CAN I MAKE A CHEAP MICROPHONE SOUND GOOD?

Following you for a while now - it's refreshing to see you approach everything with ease, while putting yourself into the process 100%.
Keep it up, you are awesome.

I would like a video that compares mics that are cheaper but claim to sound like something a U47 since most of us don't have a U47 to test. Like TechZone's Stellar X2 Vintage that's supposed to be based on the 47

If you really want to match the EQ to the most delicate detail, use iZotope's Ozone Match EQ, which doesn't have a limit on bands or detail. I do think the Pro-Q's Match EQ is really good, but it can't really be compared to Ozone's.

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So what you could do is make this a pre-set silver people who have the microphone then go online hey $10 in buy a preset that makes their $10 microphone sound very very good

So if you match it with a u-47 at a studio then create a preset for it then you have that EQ you can use

What Reaper theme do you use in this video? Love what you done with the piano here in the end.

Rubbish, A cheap mike may have a better use for something that an expensive mic would be crap at.

Your face looks like the word "duuuuudeee" if it were to be visualised

I clicked the Patreon link, I see there are 5 Patreon levels. Which Patreon level gives access to the Zingyou BM-8000 to U47 Fabfilter Pro-Q curve that you created in this video? (Hopefully it was saved.)

I really love your videos and appreciate the quality that goes into them :3

Love the pianist! Interesting video

What about using a expensive mic and budget interface, will it make a huge difference? (okay treated room)

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another thing you can add to the list. expensive mics do a little reverb at 150-200hz to create a smooth, warm sound.

Fantastic, thank God you couldn't copy the U47, that might turn my world upside down.

Could you save that EQ preset and it "fix" this microphone on most sources or is it matched to specifically the piano?

that piano is nice

Listening on a $200 Bose bt speaker, and the cheap mike still sounds obviously duller, and also boomy from the 200Hz boost. (I think I liked it better dry.) Also: let's go full Beatles LOL!

Great video.

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Haven't made it all the way through the video yet, so my apologies if you mention this. Just wanted to say it as I was hearing/thinking about it.

But, the thing that's getting me about the cheap mics is there seems to be some kind of internal resonances happening from within the mics themselves. Can't really dial that out with an EQ. I mean, you can...kinda...but not really

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I need your help please, can you advise me on how to make the voice recording sound good with that nw800 microphone. My phone's mic sounds better. Please help me I'm using Reaper.

i enjoy'd that... i still want a better mic...your mixing skills are tops..

The instrument must sound good, the musician must play good and the room must sound good.
choose the correct type of microphone, place it correctly and probably you get a good recording, also with the cheapest mic.

Fabfilter Eq match is awful. Try Izotope. I've experimented with this thoroughly. Fab just gets u roughly there, it struggles a lot with the low end. Izotope Match Eq was increible BUT it has latecy unfortunately. For some reason creating an Impulse response didn't do the trick which is very unusual.

The best microphone is the one w a great artists performing in front of it and a talented engineer like yourself can make any mic work.

You should make more video's like this instead of nagging about plug ins.

She sounds like a man!

its bullshit that you compare a valve with that cheap condenser a valve produces a way denser sound due to the valves .... compare a U87 or TLM103 with it....that would be fair

Hello from Berlin and thanks for your nice Videos. Is it possible with the white noise frequency response of a microphone like the Telefunken u47, to make my mic sound similar, even when I dont own the Telefunken U47?

Yap, I know cheap mic processing will be interesting. But people more trust for the expensive mic rather than an infamous engineer. Expensive mics make them feel paid.

piano remind me the song from west world HBO series

Cool video -

very cool video! I really liked the end when you did an exemple of how you would integrate the piano to the mix! I Know it's an old video, but it would be very interesting to see videos where you show your approach on some situation like you did here!

I like your videos and I watch more ;-)

You can get it close with EQ… but what can you get from EQing the U47? Surely it gives you a better starting point… a better starting point that costs £9,333 lol…
If you had the studio, skill and money, maybe… being creative is obviously more important… even if I had the money I would be scared to buy it and at the same time I wouldn’t be able to resist to try it myself to see what I really think about it

The lesson is: Do the best you can with what you have. Tools are great but they don't make the recording. It's the ears behind the console.

This would be cool if you build a better mic than Aston Element, with eq setting package for singing rap and rock adjustment .

Great vid - and great demo showing why frequency response (EQ) is only one dimension of what makes a piece of equipment sound like it does. All processing, analogue or digital is in some way subtractive by definition - something is lost by making the signal chain more complex: Start with the best you can get, and go from there. However, some of the greatest performances of all time have been made with 'bad' equipment, so, it's not a simple equation.

Thank you for sharing this exploration with us.

Try on Lead Vocal, and mix it with all music,.. you'll see the different

Your awesome :D

Super!

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side by side its a more full sound. and wow you know your craft.