Microphone Showdown 3


This is a project which will allow readers and listeners to compare the recording quality of a wide variety of recording devices. It is a sequel to the first Microphone Showdown project which was catalogued in 2011. Since that time the range of devices available for the recording of spoken audio has increased significantly. - Summary by Algy Pug (1 hr 27 min)

Chapters

Ozymandias - Rode - NT1A, Yahama Audiogram 6 USB interface, Windows desktop PC
Mutability - Samson - Q7, Yahama Audiogram 6 USB interface, Windows desktop PC
A Dream Within a Dream - Logitech - C615 webcam
Go, Lovely Rose - MXL - USB.007
A Thing of Beauty - Dell - Venue Pro tablet internal microphone
Embarcation - Zoom - H4N Handy Recorder
Death - Samson - Meteorite USB
Decline and Fall (Gibbon) - Kinobo - Akiro USB
Emaricdulfe - Samson - Q1U USB
The Evil Monk - Apogee MiC - USB & MacBook
Echoes - Audiotechnica - AT2035 XLR condenser microphone, Focusrite iTrack Solo…
Psalm 133 (Watts) - Internal microphone, Dell Inspiron laptop, Windows 7 and Au…
Psalm 61 (Watts) - Olympus DM-620 Digital Voice Recorder
Burning Leaves November - Lenovo - Thinkpad internal microphone
An Open Fire - Samson - Gomic USB
Morn - Samson - GoMic USB (with 10 Db pad)
Pride & Prejudice (excerpt) _ Studio Projects C1 and Focusrite Scarlett 18i20
Metsään nukkunut - Studio projects C4 Mk II (omni capsule) and FocusRite Scarle…
Filosofeeraava ylioppilas - Studio projects C4 Mk II (cardioid capsule) and Foc…
The Three Quiet Gentlemen - Havit HV-DM8313 USB Dynamic Microphone
Excerpt from Kavanagh - Blue Yeti USB
Excerpt from the Flower Princess - Samson Q1U USB
Excerpt from Peer Gynt - AKG Perception 120 USB microphone
Sonnet 102 - AKG P220 through PreSonus iOne interface
Sonnet 103 - Samson Go Mic USB
Accidental death - Ipad Air 2 with internal microphone
Enquire within upon everything - excerpt - Rode NT-USB microphone
Psalm 23 (Watts) - Rode Podcaster USB
Years After The War - Sennheiser PC USB headset
Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth - Blue, Encore 200 dynamic microphone, TAS…
Lights - Blue, Encore 300 condenser microphone, TASCAM US-2x2 interface, 2011 M…
Love Thee - Shure, Beta 58A, dynamic microphone, TASCAM US-2x2 interface, 2011 …
The Camper - Electrovoice, RE320, dynamic microphone, CloudLifter interface int…
In the Autumn Grass - AKG P220 XLR condenser microphone, TASCAM US-2x2 interfac…
The Challenge - Shure SM35 headworn XLR condenser microphone, TASCAM US-2x2 int…
Psalm 24 - Watts - Olympus DM-420 digital voice recorder, Audacity 1.3, Dell In…
To One in Bedlam - Samson Meteorite USB microphone, Asus Windows 10 laptop
Cherry Ripe - Philips Voice Tracer hand held recorde
Psalm 126 (Watts) - Blue Snowball USB Microphone; Windows 7 and Audacity 1.3
Excerpt from 20,00 leagues Under the Sea - Samson C05 XLR with a Xenyx 302 USB …
I Dream'd in a Dream - Rode K2 tube microphone, Audient ID4 interface, reaper a…
The Road Not Taken - ElectroVoice ND767a, XLR, Focusrite Scarlett 18i8, using R…
Christmas Trees - Studio Projects B3, XLR, RME OctaMic interface, using Reaper…
An Old Man's Winter Night - Shure SM57 through a Midas VeniceU 24 console using…
Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Scene 2- Rode NT1A through Zoom H4 digital recorder
Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Scene 2- But soft....- Shure SM57 through Zoom H4 digi…
Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Scene 2- But soft....- Cable Up dynamic mic through Zo…
Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Scene 2- But soft....- Built-in mic on Samsung Galaxy …
Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead - Rode NT-USB microphone through Asus laptop…
Pretty Cow - Shure pg58 dynamic mic recorded into a Tascam DR-60D mkII recorder
There was a Little Girl - MXL V67G large diaphragm condenser into a Tascam DR-6…
The Unseen Playmate - Rode Videomicro (little) shotgun mic into a Tascam DR-60D…
If ever I See - Blue Baby Bottle large diaphragm condenser mic into a Tascam DR…
Sage Councel - Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun mic into a Tascam DR-60D mkII recorder
Sonnet 21 - Behringer C1 cardioid condenser microphone through Tascam US-800 i…
All the World's a Stage - Rode NT1A condenser mic through DAV BG1 preamp to Tas…
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud - Audio Technica At 2020+ USB.