Antlion ModMic Gen3 Review + Follow Up
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2014-05-07
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is finally guys personal rig update number 16 no I'm just kidding this is my
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mod mic followup so when I originally unboxed the mod mic which is the
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detachable microphone that you can put on the side of any headphones as you
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guys will probably know if You' been watching me for any period of time I'm
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not a huge fan of most gaming headsets
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because generally speaking they skimp on the actual audio quality in order to
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tack a mic onto them so what I often recommend people do is use a pair of
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headphones in this case these are stenis or HD 555s which I used to use and use
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something else as a microphone such as a blue desktop microphone or the mod mic
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this is the Rev 3 one now aside from promising a followup back when I did the
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unboxing I also made some mistakes when I did the original unboxing I didn't
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really configure it right so for example
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this uh this little clip right here is actually for clipping to the mod mic
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itself to reduce stress on the cable not for clipping to the cord of your other
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device so I would actually recommend doing that in some other way I also
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didn't really configure it correctly in terms of the positioning you want to
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make sure you get things right beforehand you don't want to kind of like bend it too much and then unbend it
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and rebend it and other than that that was sort of most of the problem the good
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news is you have a second chance cuz they do include another little magnetic
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piece so you can always kind of Reiger it yourself um and so I never provided
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that audio sample that I promised to provide because that was the big
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question from people is okay there's a solution where I can have better sound
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for myself but what about the people on the other line so for those guys the
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good news is the mod mic rev 3 does have a list of sound cards that it works with
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the bad news is some onboard Audio Solutions in particular it is not
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compatible with so when I found out where we were getting an ASUS Zonar febus which happens to be on the list of
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approved sound cards which you can check out on their website which is linked in the video description I was like oh
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that's great now I'll be able to do my mod mic followup and then I didn't really bother trying to find another
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solution but this sat in the kitchen for
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like two and a half months while we were prepping and working on and planning and
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I didn't unbox it yet and then we were doing our extreme Overkill byus guide
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etc etc etc until finally then it sat on my desk for a little while longer until
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I finally installed it in my work computer and recorded the test audio
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clip so without further Ado the mod mic
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expansive landscape from an editorial Viewpoint during an aspiring potato's
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early career so there you have it guys it slices it dices it allows you to
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transfer it from one pair of headphones to another you can actually get
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additional little Clips if you want I know they're working on a rev four that's going to be even better you can
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put it up like this you can put it down like that you could put it down here
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like this but I wouldn't really recommend it because you're going to get a lot of like throat vibration and
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anyway corner of your mouth is the correct position and there are lots of
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other correct positions too it's all about personal preference thank you for
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checking out this follow-up video on The Mod mic from ant lion don't forget to
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are upset think that I'm in a bad mood because I say I don't care if you like
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exactly the same boost in my search rankings and all those other good things
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if you like or dislike the video because they only care about engagement so I
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hope that clears that up speaking of Engagement leave a comment on the video let me know what you thought about this
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and if you really think that I am on my period right now s
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possible we'll never know
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okay I am he'll hit the button at some point