{"id":11447,"date":"2022-06-10T07:45:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T22:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/?p=11447"},"modified":"2022-06-10T07:45:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T22:45:06","slug":"asmr-microphone-trigger-test-comparison-akg-414-vs-tula-mic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/asmr-microphone-trigger-test-comparison-akg-414-vs-tula-mic\/","title":{"rendered":"ASMR | Microphone Trigger Test &#038; Comparison | AKG 414 vs Tula Mic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"outline__1\">ASMR | Microphone Trigger Test &#038; Comparison | AKG 414 vs Tula Mic<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"youtube\"><iframe title=\"ASMR | Microphone Trigger Test &amp; Comparison | AKG 414 vs Tula Mic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M8rOEdN_sXA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hello HELLO!!!! So just as a disclaimer, both of these mics were sent to me (the AKG long ago, and the Tula fairly recently, but I just got around to making this) &#8211; but I was not paid to make any videos with them. I&#8217;m just a sucker for trying out new mics&#8230; as I should be \ud83d\ude00 The AKG 414 are my standard microphones I use in 99% of my videos (I use two)! Before that, I was using the AKG 314s! I also have used the Blue Yeti, the Rode NT1s, and occasionally the 3dio, among other one-off mics. <\/p>\n<p>Spoiler, by far, the AKG C414s have been my favorite mic I&#8217;ve used by far. It&#8217;s a little unfair to compare them to the TULA, because I would use the TULA mic for a very different situation. But it is fun to hear how much it can make a difference! The audio is also completely unedited. <\/p>\n<p>The TULA is really convenient as a portable travel mic! The shape is awesome and it&#8217;s easy to get the audio to my computer via a cable. I&#8217;ve already used it twice when I need a quick foley sound effect or something without lugging my entire mixer\/mic setup to a different room! I definitely would want a foam cover for it to do and voice work, though.<\/p>\n<p>For the AKG C414s, I use them on the supercardioid pickup pattern most of the time, and I use a Zoom LiveTrak L-8 as my mixer, with Mogami Gold XLR cables.<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re interested in purchasing, here are my amazon links so I&#8217;d get a commission for my recommendations, ha!<\/p>\n<p>Another disclaimer is that (while I did get a degree in Film LOL, I didn&#8217;t take sound-specific classes at ALL) I am not a professional sound person!! I&#8217;m sure you could get both mics to sound even better! And again, these sound clips are unedited. In 99% of my videos, we&#8217;ll do post-treatment on the sound!<\/p>\n<p>AKG C414s: https:\/\/amzn.to\/3xCkkyD<br \/>\nTULA mic: https:\/\/amzn.to\/3MBTF9l<br \/>\nMogami Gold XLR cable: https:\/\/amzn.to\/3O08bZq<br \/>\nZoom LiveTrak L-8: https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NFTtaf<\/p>\n<p>Timestamps:<br \/>\n0:00 &#8211; Gibimerch<br \/>\n0:05 &#8211; Intro<br \/>\n1:00 &#8211; Tula Unboxing \/ Discussion<br \/>\n6:42 &#8211; Tula &#038; AKG Whisper Comparison<br \/>\n10:47 &#8211; Mic Brushing Comparison<br \/>\n12:26 &#8211; Mic Touching Comparison<br \/>\n13:07 &#8211; Soft Speaking Comparison<br \/>\n15:28 &#8211; Button Clicking Comparison<br \/>\n16:56 &#8211; Scissor Comparison<br \/>\n18:30 &#8211; Ratchet Noise Comparison<br \/>\n19:22 &#8211; Keyboard Clicking Comparison<br \/>\n20:34 &#8211; Toaster Coaster Comparison<br \/>\n22:05 &#8211; Paper \/ Page Turning Comparison<br \/>\n23:13 &#8211; Crinkling Comparison<br \/>\n24:05 &#8211; Water \/ Spray Bottle Comparison<br \/>\n25:00 &#8211; Omni-directional Test &#038; Final Thoughts<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line: I really like the TULA as a travel mic, that&#8217;s where it shines. It gives you a lot of the perks of a blue yeti without being MASSIVE. I do think the sound quality of the Blue Yeti is better, and the price of the Blue Yeti is better too. If you&#8217;re only picking one mic, (and you&#8217;re doing ASMR) I would absolutely go for the Blue Yeti.<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re looking for a good travel mic, would recommend the TULA &#8211; but there are other travel options you could look into depending on what audio you&#8217;re trying to capture. (such as lav mics, etc.)<br \/>\nFor an at-home setup, my recommendation continues to be to stick with the Blue Yeti. When you&#8217;re ready to ~level up~, you&#8217;ll sink a good amount of $ into a good mixer and pair of two professional mics, mic stands, etc. ALWAYS invest in a shockmount!!!!!!<br \/>\nAnd remember, stop hitting your headphone cord ;D That&#8217;s another good thing about having a mixer. If you can help it, don&#8217;t plug your headphones directly into your microphone, and never place your microphone directly on a table, etc. that you&#8217;re going to be touching!<\/p>\n<p>anyhoo THAT&#8217;S ALL FOR NOW!!! 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So just as a disclaimer, both of these mics were sent to me (the AKG long ago, and the Tula fairly recently, but  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":11449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11450,"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11447\/revisions\/11450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}