think you might want to look for a microphone with more of a flat EQ curve if you're finding the high end to be too harsh. A lot of microphones will usually have between a three and six decibel boost on the high end, generally you can cut off a lot of that with a low pass if you're interested in getting a slightly darker sound,. Lauten makes crazy good stuff I think most of their microphones should probably cost more than they're charging for them. I know you mentioned the Roswell Mike's I'm not sure if you were thinking about getting them but the k67x with the transformer inside, sounds pretty cool and I think it gives you a little bit of a darker sound. th-cam.com/video/v_woeI4sNWY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=KRZ-rarLngeiKcxb there's a good review video on that one, One of these days I would love to pick that up along with one or the other microphones but I think that might be a nice one to try out if you're finding the high-end to be a little harsh on the lautens
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Thanks for doing this, Danny! We are so glad you like the 208!!
My pleasure, This is a very impressive microphone and it really does a excellent job at rejecting Background noise if use properly :)
Very nice review!
Thank you Danny.
Greetings from Brazil.
Thanks I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you have a great day
Awesome!!! I love this mic so much!!!
Thanks. This Thing seems to sound extremely transparent to my ear, you can get a very natural sound or you can tune it when editing to get the sound you want,, it's kind of cool to find a mic that not already tuned to sounds a certain way.
I can see the 120 Hz high pass being useful on a female singing voice. For male voices, I tend to go up to about 90 Hz when mixing. Obviously, you can get away with more low end on a podcast or voiceover where you're not trying to fit it into a dense mix. Mixed vocals in songs are often surprisingly thin.
Anyway, sorry for the rambling. I'm seriously considering this mic. I have an SM7B, which I find very useful, but it lacks a little of the detail I'd like. I have a few condensers but the lack of rejection can be an issue. They also exaggerate my sibilance in ways that can be unfixable later.
Personally I like to run the high pass on the editing software but it's really nice to have the switches on the microphone in case you need them for some reason, This is definitely a unique and great sounding Mic, I'm a big fan of this one
This microphone sounds amazing , will save up for it 💰
it's not cheap but its worth it, it took me quite a while to get one but i really love this thing, its got to be the most natural sounding and of the best sounding microphones that you can get for a semi affordable price. To me this sounds better than some microphone that cost a few thousand dollars and this really does reject background nose like a dynamic mic since the capsule is not as sensitives and you can keep it really close to your mouth without it sounding super muddy and bassy , i'm trying to get some more microphones from this company on loan so i can review more of them, every louten i have heard sounds great, a few of them are pretty interesting but i like this one for the noise rejection and natural sound.
Do you think it makes a significant difference for recording vocals in an untreated room compared to the shure?
i'm actually going to do another video where i move this mic and the sm7b and probably a regular condenser to my hallway and maybe even to the bathroom if my XLR Cable is long enough, to see how each one does in a non ideal space, that way you can actually hear it with your own ears and judge for yourself so that will be coming up in the next few days. now one thing to think about, it Depends on how bad the reverb in your room is, if your in a completely empty room with hardwood floors you're gonna get some reverb no matter what. If the room has carpet or rugs on the floor, maybe a bed a couch or some lazy boy char's that are made out of soft material that will absorb a lot of it
My room has a bed, about 100 dollars worth of f stop foam squares (most foam squares kind of suck, these are high quality but not as good as real acoustic panels) covering the wall in front of me, behind me and to my left, on the right of me is a bed which all absorbs some of the reverb, As long as i keep the mic semi close to my face im not getting any reverb at all, most of the room reflections i get are from my voice bouncing off the hardwood floors, the ceiling, the big computer monitor In front of my face and the desk im setting at. now if i stand up and record i get next to no reverb in this room. but stayed tuned for the test where i take both microphones
I’m getting one ❤ thanks
This is definitely one of my favorite microphones, sounds good, has a unique interesting look to it and picks up way less room the way some river have been any other condenser might have ever tried so this thing is a winner. I think it's a very good choice
do you really think it sounds better as the sm7b on your voice?
Yes, sometimes, I ended up doing some a/b testing between the two on a couple of different days and honestly a person's voice can sound different from day to day, or even at different times of the day I mean I'm sure you've heard the term morning voice or your voice sounds a little different in the morning, most of the time I feel like the SM7B is a little bit too dark sounding for my voice,, I don't have as much high-end or high mid frequencies in my voice as some people and the SM7B seems to pick up more of the low in frequencies so when you put those two things together sometimes it can give you a dull sounding recording, now this microphone boosts the high-end and the mid-range up a bit yet still gives you that warm sound people like in the SM7B, but every once in a while I get a recording where I'm like man that sounded great on the SM7B and my most days I think it sounds kind of bland so if I get the SM7B positioned just right and I record first thing in the morning I can get some pretty nice quality recordings on the SM7B but throughout the day I think my voice starts to sound a little hoarse and dull so I guess it really depends on what time of day I do the recording but generally I like something that boost the high-end and high mids up a little more on my voice, I really don't feel like the SM7B is a great fit for my voice. Occasionally I get a recording where I'm like oh man that sounded amazing but most time I'm like eh it sounds too dark or too basie for my voice, but I just don't think the SM7B is correct for me now if you've got a lot of high-end or high mid-range frequencies in your voice the SM7B often sounds amazing so really it just depends on the person
@@dannylightning-audio-reviews thanks for the long answer....unfortunately i also have a voice that sounds pretty different on different days....not just the usually morning voice thing...i just listened through laptop speakers but the highend of the lauten ls-208 and the ss sometimes sound digital harsh, exactly what i hate on most condensers...i'm testing the lauten la-220 v2 right now and on my voice it has the same problem in the high end...my sm7b sometimes sounds great and perfect for some songs...on other days and different songs it sounds too muddy and not high-res enough....i hope i can try the roswell k series mics next and if they don't fit, i think i will just record with a combo of sennheiser mkh416 and sm7b and take the recording that fits better the song
You might want to look up some videos on how to use high pass and low pass filters, if you're finding some of the high frequencies to sound extra harsh, you might want to do a mild low pass filter which lets the low frequencies pass through but it cuts off a little bit of the high end so it's a little bit confusing on low pass versus high pass just like when you do a high pass it cuts off some of the base frequencies but let's all the high frequencies pass through but you also want to make sure you're listening on something that's capable of reproducing the recording because if you're trying to mix or EQ on the wrongs to the headphones it's often not going to sound right when you listen to it on the next thing, for example most audio engineers will listen to their mix on there computer as they're editing and then when they're done they'll take it out to the car the home stereo the phone and listen to it on like five or six different things to make sure it's still sounds right on all of them but it's much easier if you're mixing with monitors but a little bit of EQ work can fix some high end frequencies and that loughton does have a little bit of harshness in the high ends but it's really easy to fix that with a low pass filter now this is something that's also really important to think about
Listening through laptop speakers won't even come close to giving you the full reproduction of what it recording sounds like, if you really want to hear the recording and all it's glory you need to get a set of studio monitor or monitor headphones as those are designed to try and play back the recording and let you hear what the recording actually sound like I mean even listening on my home my stereo is different than what you get over monitors, for example like a home stereo or a normal set of headphones is just designed to make music sound good to wear a set of monitors is designed to let you hear exactly what the recording sounds like
But phone speakers, laptop speakers, TV speakers or even a basics to the cheap headphones won't really give you the full story
Hopefully that all came out correctly I just talk into the phone and it types it out and this had to headphones doesn't it was good at picking up what I say correctly is the other ones I normally wear so hopefully there's not a bunch of typos lol, I can only see like two or three lines of the chat on this app so trying to go through it all and find typoses and nightmare cuz they don't let you see enough of it
I did email Roswell recently and part of the email said hey ignore this part if you're not able to do it but I have a TH-cam channel and I would like to review one of your microphones if you can send one out and they replied about the main thing but didn't reply to that so I guess they're not going to send one but unfortunately it's pretty hard to be able to dump five 600 bucks on a microphone to make a video that's going to get like 30 cents lol or a couple dollars, but I have one of those on my shopping list and someday, maybe someday I'll pick one up, just had to rebuild a computer so that was a large chunk of money I didn't plan on spending right there
@@dannylightning-audio-reviews i'm pretty happy with my monitoring setup, i mix and check on studio monitors, 2 pairs of headphones, tv speakers, and phone speakers....car check is also important but if the mix works on all of the above it usually also works in the car....i meant i listened to this video right here just over laptop speakers and there is this high frequence resonance with your lauten...similar to my lauten la-220 v2 that i checked over different monitor settings, don't know if just a highcut will help with that...i guess i'll send my lauten back and try others mics instead
Okay I thought you meant you were mainly just listening on your laptop, I'm actually surprised you're hearing some harshness on that Lauten you have, they seem like very smooth microphones but not every microphone is right for every person's voice, I think you might want to look for a microphone with more of a flat EQ curve if you're finding the high end to be too harsh. A lot of microphones will usually have between a three and six decibel boost on the high end, generally you can cut off a lot of that with a low pass if you're interested in getting a slightly darker sound,. Lauten makes crazy good stuff I think most of their microphones should probably cost more than they're charging for them. I know you mentioned the Roswell Mike's I'm not sure if you were thinking about getting them but the k67x with the transformer inside, sounds pretty cool and I think it gives you a little bit of a darker sound. th-cam.com/video/v_woeI4sNWY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=KRZ-rarLngeiKcxb there's a good review video on that one, One of these days I would love to pick that up along with one or the other microphones but I think that might be a nice one to try out if you're finding the high-end to be a little harsh on the lautens
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