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Clip on mic for youtube voiceover?
Anyone know if this would be good enough? I'm considering adding voiceover to my vids again from time to time, but only if i can work out a setup that
A) involves no audio interface or other adapter that requires connection to a power source (usb c to 3.5mm dongle is fine)
is clip on so I can use it wherever, whenever
C) is capable of decent enough quality for recording voiceover
Anyone tried this?
Or have other suggestions?
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https://apogeedigital.com/products/clipmic-digital
This would be my first choice. I haven’t tried it, but I trust them to get it right.
Yea you can get a decent lavalier for $15 bucks or so on Amazon with a 3.5mm audio cable.
Bet that would be great. I always like the voice audio in your vids btw, good job there 👍
FWIW those are usually junk in my experience.
Those little Rode wireless clip on lavs look pretty sweet, I was thinking about getting one of those for my videos.
https://rode.com/en/microphones/wireless/wirelessgo
Right on I’ve been looking at one for very small time field recording, so thanks for the heads up.. I want something cheap, easy to connect, small… better then internal mic, but nothing crazy.
I use the Purple Panda, sounds good vs cost. Many reviews available.
I've two of the Boya cheepo mics. For $15 bucks they are very good. If they were $100, then no. They have a VERY long cable, which can actually be a bit of a bother. One mic was submerged in flood water for quite a while; it still works but not so well!
Here's a review video:
Thnx for the recommendations everyone. I would definitely be going with a quality option. With this Tarekith, both in videos and the text details, I didn't see any mention of actually plugging in headphones into it to monitor yourself - it must surely have this feature, do you know?
When I was doing my WTFKnobs videos I went through a different cheap-shite mic every time (I had plenty of different cheap shite mics). Some really were crap, some were surprisingly okay. At the low end there’s very little correlation between cost and quality, you can pay very little and get rubbish, or you can pay very little and get something quite respectable considering the price.
All that time I also had a quite expensive lav mic + XLR adaptor I was comparing against (AKG CK99L + AKG MPA-VL).
In the end I moved away from Lav mics & settled on a Sony ECM-MS907 perched just below my headshot, I had a couple of these, they really are nice (and warm). If it’s a controlled environment I don’t really need a lav mic, I might as well perch a better mic out of shot and get the benefits. If it were an interview in a strange or temporary place, I’d go back to lav mics.
If I had to get a lav mic today I’d probably just get a Rode Smartlav and be done with worrying about quality.
What has replaced this model, which is no longer available?
I don’t know, you can pick them up still if you’re careful not to get ripped off, as a lot of secondhand sellers know how in demand it is – it’s the sort of thing you’ll see a good opportunity once in a blue moon rather than when you need it.
Oh, I also have had good results with a Rode Videomicro (the tiny little one) by ignoring the fact that it’s designed to go on camera and bringing it all the way to where my head is (but out of shot) and using a longer lead to plug into wherever (in fact I’ve had it with my BlackMagic ATEM Mini Pro, clamped and arranged in front of me, plugged directly into the mic channel of that, and it’s surprisingly good).
I tend to collect an awful lot of these cheap chinese clamps and fitments, they’re always useful to get a thing to be where you want a thing, useful for sound gear, lighting gear, etc:
Sorry, not sure about that.
I have the Rode wireless Go 2 mics and they do allow you to monitor yourself but from the receiver.
Thanks Luke - the main thing is, I could do live screenshot recordings in AUM, with live voiceover, only a dongle, my 3.5mm headphones amd the Rode Wireless Go 2 with no other adapters or power sources needed, correct?
Well, it kinda depends which device you have. With my iPad Air 5, I just connect the Go 2 receiver directly using a USB-C cable (works great). In this case, I plug my headphones into the 3.5mm port on the receiver and can monitor the mics. (Note that it doesn't monitor the AUM content, which is a drag. I'm looking for a workaround on that currently; you can see my comment in the other thread about USB-C/3.5mm dongles.)
I haven't tried the Go2 with my older iPad with a lightning connector. I'll see what I can do there but my understanding is that Rode sells a specific cable to help with this.
Ugh, no monitoring of AUM.... Total no no. Do u know by any chance if the Apogee Clipmic 2 mentioned above will be able to monitor both my voice and AUM? I'm guessing also maybe not, in which case i guess I'll skip the whole idea and stick to silent walkthroughs
If you already have the Apple lightning to usb dongle, then you are good to go…
Just so hard to believe that something in this price range could sound good enough. Can u monitor your voice and, say AUM sessions, at the same time?
I have ipad Pro, usb c, i have the dongle for 3.5mm to USB too
Yea sorry to highjack your thread a little @Gavinski
… I was looking for a cheap one for simple field recording/sample recording.
Gav needs something better.
No worries!
Define good enough.
I can monitor via headphones because I have various setups that allow it such as audio interfaces, audio recorders, Rode wireless go 2, among others. For my iPad and AUM, I monitor through my audio interface.
As I said, there are many reviews on this particular model, it is decent for the price, but I in no way regard it as the best or only option in that price range. You could always spend more and get better quality. The sky is the limit for lav mics. Professional quality lavs are in the hundreds of dollars. If your YouTube videos need professional level quality is something to consider.
The Rode lav mic is considered good quality for a consumer mic at 2.5x the price. But then you are getting into decent consumer grade shotgun mic price range, many of which will have direct monitoring. This is also in USB mic range which allows plug and play convenience along with direct monitoring on many models.
The truth is any step up from built in mics is more than sufficient to deliver intelligible audio for a YouTube video. I use lav mics, usb mics, xlr condenser and dynamic mics, and shotgun mics for various reasons in various situations. They all sound different, they all have a purpose, and all sound good.
I have never been halfway through a YouTube video and thought to myself ‘I like the information being given to me but the quality of their lav mic is not the same as the local news broadcaster so I’m going to turn it off now.’ As long as the speaker is clear, at a good level, not distorted/clipping, and consistent then the minute differences between n quality don’t matter to me as an information consumer.
I suggest a moderately priced lav to start. It will be a welcomed backup if you progress to other mics, and is second to none for freedom of movement while filming, portability, and for simplicity.
FWIW - a client needed to replace part of a voiceover I had recorded on a high-dollar Sennheiser shotgun mic but it wasn’t practical for us to get together on a timely basis to re-do it. I had him use his iPhone to record the needed line and dropped it in. With a little EQ nobody heard any difference.
As mentioned though, the whole point of this is that i don't want to use any kind of audio interface - see original post! Thanks for the thoughts tho
I might try just giving the ipad mic another go while wearing headphones but pretty sure i tried before and found it didn't cut muster. Worth a try tho, maybe with a bit of compression etc to beef it up.
Hey again. I don't know anything about the Clipmic2, sorry. I did try the Go 2 receiver using an Apple dongle into a lightning connector. It does work, which is cool I guess. But it still doesn't monitor AUM channels back out to the receiver. No go!
After a lot of research, I ended uo getting the Rode Al-micro and the Rode Lav II. Very disappointing - have to absolutely blast it with compressors and other tools to get even a semi-decent sound out of it. Wouldn't recommend. Now I need to figure out if the main problem is this mic, lav mics in general, the Rode interface, or whether all bus powered interfaces will simply be lacking in the required juice to get decent volume.
It’s a spam bot mate, so not far off!
Plus, this is going to be included in iOS 17 anyway isn’t it? Train it to use your own voice for text to speech.
https://appleinsider.com/inside/ios-17/tips/how-to-use-personal-voice-in-ios-17-and-how-it-compares-to-an-actual-voice