1 00:00:06,799 --> 00:00:13,280 welcome to an unboxing and overview of something that's a little bit unusual 2 00:00:10,120 --> 00:00:15,000 for us this is the SL300 condenser 3 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:21,160 microphone it's part of the studio series available on editors keys.com and 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:26,560 the idea here is that it is a relatively lowcost USB microphone it's driverless 5 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:28,560 it works on Mac PC or Linux and 6 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:32,279 according to at least one testimonial on their site which is of course the least 7 00:00:30,039 --> 00:00:36,600 biased source of information possible about a product it is comparable in 8 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:40,840 terms of audio quality to $2,000 microphones which I mean I guess we'll 9 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:44,680 let you guys be the judge of whether it is better at least than a couple of 10 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:50,079 other microphone Solutions we have that are similar in price so inside the very 11 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:55,399 well- packaged box that has nice soft foam for protecting the gear when it's 12 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:56,559 in transit we have the SL300 which is I 13 00:00:55,399 --> 00:01:00,760 mean I guess they're just kind of targeting sort of a very clean 14 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:04,479 unassuming look because people will be using it as a podcasting mic so they 15 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:08,240 talk about using it for podcasting as well as for vocal recording and 16 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:13,000 instrument recording it does have a low pass switch here so you can eliminate 17 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,759 any sound recording under around 200 18 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Herz or so so you don't pick up too much bass and then it also has a minus 10 19 00:01:16,799 --> 00:01:23,560 dbel switch which might be useful so we don't have to do any leveling in post if 20 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:26,759 uh you know Luke and I for example are recording in two of them next to each 21 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:32,399 other cuz I tend to talk a lot louder than him other than that you find a usbb 22 00:01:29,479 --> 00:01:38,159 interface face on the bottom and that is pretty much it you also get a nice 23 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:40,079 Supple USB A2B cable as well as a shock 24 00:01:38,159 --> 00:01:43,000 mount that just uses your standard mounting mechanism to mount it to 25 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:47,680 whatever you want it's got some foam along the inside as well as elastic cord 26 00:01:46,079 --> 00:01:51,040 around the outside so that you're not going to well so that it does what every 27 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:54,920 shock mount does all right now we did got a couple of accessories with it so 28 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:59,920 we got a dual layer pop filter this is I think a $30 Adder is what we sought it 29 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:03,640 for and then we've also got the portable local Booth Pro now we do some 30 00:02:01,719 --> 00:02:08,200 voiceovers for the pre-roll ads that we run before our videos and what we've 31 00:02:05,439 --> 00:02:14,599 noticed is that um aside from having issues with the p the P 32 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:16,120 sounds that cause unnecessary harshness 33 00:02:14,599 --> 00:02:19,239 in the recording so we got the pop filter for that we also found we're 34 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:23,200 getting a lot of echo because we don't have an optimal recording environment so 35 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:27,160 this supposedly will help and we're going to give you guys some before and 36 00:02:25,239 --> 00:02:31,239 afters of how all of this stuff is working for us right here in just a 37 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:37,480 moment I guess I should also mention a couple of other things it has a 5-year warranty and it has dual 34mm internal 38 00:02:35,879 --> 00:02:41,680 shock mounted diaphragm so that's something I also meant to mention as 39 00:02:39,879 --> 00:02:47,599 well all right so now that we've actually set up the entire editor Keys 40 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:49,959 setup the pop filter is actually fairly 41 00:02:47,599 --> 00:02:55,040 rudimentary just comes with a standard tension mounted clamp down here so you 42 00:02:52,159 --> 00:02:59,120 can affix that to the stand that the microphone itself sits on you can affix 43 00:02:56,959 --> 00:03:02,599 it to this bracket right here or here wherever the heck you would want and you 44 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:06,959 can reposition it with pretty much infinite flexibility so you can tighten 45 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:10,560 this to adjust the the tension here to make sure that it doesn't accidentally 46 00:03:08,599 --> 00:03:13,760 slip around and other than that yeah that's pretty straightforward next up 47 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:18,159 we've got the shock mount so it was pretty easy to slip the microphone into 48 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:23,239 it it's just you know a standard sort of foam insert and then it's also got a gap 49 00:03:21,319 --> 00:03:27,080 in the back here so it just stretches wider to accommodate the microphone and 50 00:03:25,519 --> 00:03:32,200 it's just pressure mounted like that so you don't actually have to clip anything into place if there something I was 51 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:35,000 going to complain about because overall we've actually already done our 52 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:38,840 recording test so we're filming this after we had already done it um sounds 53 00:03:37,239 --> 00:03:42,200 quite nice if there was something I was going to complain about it would 54 00:03:40,519 --> 00:03:45,879 probably be that this is a little bit flimsy right here and I would like to be 55 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:51,080 able to tighten it and have it really stay in place a little bit more easily 56 00:03:48,159 --> 00:03:55,040 than that um I think we're going to go ahead and take a short break here so 57 00:03:52,799 --> 00:03:58,720 that I can show you guys how this guy works well I guess I can show you from 58 00:03:56,439 --> 00:04:02,360 the ground so the stand it comes with is very robust we were actually impressed 59 00:04:00,599 --> 00:04:06,879 with the quality of the stand so you've got nice plastic feet right here you've 60 00:04:04,879 --> 00:04:10,280 got nice attention to detail and things like the loosening and tightening 61 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:14,200 mechanisms it doesn't feel it doesn't feel cheap at all so that's really nice 62 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:17,759 to have there's also a lock here so you can keep it from accidentally you know 63 00:04:16,239 --> 00:04:22,880 slipping or something like that evidently and then the construction of 64 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:28,120 the portable booth has kind of a metal backing on it so that's a perforated 65 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:30,000 metal backing it's got little uh sort of 66 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:32,960 foam feet on the bottom I wouldn't call them rubber feet but little three little 67 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:36,440 foam feet on the bottom so you could set it up on a desk if you want if you don't 68 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:40,400 want to set it up on the stand we actually had to remove one of the feet 69 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:43,560 in order to attach the stand to it so that comes off just like that and then 70 00:04:41,759 --> 00:04:48,520 the stand screws into the bottom and then it has acoustic pyramid foam all on 71 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:52,960 the inside the whole thing actually folds up so you can loosen these two 72 00:04:50,919 --> 00:04:56,759 feet a little bit right here and then you can fold the thing up like this if 73 00:04:55,039 --> 00:05:00,320 you did want to transport it or take it anywhere with you so actually I guess 74 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:05,400 that's all they're pretty much is to say about it and it's going to come down to 75 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:07,680 how does it actually sound so now it's 76 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:11,520 time for our microphone test I know we don't have a whole bunch of other Studio 77 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:15,560 mics to compare against but if nothing else we can give you guys some idea what 78 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:20,319 we wanted this thing for aside from a more podcasty style show that might be 79 00:05:17,759 --> 00:05:23,360 coming stay tuned for that by comparing it to some of the other microphone 80 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:28,319 technologies that we have available to us so for comparison we have a 81 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:34,319 reasonably I'd say mid-range wireless lav mic so this is an e w00 G3 from 82 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:40,360 Sennheiser with the stock lav we've also got an ntg2 so this is a fairly 83 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:42,400 well-regarded Road mic pardon me red mic 84 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:47,360 so that's a shotgun microphone we've got a sure beta 58a which is an iconic 85 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:51,280 microphone for recording vocals and you'll even see some famous stand-up 86 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:56,120 comedians using it's an old design but tried and true and then finally we have 87 00:05:53,479 --> 00:06:00,720 the SL300 which has a very satisfying blue LED now that we've actually hooked 88 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:03,639 it up in its little portable recording studio thing and we're going to be 89 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:08,520 positioning ourselves pretty close to it because we're going for that AM radio 90 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:11,880 deep sound whether it's a podcast or a pre-recorded message in front of our 91 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:15,120 videos so in order to give you guys some idea of the difference in the recording 92 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:20,440 quality we're going to record this in four different ways and it is my VPN 93 00:06:18,199 --> 00:06:24,479 Hotspot Shield pre-roll that I do in front of some of my videos so first up 94 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:30,039 we're going to take these three mics all at the same time because that's pretty 95 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:31,720 easy and here we go Hotspot Shield VPN 96 00:06:30,039 --> 00:06:36,639 service makes your browsing experience safer more secure and more private click 97 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:40,800 now to learn more Hotspot Shield VPN service makes your browsing experience 98 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:45,000 safer more secure and more private click now to learn more Hotspot Shield VPN 99 00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:50,400 service makes your browsing experience safer more secure and more private click 100 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:54,400 now to learn more Hotspot Shield VPN service makes your browsing experience 101 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:58,240 safer more secure and more private click now to learn more so in order to be fair 102 00:06:56,599 --> 00:07:03,560 to the other microphones we wanted to try this one with out the benefit of the 103 00:07:01,599 --> 00:07:07,720 recording studio thing that actually costs about as much as the microphone so 104 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:11,639 here we go guys Hotspot Shield VPN service makes your browsing experience 105 00:07:09,319 --> 00:07:15,800 safer more secure and more private click now to learn more and finally because we 106 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:19,319 tested the other microphones without a pop filter which we didn't have before 107 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:23,360 let's go ahead and take a crack at that with this one as well Hotspot Shield VPN 108 00:07:21,879 --> 00:07:27,680 service makes your browsing experience safer more secure and more private click 109 00:07:25,759 --> 00:07:31,840 now to learn more I'll leave it to you guys what's actually better and which 110 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:35,360 sound you prefer but if nothing else this has been a little bit of an 111 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:39,000 interesting investigation into how different microphones will produce 112 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:43,479 different sounds even with the same voice doing the same thing over and over 113 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:47,039 and over again thank 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