The Road to Mordor: A Journey of Microphone Testing

As we embark on this epic journey, we find ourselves standing before the dark lord's throne in the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie. The air is thick with anticipation as we prepare to test the most unlikely of heroes: microphones. Our first contestant, the NTG-5 shotgun condenser microphone, proves to be a formidable opponent. Despite our best efforts to capture its nuances, it seems that even the quietest of whispers can produce an ear-piercing scream. The gain settings on our trusty Nexus preamp are put to the test as we struggle to tame this beast.

As we move forward, we come across the legendary SM-7b microphone, a true icon in the world of audio engineering. With its high gain setting and impressive sound quality, it quickly becomes clear why it's a favorite among voiceover artists and podcasters. But just as we think we've reached the pinnacle of our testing journey, we're reminded that even the most seemingly insignificant microphones can hold secrets. The Shure MV7, for example, is revealed to be a spiritual successor to the SM-7b, boasting impressive sound quality in its own right.

Next up, we have the humble Aokiyo microphone, a condenser gem that requires a healthy dose of gain to bring out its full potential. As we fiddle with the Nexus settings, it becomes clear that this micro is a bit of an oddball, but one that's worth exploring nonetheless. But as we near the end of our testing journey, we're reminded that not all microphones are created equal. The Sennheiser MKH416 shotgun condenser microphone stands tall as our top choice for voiceover work and on-the-go shoots.

As we wrap up this arduous testing process, it's clear that our Nexus preamp is more geared towards dynamic microphone usage than we initially thought. While the gain settings may seem generous at first glance, they're actually best suited for bringing out the full potential of our dynamic microphones rather than condenser microphones. Despite some initial confusion and surprises along the way, we're left with a newfound appreciation for the complexities of audio engineering.

In conclusion, as we stand before the dark lord's throne in the land of Mordor, we realize that microphone testing is an art form all its own. From the majestic SM-7b to the humble Aokiyo, each micro has its own unique strengths and weaknesses. As we venture forth into the unknown, armed with our newfound knowledge, we're reminded that there's no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to microphone selection.

For those seeking a deeper understanding of audio engineering, we invite you to join us on this epic journey. From the world of podcasting to voiceover work and beyond, we'll explore the intricacies of microphone testing and audio engineering. So grab your headphones, settle in, and join us as we embark on this adventure into the heart of Mordor.

**Testing Results**

* NTG-5 Shotgun Condenser Microphone: Requires significant gain to bring out its full potential

* SM-7b: Excellent sound quality with high gain setting; a favorite among voiceover artists and podcasters

* Shure MV7: Spiritual successor to the SM-7b, boasting impressive sound quality in its own right

* Aokiyo Condenser Microphone: Requires healthy dose of gain to bring out its full potential; an oddball but worth exploring nonetheless

* Sennheiser MKH416 Shotgun Condenser Microphone: Top choice for voiceover work and on-the-go shoots

**Equipment Used**

* NTG-5 Shotgun Condenser Microphone

* SM-7b

* Shure MV7

* Aokiyo Condenser Microphone

* Sennheiser MKH416 Shotgun Condenser Microphone

* Nexus Preamp with 10db gain setting

* Live Streamer Nexus software

**Additional Resources**

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey there eposvox the stream professor here this is going to be a bit of a lower production quality video as i wanted to discuss the avermedia live streamer nexus again and try to dispel i guess some concerns or what i saw as kind of misinformation following my review about the preamps and the mic gain within the live streamer nexus now in my review of the nexus i mentioned that the gain situation on the nexus was a little strange because you didn't have a full control over the gain for your microphone in the first place you just had 10 decibels of effectively what seemed like microphone boost and i was getting some hiss specifically with avermedia's own mic the live streamer 330 here which i found to be very strange especially since once i hooked up my re20 from electro voice which is considered to be a very gain hungry microphone i didn't have hiss anymore so the numbers that i have seen going around are 32 decibels or 42 decibels and maybe that's accounting for the 10 db of gain as the total gain available for the preamps and compared to the 72 available in the go xlr everyone's saying that it's useless or it's bad or whatever but given the clarity the cleanness of the signal i can get out of my re20 i don't believe that to be the case so we're going to run through this is going to be a long video i'll just post timestamps in the description so you can check your preferences i'm effectively going to hit this with every microphone well xlr microphone that i own and i'm just gonna show the settings i'm using for it on screen and you can see for yourself how it sounds there will be no post processing other than some gain boosting because i record at a slightly lower gain so that you don't have clipping and things like that that's how you should do it but no compression no eq nothing like that this will just be the raw audio of every microphone i can throw at it but settings on screen happy let's do it let's do it after i mention we do got to pay some bills especially for uploading something like this but good thing for you the sponsor of today's video is actually myself and the backing track music that me and my community have released this is royalty free rock heavy metal metal music for your streams for your videos free to use free to use in any project that you want pretty much and we'll even have the stems available for download coming in june so you can remix it and really use it for any project you want that's backing track.gg we go we aim to fill the niche the void the gap in the streaming music market that is people who want something a little bit harder a little bit more you know metal head kind of style that we feel is kind of lacking at the moment so you can check them out on your major streaming services we do now have uh urls at the end of backing track for uh backing track dot gg spotify amazon apple and youtube for the major service providers but it's on basically any streaming service you just gotta find it uh and we do have downloads available in our discord server at discord.gd slash eposvox alright on to the microphones i will of course start with the one that i've already have plugged in and using here this is the electro voice re20 three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in the halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on its dark throne his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie and i'll let you get a little bit of dead air as well next microphone electro voice re 320 three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone akg d5 another handheld stage style dynamic microphone three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords and their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone this is the blue this is the blue baby bottle sl another big condenser microphone three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone this is the pile pd mic 5 8 which as far as i can tell is meant to be a clone of the sure sm58 so there's that going for it three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone this is the this is the luit lct 440 pure i am four feet away from the microphone and it's still clipping i can't turn down the gain anymore it's at 0 db lewit lct i'm still clipping limit lct 440 pure three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie for everyone saying that these preamps were designed purely for condenser microphones which need less gain i'm gonna say that you're wrong i'm having to talk actually much quieter otherwise i start clipping the microphone uh because it applies so much gain that i can't control the normal setting is set to 0 db that this is super weird like if i wanted proximity effect by getting up on the microphone i would practically have to whisper if i start approaching the microphone hello there i'm still clipping the microphone maybe if i talk a little quieter then things will be a little bit better oh yeah we've got that that asmr preamp testing action right over here ottacon there's a metal gear three rings for three rings for the elven kings under the sky like it's just so hot like not hot but like the signal is so hot what the heck that doesn't bode well for the other condensers i test either avermedia live streamer mike 330 three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone this is the aston stealth dynamic microphone on voice one now even with the game set to 10 in the live streamer nexus here i am my levels are very low i'm talking actually quite loudly here and i'm going to have to apply a lot of gain in post however this microphone does have a mic activator effectively like a cloud lifter mode when you apply phantom power but then i'm completely clipping like i was with the luit microphone and to the extent that i couldn't even get back far enough for it to make sense to use the microphone uh without clipping so i don't know what's going on with the phantom power gain levels on this thing but this is what it sounds like in voice one with uh 10 the full max gain applied here with some gain applied in post as well three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone so this microphone right here is a favorite of mike over at booth junkies uh this is a big large diaphragm condenser microphone much like the luit i review that i used here the cad e100s and it is glorious now this is another situation where engaging the phantom power the game was too hot so i was actually able to enable this microphone has a minus 10 db pad on it so i turned the -10 db pad on and then added the gain in the nexus software to plus 2 db and that seems to be a good pretty good balance three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dark lords three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone this is the monoprice six zero zero zero two zero a fourteen dollar dynamic handheld style uh microphone i covered this way back in the day i don't even know if they still sell it but it actually requires much less gain on these preamps here i'm at six versus the ten that most of these mics have run at three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone samson q9u okay even at full 10 decibels i have to like get right up on this microphone samson well to normalize the test i should keep the same distance when possible samson q9u three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie all right i'm gonna have to boost this like six decibels in post so this might be a microphone that actually gets a significant amount of hiss here because i am at the max for the preamps and my peaks are at like minus 12. that's a bit odd and this is the electro voice re 27nd a little bit of a hotter mic and a brighter mic than the re20 and re320 microphones three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone this is the sennheiser e945 another handheld stage style dynamic microphone three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone handling noise handling noise is going to be a bit of a problem because i have misplaced my shock mount but here we have the classic my first xlr microphone the audio technica at2020 three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords and their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie most notably this is the first condenser microphone i've used where i actually have to turn up the gain from zero and i'm not clipping like crazy that's a little weird but we can't judge the ambient background sound on this one cause i got a lot of handling noise because i'm hand holding this one next microphone this is the d here we go again this is the deity s mic 2s a short shotgun condenser microphone once again i have to talk much quieter than usual in order to not just clip and distort out of it so obviously the lesson here is condenser microphones are not necessarily built for this three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie once again i'm getting handling noise because i'm holding it so next microphone this is the deity s mic 2 a longer condenser microphone the longer version of the s mic 2s and i'm actually able to talk ever so slightly louder than with the short shotgun one which is interesting three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone this is the road this is the rode ntg-5 uh shotgun condenser microphone which again is running too hot even if i talk quietly three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie this is the samson q2u three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie well that was a voice crack where the shadows lie thus far into testing i maintain that the pre-amp situation is not necessarily bad just weird as the q2u requires the same amount of gain as my re20 which ain't right next microphone and here we have the legendary the impossible to drive the cannon run crisis of microphones the sure sm-7b yes indeed we have this set of course to the 10 the highest gain setting available on the live streamer nexus and it's coming in at about the same levels that the electro voice re20 were three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie sounds pretty good to me next microphone and how could i almost forget the shure mv7 which we reviewed last year and is the spiritual successor in usb slash xlr form to the sm7b three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone and this is a bm 800 microphone one of those cheap microphones you can get for like 20 bucks on amazon that are remade by a bunch of different companies like newer and toner this specific one is from aokiyo this is the first condenser microphone i have used out of all that i have tested that actually requires a significant amount of gain added in the nexus software i am actually at plus 6db in the nexus software i can still clip it a little bit but that seems really backwards so i i just feel like something's wrong but three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie last microphone time and we round off today's testing with by far my favorite microphone i have ever used the sennheiser mkh416 shotgun condenser microphone it's glorious for voiceover it's glorious for set shoots and on-the-go shoots and things like that three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie all right i've spent the past hour and a half holding up cylinders to my face in a very sketchy fashion and completely wrecking and destroying my studio to cover all of these microphones i think the big takeaway here is that despite what everyone's initial impressions were which was perhaps partially my fault due to my confusion with this whole game setup the gain in the live streamer nexus is actually much more catered towards dynamic microphone usage rather than condenser microphone usage and it seems to have plenty of gain for the sm7b despite what everyone was saying so i think it's fine i just think for those dynamic microphones you crank up the gain rather than trying to add it in post but it's certainly weird i i don't know what some some of the some of the experiences with regards to which microphones required gain and which didn't don't entirely make sense to me but here are the results and hopefully you can just reference this weird long encyclopedic style video for the future i realize this wasn't an entertaining one but frankly i just had to do all of this and there's no point in trying to pack entertainment into it thank you so much for your support uh for stuff like this of course go check out backing track help support the channel um go check out my new amazon live show that started this week i'll have a link to that in the description below give me a follow over there join us on discord discord gg eposvox get subscribed i'll see you later we'll meet again how do your gosh all righthey there eposvox the stream professor here this is going to be a bit of a lower production quality video as i wanted to discuss the avermedia live streamer nexus again and try to dispel i guess some concerns or what i saw as kind of misinformation following my review about the preamps and the mic gain within the live streamer nexus now in my review of the nexus i mentioned that the gain situation on the nexus was a little strange because you didn't have a full control over the gain for your microphone in the first place you just had 10 decibels of effectively what seemed like microphone boost and i was getting some hiss specifically with avermedia's own mic the live streamer 330 here which i found to be very strange especially since once i hooked up my re20 from electro voice which is considered to be a very gain hungry microphone i didn't have hiss anymore so the numbers that i have seen going around are 32 decibels or 42 decibels and maybe that's accounting for the 10 db of gain as the total gain available for the preamps and compared to the 72 available in the go xlr everyone's saying that it's useless or it's bad or whatever but given the clarity the cleanness of the signal i can get out of my re20 i don't believe that to be the case so we're going to run through this is going to be a long video i'll just post timestamps in the description so you can check your preferences i'm effectively going to hit this with every microphone well xlr microphone that i own and i'm just gonna show the settings i'm using for it on screen and you can see for yourself how it sounds there will be no post processing other than some gain boosting because i record at a slightly lower gain so that you don't have clipping and things like that that's how you should do it but no compression no eq nothing like that this will just be the raw audio of every microphone i can throw at it but settings on screen happy let's do it let's do it after i mention we do got to pay some bills especially for uploading something like this but good thing for you the sponsor of today's video is actually myself and the backing track music that me and my community have released this is royalty free rock heavy metal metal music for your streams for your videos free to use free to use in any project that you want pretty much and we'll even have the stems available for download coming in june so you can remix it and really use it for any project you want that's backing track.gg we go we aim to fill the niche the void the gap in the streaming music market that is people who want something a little bit harder a little bit more you know metal head kind of style that we feel is kind of lacking at the moment so you can check them out on your major streaming services we do now have uh urls at the end of backing track for uh backing track dot gg spotify amazon apple and youtube for the major service providers but it's on basically any streaming service you just gotta find it uh and we do have downloads available in our discord server at discord.gd slash eposvox alright on to the microphones i will of course start with the one that i've already have plugged in and using here this is the electro voice re20 three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in the halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on its dark throne his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie and i'll let you get a little bit of dead air as well next microphone electro voice re 320 three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone akg d5 another handheld stage style dynamic microphone three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords and their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone this is the blue this is the blue baby bottle sl another big condenser microphone three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone this is the pile pd mic 5 8 which as far as i can tell is meant to be a clone of the sure sm58 so there's that going for it three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone this is the this is the luit lct 440 pure i am four feet away from the microphone and it's still clipping i can't turn down the gain anymore it's at 0 db lewit lct i'm still clipping limit lct 440 pure three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie for everyone saying that these preamps were designed purely for condenser microphones which need less gain i'm gonna say that you're wrong i'm having to talk actually much quieter otherwise i start clipping the microphone uh because it applies so much gain that i can't control the normal setting is set to 0 db that this is super weird like if i wanted proximity effect by getting up on the microphone i would practically have to whisper if i start approaching the microphone hello there i'm still clipping the microphone maybe if i talk a little quieter then things will be a little bit better oh yeah we've got that that asmr preamp testing action right over here ottacon there's a metal gear three rings for three rings for the elven kings under the sky like it's just so hot like not hot but like the signal is so hot what the heck that doesn't bode well for the other condensers i test either avermedia live streamer mike 330 three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone this is the aston stealth dynamic microphone on voice one now even with the game set to 10 in the live streamer nexus here i am my levels are very low i'm talking actually quite loudly here and i'm going to have to apply a lot of gain in post however this microphone does have a mic activator effectively like a cloud lifter mode when you apply phantom power but then i'm completely clipping like i was with the luit microphone and to the extent that i couldn't even get back far enough for it to make sense to use the microphone uh without clipping so i don't know what's going on with the phantom power gain levels on this thing but this is what it sounds like in voice one with uh 10 the full max gain applied here with some gain applied in post as well three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone so this microphone right here is a favorite of mike over at booth junkies uh this is a big large diaphragm condenser microphone much like the luit i review that i used here the cad e100s and it is glorious now this is another situation where engaging the phantom power the game was too hot so i was actually able to enable this microphone has a minus 10 db pad on it so i turned the -10 db pad on and then added the gain in the nexus software to plus 2 db and that seems to be a good pretty good balance three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dark lords three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone this is the monoprice six zero zero zero two zero a fourteen dollar dynamic handheld style uh microphone i covered this way back in the day i don't even know if they still sell it but it actually requires much less gain on these preamps here i'm at six versus the ten that most of these mics have run at three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone samson q9u okay even at full 10 decibels i have to like get right up on this microphone samson well to normalize the test i should keep the same distance when possible samson q9u three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie all right i'm gonna have to boost this like six decibels in post so this might be a microphone that actually gets a significant amount of hiss here because i am at the max for the preamps and my peaks are at like minus 12. that's a bit odd and this is the electro voice re 27nd a little bit of a hotter mic and a brighter mic than the re20 and re320 microphones three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone this is the sennheiser e945 another handheld stage style dynamic microphone three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone handling noise handling noise is going to be a bit of a problem because i have misplaced my shock mount but here we have the classic my first xlr microphone the audio technica at2020 three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords and their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie most notably this is the first condenser microphone i've used where i actually have to turn up the gain from zero and i'm not clipping like crazy that's a little weird but we can't judge the ambient background sound on this one cause i got a lot of handling noise because i'm hand holding this one next microphone this is the d here we go again this is the deity s mic 2s a short shotgun condenser microphone once again i have to talk much quieter than usual in order to not just clip and distort out of it so obviously the lesson here is condenser microphones are not necessarily built for this three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie once again i'm getting handling noise because i'm holding it so next microphone this is the deity s mic 2 a longer condenser microphone the longer version of the s mic 2s and i'm actually able to talk ever so slightly louder than with the short shotgun one which is interesting three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone this is the road this is the rode ntg-5 uh shotgun condenser microphone which again is running too hot even if i talk quietly three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie this is the samson q2u three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie well that was a voice crack where the shadows lie thus far into testing i maintain that the pre-amp situation is not necessarily bad just weird as the q2u requires the same amount of gain as my re20 which ain't right next microphone and here we have the legendary the impossible to drive the cannon run crisis of microphones the sure sm-7b yes indeed we have this set of course to the 10 the highest gain setting available on the live streamer nexus and it's coming in at about the same levels that the electro voice re20 were three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie sounds pretty good to me next microphone and how could i almost forget the shure mv7 which we reviewed last year and is the spiritual successor in usb slash xlr form to the sm7b three rings for the elven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie next microphone and this is a bm 800 microphone one of those cheap microphones you can get for like 20 bucks on amazon that are remade by a bunch of different companies like newer and toner this specific one is from aokiyo this is the first condenser microphone i have used out of all that i have tested that actually requires a significant amount of gain added in the nexus software i am actually at plus 6db in the nexus software i can still clip it a little bit but that seems really backwards so i i just feel like something's wrong but three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie last microphone time and we round off today's testing with by far my favorite microphone i have ever used the sennheiser mkh416 shotgun condenser microphone it's glorious for voiceover it's glorious for set shoots and on-the-go shoots and things like that three rings for the oven kings under the sky seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone nine for the mortal men doomed to die one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of mordor where the shadows lie all right i've spent the past hour and a half holding up cylinders to my face in a very sketchy fashion and completely wrecking and destroying my studio to cover all of these microphones i think the big takeaway here is that despite what everyone's initial impressions were which was perhaps partially my fault due to my confusion with this whole game setup the gain in the live streamer nexus is actually much more catered towards dynamic microphone usage rather than condenser microphone usage and it seems to have plenty of gain for the sm7b despite what everyone was saying so i think it's fine i just think for those dynamic microphones you crank up the gain rather than trying to add it in post but it's certainly weird i i don't know what some some of the some of the experiences with regards to which microphones required gain and which didn't don't entirely make sense to me but here are the results and hopefully you can just reference this weird long encyclopedic style video for the future i realize this wasn't an entertaining one but frankly i just had to do all of this and there's no point in trying to pack entertainment into it thank you so much for your support uh for stuff like this of course go check out backing track help support the channel um go check out my new amazon live show that started this week i'll have a link to that in the description below give me a follow over there join us on discord discord gg eposvox get subscribed i'll see you later we'll meet again how do your gosh all right\n"