So, at long last, we are finally doing something that we haven't done before.
We are revealing the identity of the cameraman. It's this guy. No, I'm
kidding. Actually, we're getting a microphone for NCX Tech Tips. We're
getting a proper microphone that isn't a little uh weird like twinky thing that I
clip to my uh clip to my shirt. This is
a proper lapel mic from Sennheiser. It's the
EW112P and it is a clip-on microphone,
condenser, omniirectional. Okay. So, Oh, okay. Yeah. It includes a receiver, a
body pack transmitter, as well as a clip-on mic. It runs off four AA
batteries, and it has output cables, 3.5
mm jack, and XLR. I actually don't know
all the details of this. Uh the cameraman helped me pick something
because he is kind of the expert on all of this stuff. But uh we have the G the
PG3. So PG3 here. So we have a setup
that looks like this. So that's what why don't we just open it? Let's just open
it. Forget this. It doesn't even come sealed. I was very surprised for a a
microphone system that retails for $900.
I had expected it to like I don't know have shrink wrap on it or
something. But uh okay, here we go. Wow,
that is a heck of an instruction manual. I hope this is in a lot of languages.
Yes, it is. Okay, so the languages are
available are nine. And let's see how long the English section Oh, that's not
too bad. Okay, cuz I was going to say like an instruction manual this long for
how to plug in a microphone. That would be pretty bad. Okay, so I don't know.
This isn't English. English is the second language in there. Oh yeah, Sennheiser. Of course, it's German
first. Okay, next thing. Additional information.
Okay, some more additional information in
German. And here it is, our expensive
new microphone system. So, I'll have to figure out what
everything in here does. This appears to be a
box. Inside, we probably put some
batteries. Okay. See if I can figure this out. Yeah. Hey, batteries. There
they go. Okay. So, the batteries go in this way and then that way. So, this is
either the transmitter or the receiver. They both look the same. So, Oh, no. No,
they're not the same. Okay. Okay. I got it. I got it. I got it. I'm on
this. See, computer stuff unboxing is a
lot more comfortable for me because I already know most of this stuff and I
don't actually have to try to learn on camera because learning on camera is
very difficult. So, uh, okay. Here. So, this one is the transmitter because the
mic line is here. I can also mute it or I guess the cameraman could run up and
mute me if he felt like being a jerk. And uh then we've also got the
microphone itself which is here. So,
this is what I'll be using now instead of that horrible thing. Uh there's a
little clip as well as a little a little
cute little cover for the microphone. I wish I had a knife. Oh. Oh, wait. I do
have a knife. Oh, yeah. I have another thing to reveal in this unboxing. I have
a new toy. I have a knife on my keychain
now. Look at that. I got it at House of Knives. Probably spent way too much for
it there, but it was kind of an impulse buy. I was like, "Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
House of Knives. I need a knife." So, I went in and I got the knife. Okay, there
we go. So, I got a little cover for the uh for the microphone. Go ahead and plug
that in there or cover that there. Okay, there we go. So, it looks like that.
There's my microphone. And it goes in that little clip somehow. Maybe we'll do
that, too. It's all made of metal and everything. I was expecting it to be
plastic. Okay.
Um, so yeah, I don't know. Maybe this
goes through here.
No. Oh, I see. So, it has to go through this
twisted coil somehow, I think. You know
what? I'll figure that out later. Okay. So, anyway, we got our mic plugs in
here. There. Let's keep this simple. There we go. Mic there. Oh, and
it even screws on. Look at that. All right. And then on this side, we
have the
receiver, which goes like this.
Yep. And that goes into the cameraman's camera. if he had a way more awesome
camera, which he doesn't. So, we're actually going to use Okay, I better
unscrew that before I try and unplug it. There we go. So, we're actually gonna
use this one. So, all it is is just a normal uh normal like 3 and 12 mil
headphone jack. So, you go ahead and unplug it or plug it in here and then
plug that into the cameraman's camera. And then in theory, we are going to have
much improved audio in our future episodes of NCIX Tech Tips. I can try
and turn this on, but honestly, I don't know how. So, yeah, I guess I'm not
really going anywhere with this. There the announcement today. We have a new
microphone for NCX Tech Tips. Be excited. The audio quality will be much
improved. We hope.