Hi, great sounding mic and great video review! I am a student at OIART CAN. We study and test different microphones everyday, including the ones compared in this video. I have already sent the product link to my teachers and hopefully it becomes an addition to our collection. Would love to try this out!
We love omni for acoustic guitar (if the room sounds good!), you don't get the proximity effect so it can keep the low end boom down and really open things up. Great vid Wytse!
Very cool! I'm glad you like this thing. I've been very interested in this mic due to the specs. I was waiting for someone to use it whose ears I trust. Thanks for the advice!
Sounds & looks great! I love the omni setting (in combination with the room acoustics there). Also nice to see George again! :-) Still enjoying the videos, keep up the good work.
I was scrolling through my TH-cam notifications on my phone so fast that I thought the two mics on the left, in the thumbnail were actually hand espresso grinders 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I just want to say that it's really nice to see someone streaming at hi res 1 - also want to say I love your channel and all the info - especially the snake oil reviews :) - TY
The 1040 sounds great in Clear mode for modern Rap-Vocals and Autotune Songs, i have compared it to the WA8000, it sounds in clear mode a little bit like it and has the characteristic highend 😊 But you can do much more with it 😅 is has many characters, for example, the warm setting sounds amazing on rnb vocals or thibks like that
I think this would be the perfect first large budget microphone… the sound is amazing, but would also like the Neumann microphones in the arsenal… but this microphone just seems like you can tailor it, not just to each song specifically, but the different parts of each song… it’s technically more than 6 microphones by the variables between all the sounds of it… I think the tiny amount your missing in comparison to the Neumann microphones is achievable through your preamp and processing stage… the way it omni sounds for room reflection mind is something incredible… definitely a new studio classic… definitely the one expensive microphone small producers should be thinking about… great stuff, I’ve got it now as a first possible choice on my studio budget list… I mean finding out from the company the cost of the monitors also, the best and most universal products are nearly all here… great time for the studio world!
"Budget" apparently, must be an extremely versatile and relative word! And a $3,500 microphone as a good "first microphone" is not going to resonate as even slightly the last bit fiscally viable for most people's situations! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 I think it offers a lot of versatility at a very high quality for the same amount of money as a Neumann U87. (which is also not a "budget" or entry level microphone! I'd love to have one of these..... But I wouldn't recommend anyone but something like this as their first microphone! No matter what their financial situation..... When you're starting out with something, the learning curve is huge and not everyone will even stick with it. A first microphone should be something that hopefully it's capable of producing pretty decent results as you learn. A good first microphone for example might be a Rode NT1.... Which is a neutral and surprisingly capable microphone at a 1/10th or less if this price!
Mate, I'm a huge fan of your reviews, thanks for taking the time of doing this and spread the knowledge; BTW, could you do a "Snake Oil" video about the new Kirchhoff Digital EQ? 👀thanks in advance!.
Great product.. Great price..... One of my Fav mics is The AKG VR they re-released in the noughts... That was a 10k mic ... So thats my perspective... But for all those getting setup recording studios, at 3k UK Pounds, fill a mic cabinet first..... As if you didn't know.
Hello, I noticed that you recorded the different mic's SIMULTANEOUSLY, as one should, for the most effective comparison. I want to add that your narration sounds very good thru that Lewitt mic as well! Your content is always of the highest standard, so thank-you for another excellent pro audio video.
I feel like in one way or another some rapper from atlanta is gonna find this video and sample this, make a craxy unexpected beat and be the next hot thing from that moment on.
Thank you for your video, and for the others, too. For better comparison, I think that for guitar loop something else should be chosen, something with more high frequencies, not mainly lower ones with mainly percussive content. That way, we can better compare mics. Personally, my favourite is AKG C414. Lewitt is also great, thanks guys!
Lewitt should have made it so one remote could control 2 mics for stereo - having 2 of these boxes on your desk would take up a ton of room and it would be nice to be able to experiment with sounds/patterns/etc. without having to adjust 2 boxes separately.
What Valerie says is true; you can control two LCT 1040 with one remote. Plus, whenever you buy a second one, you'll have a perfectly matched stereo pair.
LEWITT makes really, really great mics! I love my LCT 640. But a 3,5k mic "just" for TH-cam voice over seems kind of overpowered. Do you record? By the way: I used the LCT witha UA 710. It worked sinply great. The LCT 1040 is simply beautyful designed and sounds awesome! I hope you can keep it! Insane job by LEWITT!
Your 414 has to be broken :D Seriously, mine sounds quite different on acoustic guitars. Then again, there are 18376312 versions of the 414, so probably not. Fine review for a really great mic. If it wasn't that expensive...
Really impressive microphone and the samples on the Lewitt site would be even more impressive if they had recorded the piano piece with the correct left / right / lowest to highest piano keys the correct way around 😏 it did my head in hearing it as if I was facing the pianist rather than the keyboard. Surely you must be worthy of a £3,000 'gift'. 😃
Sounds really great for sure. Unfortunately, Lewitt visually looks more like a gaming laptop rather than a nice piece of audio equipment I want to spent 3,5k on…
@@valerie98 I mean not so much the tubes rather than the neon green/ alien looking angles and stuff. I understand it's a new take on things but it's just not my vibe visually
Yes they sure have made a weird choice of visuals. Too sci-fi, carbon fiber, energydrinkish for my taste yuk!. The sound and features are awesome. If they'd release a "traditional" looking line of mics I wouldn't hesitate to buy this.
I already realized that you had switched the microphone or equed your voice because the oter lewit was too boomy for my taste but i wasn't 100% sure, now i do huehehhee
Its the commercial formula thats hip nowadays, sound colouration. For the sound that other people had on their hit records. If you sum that colouration to the colouration of your lissening equipment.... O let it be. We are talking about degradation right.
Why the green Razer-like logo? makes it look like a cheap "gaming" mic. Keep it white or even black for a more premium look. These Chernobyl-like glowing greens make your gear look like toys. Great mic though.
Among those many knobs does it have one with a "Cheaper" setting? Because, regardless of the price-tag value, I find it outrageous that a microphone to be more expensive than a hardware synth, especially when knowing the amount of circuitry involved in a synth.
@Marcotronic somehow I can not see your reply to my comment - only in my notifications. But let's pretend this is a YT bug. First at all, I have ears too. Have you watched Rick Beato's video "perfect pitch and why people lose it"? It's a pretty interesting video on the "I have expert ears" topic. Secondly, I'm sitting in a pretty neat studio with monitors that are customized for the room - which has a reverberation time of 300 milliseconds across the spectrum down to 50 Hertz btw - sadly no Lennart's - but it can't be my humble setup either. Which means it can only be my ears - but I'll make an appointment to see a doctor so I can rule out that possibility too ;)
That was fun to watch. Thanks so much for the great video! In case any questions pop up, please let us know here.
Hi, great sounding mic and great video review! I am a student at OIART CAN. We study and test different microphones everyday, including the ones compared in this video. I have already sent the product link to my teachers and hopefully it becomes an addition to our collection. Would love to try this out!
awesome mic
I wanna ask if I could get one for free? Lol
Fantastic video Wytse! I really enjoyed your breakdown and review! Agreed, it's a very versatile mic. I also loved it on Acoustic!
We love omni for acoustic guitar (if the room sounds good!), you don't get the proximity effect so it can keep the low end boom down and really open things up. Great vid Wytse!
Very cool! I'm glad you like this thing. I've been very interested in this mic due to the specs. I was waiting for someone to use it whose ears I trust. Thanks for the advice!
Sounds & looks great! I love the omni setting (in combination with the room acoustics there). Also nice to see George again! :-) Still enjoying the videos, keep up the good work.
Loved this video! Thanks so much for comparing the mics for us.
Impressive mic, beats all the compared mics, imo. Will definitely keep on my wish list.
I was scrolling through my TH-cam notifications on my phone so fast that I thought the two mics on the left, in the thumbnail were actually hand espresso grinders 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mic sounds stunning.
Got the 1040 and am already using it for everything.
How ?
@@tikoking1884bought it
I just want to say that it's really nice to see someone streaming at hi res 1 - also want to say I love your channel and all the info - especially the snake oil reviews :) - TY
Can you do another demo but for rap vocals. I wanna hear the 1040 with a 737 and Neve 1073 raw on a rapper
The 1040 sounds great in Clear mode for modern Rap-Vocals and Autotune Songs, i have compared it to the WA8000, it sounds in clear mode a little bit like it and has the characteristic highend 😊
But you can do much more with it 😅 is has many characters, for example, the warm setting sounds amazing on rnb vocals or thibks like that
thank you for your great videos and explanations...greetings from Croatia! ly man
have you tried a townsend sphere L22 just wondering
That shock-mount looks so overkill lol
It's incredible when you see it from this perspective!
Are you sure it's only the shock-mount ? 😉
There is also a clip included in the package you can see mounted in front of the guitar ;)
The price tag shock my soul
It's a killer one!
C414 - a budget mic!!!😂😂😂 I wish!
It's facts
Can you compare the LTC 1040 and the LTC 440, please?...
I think this would be the perfect first large budget microphone… the sound is amazing, but would also like the Neumann microphones in the arsenal… but this microphone just seems like you can tailor it, not just to each song specifically, but the different parts of each song… it’s technically more than 6 microphones by the variables between all the sounds of it… I think the tiny amount your missing in comparison to the Neumann microphones is achievable through your preamp and processing stage… the way it omni sounds for room reflection mind is something incredible… definitely a new studio classic… definitely the one expensive microphone small producers should be thinking about… great stuff, I’ve got it now as a first possible choice on my studio budget list… I mean finding out from the company the cost of the monitors also, the best and most universal products are nearly all here… great time for the studio world!
"Budget" apparently, must be an extremely versatile and relative word! And a $3,500 microphone as a good "first microphone" is not going to resonate as even slightly the last bit fiscally viable for most people's situations! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 I think it offers a lot of versatility at a very high quality for the same amount of money as a Neumann U87. (which is also not a "budget" or entry level microphone! I'd love to have one of these..... But I wouldn't recommend anyone but something like this as their first microphone! No matter what their financial situation..... When you're starting out with something, the learning curve is huge and not everyone will even stick with it. A first microphone should be something that hopefully it's capable of producing pretty decent results as you learn. A good first microphone for example might be a Rode NT1.... Which is a neutral and surprisingly capable microphone at a 1/10th or less if this price!
@@ramspencer5492 agree. one can buy an lct840, a pair of wa47jrs, an oc818, and an re20/7b and have change left over vs the 1040
I'm not a fan of Lewitt's mics, but it seems to be a nice gear. At this price, it as to worth it for professional audio recording
looking for all in one mic so check the Townsend Labs Sphere L22.I would like to se what you think about it.
Would need an apollo interface to get the best our of it
Mate, I'm a huge fan of your reviews, thanks for taking the time of doing this and spread the knowledge; BTW, could you do a "Snake Oil" video about the new Kirchhoff Digital EQ? 👀thanks in advance!.
Great product.. Great price..... One of my Fav mics is The AKG VR they re-released in the noughts... That was a 10k mic ... So thats my perspective...
But for all those getting setup recording studios, at 3k UK Pounds, fill a mic cabinet first..... As if you didn't know.
do a review on Townsend Labs Sphere L22
Hello, I noticed that you recorded the different mic's SIMULTANEOUSLY, as one should, for the most effective comparison. I want to add that your narration sounds very good thru that Lewitt mic as well! Your content is always of the highest standard, so thank-you for another excellent pro audio video.
I feel like in one way or another some rapper from atlanta is gonna find this video and sample this, make a craxy unexpected beat and be the next hot thing from that moment on.
Thank you for your video, and for the others, too. For better comparison, I think that for guitar loop something else should be chosen, something with more high frequencies, not mainly lower ones with mainly percussive content. That way, we can better compare mics. Personally, my favourite is AKG C414. Lewitt is also great, thanks guys!
Это просто пушка. Внешний вид и комплект просто космос.
You should consider investing in something like mouth de-click. To remove the sounds of the clicking of your mouth.
I admire his mouth-clicking. I can only click using my index finger. How boring.
I think the ASMR community loves it.
compare this mic with AT5040 or AT5057 please
i love to use a polar 8 ribbon mic on acoustic guitars
The AKG makes me wanting to save for the LCT 😭😭😭
Lewitt should have made it so one remote could control 2 mics for stereo - having 2 of these boxes on your desk would take up a ton of room and it would be nice to be able to experiment with sounds/patterns/etc. without having to adjust 2 boxes separately.
You have to use a y splitter cable and you'll be able to control two LCT 1040 with one remote control. Magic 💫
What Valerie says is true; you can control two LCT 1040 with one remote. Plus, whenever you buy a second one, you'll have a perfectly matched stereo pair.
LEWITT makes really, really great mics! I love my LCT 640. But a 3,5k mic "just" for TH-cam voice over seems kind of overpowered. Do you record? By the way: I used the LCT witha UA 710. It worked sinply great. The LCT 1040 is simply beautyful designed and sounds awesome! I hope you can keep it! Insane job by LEWITT!
these 5 centimeters of distance change the sound much more than your microphones)
Can I use this guitar? Can I sample it? Please!
all hype, it sounds ok
A mic I can´t get.... cause cost.. but I love it.. some day...
mmm your voiceover sounds clearer with the 440 pure
Your 414 has to be broken :D
Seriously, mine sounds quite different on acoustic guitars. Then again, there are 18376312 versions of the 414, so probably not.
Fine review for a really great mic. If it wasn't that expensive...
"It sounds super natural! Listen to this!"
*Autotune ad kicks in*
I lolled a little bit.
Nice, but not yet at my price point.
Really impressive microphone and the samples on the Lewitt site would be even more impressive if they had recorded the piano piece with the correct left / right / lowest to highest piano keys the correct way around 😏 it did my head in hearing it as if I was facing the pianist rather than the keyboard. Surely you must be worthy of a £3,000 'gift'. 😃
Sounds really great for sure. Unfortunately, Lewitt visually looks more like a gaming laptop rather than a nice piece of audio equipment I want to spent 3,5k on…
Gaming equipment with visible tubes? That might be a very successful idea ;)
@@valerie98 I mean not so much the tubes rather than the neon green/ alien looking angles and stuff. I understand it's a new take on things but it's just not my vibe visually
@@valerie98 That's for sure the next step up from rgb leds 😄
Yes they sure have made a weird choice of visuals. Too sci-fi, carbon fiber, energydrinkish for my taste yuk!. The sound and features are awesome. If they'd release a "traditional" looking line of mics I wouldn't hesitate to buy this.
So it's like having a bunch of great mics that can only be used one at a time.
I already realized that you had switched the microphone or equed your voice because the oter lewit was too boomy for my taste but i wasn't 100% sure, now i do huehehhee
The biggest surprise to me was how bad the 414 sounded in contrast to the other mics.
My favourite interpretation of Sandstorm of all time
Shound really naish!
Its the commercial formula thats hip nowadays, sound colouration. For the sound that other people had on their hit records. If you sum that colouration to the colouration of your lissening equipment.... O let it be. We are talking about degradation right.
I think I'll save money on the mic and take a guitar course instead xD
AKG C414 isn’t a budget mic unfortunately
Whatever mic Gregory Scott uses on lush audio vids is amazing
I would also love to know what mic he uses, best mic sound on youtube imo
Sony or akg I believe
He said it ona video but can’t remember
great mic and video, but you gotta start putting some artificial reverb on your voice, it sounds like you're inside my head
🙏
♫ expensive ♪ so ♫ expensive ♫
Tube illuminated by an LED... sorry... no !
Maybe Behringer may do this, but not Lewitt in a 3500.- bucks product. 😉
Why the green Razer-like logo? makes it look like a cheap "gaming" mic. Keep it white or even black for a more premium look. These Chernobyl-like glowing greens make your gear look like toys. Great mic though.
I like radioactive things 😅
When people get wrapped up in the looks of something that's meant to be heard 🤯
A steal at $4,000
Damn the stand looks like a transformer! Haha.
I'll stick to my Lewitt 440 pure and keep my $3200 bucks!
cool, now make an SM57 sound equally as good as a joke
Not snake oil then?
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Among those many knobs does it have one with a "Cheaper" setting? Because, regardless of the price-tag value, I find it outrageous that a microphone to be more expensive than a hardware synth, especially when knowing the amount of circuitry involved in a synth.
Ratio
did you really just find out that omni picks up more room?
10:00 You shouldn't say that, now they will make you pay for that X'D
No "they" won't ;)
If it just wasn't so ugly :D
Yes, I think they wanted to give it a modern design, but it doesn´t look classy, more like Batmans favorite microphone.
Too expensive for me...
Almost $5k CAD. No thx.
I remember when you used to give honest reviews. Back when the channel was good.
To be honest it sounds terrible on your voice. May be the settings…
To be honest, who are you to judge his voice???
@@valerie98 only god can judge his voice
@@mofateam1 Can he? Probably only if you believe in him, right?
@Marcotronic somehow I can not see your reply to my comment - only in my notifications. But let's pretend this is a YT bug. First at all, I have ears too. Have you watched Rick Beato's video "perfect pitch and why people lose it"? It's a pretty interesting video on the "I have expert ears" topic. Secondly, I'm sitting in a pretty neat studio with monitors that are customized for the room - which has a reverberation time of 300 milliseconds across the spectrum down to 50 Hertz btw - sadly no Lennart's - but it can't be my humble setup either. Which means it can only be my ears - but I'll make an appointment to see a doctor so I can rule out that possibility too ;)
@@mofateam1 😂