thanks to Sennheiser and Kingston for powering our NAB coverage this year
check them out at the links in the video description to kick off our coverage at
NAB 2016 we went to visit our friends at the Sennheiser Booth to see some of
their new product launches first up we have sennheiser's new MK 440 on camera
microphone this mic will be a welcome step forward for anyone who has
previously used the MK 400 on camera microphone the slightly odd vshape of
the microphone is due to the Dual shotgun mics that Sennheiser has placed
in the MK4 40 the result of this is a mic designed to capture everything
within your camera's view while also rejecting Sound Outside the camera's
frame giving a very focused allaround recording the Dual mics and the 440 are
shock mounted internally within the microphone's micro mesh enclosure making
the unit easier to maintain and use there's also a deadcat cover for
extremely windy situations when needed power-wise the MK 440 makes use of two
AAA batteries making it fairly easy to never have a problem powering it here's
a short test clip of how the sounded on the noisy show floor so we're here at
Sennheiser Booth testing the MK 440 this
is what it sounds like when I'm directly in front of the camera about 3 ft away
this is what it sounds like slightly off access to my left and this is what it
sounds like slightly off access to my right what do you guys think of how it
sounds let me know in the comments down below next up siser was showing off
their two new additions to their partner products with ap Electronics they have
their new hand mic digital and MK4 digital made for use with USB audio
devices as well as iOS products the hand mic digital is great for high ambient
noise situations giving very strong Clarity to vocals a good solution for
journalists that need good audio on location with the MK4 digital using
sennheiser's excellent MK4 voice over mic that will give live streamers a
great option for broadcast quality sound using their new USB connection available
to the digital version Sennheiser also had their demo of the 3D ambo mic which
is geared towards 360 video and VR applications this was my first time
trying the ambio demo and I was honestly really impressed I was greeted by a demo
of a girl playing piano in the middle of a church and as I turned my head
throughout the space I was surprised how accurately you could feel the sound of
the piano change VR and 360 video rigs
are popping up quite frequently now and all of them are in need of an audio
solution like the ambio senheiser also mentioned that they are working on ways
of mounting the ambio directly into the camera's mounting point in order to make
sure that the mic does not obstruct the camera shots in any way thanks again to
Sennheiser for sending us to NAB this year make sure to check out all of their
new stuff for Nab in the link in the video description also thanks to
Kingston for sending us here this year check out their brand new super fast
micro SD card made for Action cameras like the GoPro also linked in the video
description so thank you guys for watching let me know what you thought of all sennheiser's new audio gear in the
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