{"id":9650,"date":"2021-11-03T08:45:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T23:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/?p=9650"},"modified":"2021-11-03T08:45:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T23:45:16","slug":"asmr-new-microphone-test-favorite-triggers-ear-to-ear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/asmr-new-microphone-test-favorite-triggers-ear-to-ear\/","title":{"rendered":"ASMR | New Microphone Test ~ Favorite Triggers Ear-to-Ear"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"outline__1\">ASMR | New Microphone Test ~ Favorite Triggers Ear-to-Ear<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"youtube\"><iframe title=\"ASMR | New Microphone Test ~ Favorite Triggers Ear-to-Ear\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wTFN7sU4Wns?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Why howdy everyone! I explain everything in the video but it&#8217;s pretty long so I&#8217;ll also re-hash it here in the description box if you want to read instead. Open me!<\/p>\n<p>This is not a sponsored vid (I wasn&#8217;t paid to make it) BUT these mics were gifted to me for free, I did not pay for them! However, my history w mics has gone like this:<br \/>\n(a brief summary)<br \/>\n-Purchased Blue Yeti &#038; really liked it, however they broke a lot (and the cables broke even more) but very affordable all things considered, &#038; great \/ fairly easy to use (my personal opinion, however I see a lot of people confused w how to use them)<br \/>\n-Purchased Rode NT1s (and really liked them, but they broke a LOT and are also pretty expensive&#8230; had to buy several&#8230; they would break and I wouldn&#8217;t know it and it would ruin videos&#8230; sad)<br \/>\n-Purchased 3dio &#038; literally hate it so much omg maybe I&#8217;m just stupid but I can&#8217;t use the headphone jack to hear anything and it makes my voice sound like a tin can even tho i got the upgraded one (It&#8217;s useful for some videos I make that require specific ears but &#8230; not my fave)<br \/>\n-Was contacted by AKG and asked if I wanted to try their C314s. I said ok!<br \/>\n-Did a mic test on the C314s: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZNqvkucUykI&#038;t=2s<br \/>\n-Ended up fully switching to C314s&#8230; and I&#8217;m still on my same pair from that video, over a year ago! This is impressive bc I have traveled with them and have not been particularly gentle&#8230; So I was like yay!<br \/>\n-Really liked using the C314 as my streaming mic too, but every time I wanted to film w two mics, I would have to go get the other microphone from my stream room, move it to my filming setup, etc&#8230; so I was like ok; I think I just want ONE more C314!<br \/>\n-Asked AKG if they would be willing to send me one, they said &#8212; we don&#8217;t have them in stock atm BUT would you be interested in trying&#8230;. the C414s!?!?!<br \/>\n-I said&#8230; WELL ALRIGHT, SOUNDS DANDY TO ME!<br \/>\nHere is that test!!! They also sent me their USB mic the ARA, which I test in this video! It runs a little cheaper than the Blue Yeti (ARA ~$99, Blue Yeti ~$130, but I find Blue Yetis for $99 pretty easily) but as you&#8217;ll see in the test I would still recommend the Blue Yeti specifically for ASMR creators. For streaming\/recording\/podcasting etc.; it would be a toss up depending on what you&#8217;re looking for!<\/p>\n<p>I just of course wanted to say that I am very grateful to AKG for sending me these mics; and while they are of phenomenal quality:<br \/>\n1. You do not need to spend thousands of $$ on mics to have a great ASMR channel\/content!<br \/>\n2. I am not formally educated in sound capture\/design! My editor, Vest, is self-taught as well! If you are looking for a very technical sound-savvy microphone review akin to like, Sweetwater or something; you should def look elsewhere LOL (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WuIH8cjq_NM)<br \/>\nThat being said, I am excited to take the time to learn more and more to get the most out of the sound quality and give you guys some crispy comfy content :&#8217;)<br \/>\nVest is planning on visiting me soon and we can do a whole microphone breakdown of my collection!!!<\/p>\n<p>I also just started using a new mixer, the Zoom LiveTrak L-8, which I believe has affected my sound quality as well (positively, I hope!). <\/p>\n<p>ANYHOO I started this channel many years ago knowing that I&#8217;m not &#8220;the audio expert&#8221;\/perfectionist type ASMRtist, and I personally enjoy fairly unmodified\/not too over-worked audio in my ASMR consumption :&#8217;) but it&#8217;s been great trying to figure out a solid setup that I really like the sound of! So let me know what you think, and I hope to always keep improving!<\/p>\n<p>~Gibi<\/p>\n<p>TIMESTAMPS!!!<br \/>\n0:00 &#8211; Intro &#038; Discussing Previous Microphones<br \/>\n6:30 &#8211; Talking about the new AKG 414<br \/>\n11:07 &#8211; AKG 414 Mic Test Begins<br \/>\n14:14 &#8211; 414 Brush Test<br \/>\n16:22 &#8211; 414 No Foam Cover Whisper &#038; Soft Speaking Test<br \/>\n18:36 &#8211; 414 Artificial Grapes Test<br \/>\n19:57 &#8211; 414 Toaster Coaster Test<br \/>\n22:12 &#8211; 414 Light Book Test<br \/>\n23:44 &#8211; 414 Sponge Pad Test<br \/>\n25:11 &#8211; 414 Whispering In a Tube Test<br \/>\n27:02 &#8211; 414 Crinkles Test<br \/>\n28:08 &#8211; 414 Pen &#038; Writing Test<br \/>\n30:16 &#8211; 414 Phone Tapping Test<br \/>\n33:00 &#8211; ARA Mic Test Begins<br \/>\n38:31 &#8211; Yeti Comparison<br \/>\n39:39 &#8211; ARA Artificial Grape Test<br \/>\n40:29 &#8211; ARA Brush Test<br \/>\n41:21 &#8211; ARA Whispering In a Tube Test<br \/>\n42:00 &#8211; ARA Toaster Coaster Test<br \/>\n42:41 &#8211; ARA Crinkle Test<br \/>\n43:02 &#8211; ARA Sponge Pad Test<br \/>\n43:40 &#8211; ARA Writing Test<br \/>\n44:30 &#8211; ARA Light Book Test<br \/>\n45:05 &#8211; Closing Thoughts on ARA, 414s<\/p>\n<p>(oops, description too long, deleting mostly everything below this!)<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfb5New Spotify tracks every Friday! https:\/\/ift.tt\/2n3bTaw<\/p>\n<p>OUTRO by https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlashJomm \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>This video was edited by Shawn, my full-time editor! Give him some love: https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrTheVestman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASMR | New Microphone Test ~ Favorite Triggers Ear-to-Ear Why howdy everyone! I explain everything in the video but it&#8217;s pretty long so I&#8217;ll also re-hash it here in the description box if  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":9652,"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\/9650"}],"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=9650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9653,"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9650\/revisions\/9653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xsionx.com\/asmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}