I just ordered this mic after watching several reviews including yours. With a $15 coupon and a $20 amazon gift card I brought the total down to $85.08 CAD which in my opinion is an excellent deal, Canadian Amazon is always more expensive due to the lower value of the CAD dollar and all the taxes Canada levies on purchases.
For me: Performance (0-3): 3 Build Quality (0-2): 1.7 Versatility (0-2): 1.2 Cost (0-3): 2.8 (Feel better if like $5 less) using your way you seem to rate and my personal thoughts.
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Thanks for your great review about this mic. You help me to take my final decision to buy it. I guess it´s the best budget choice for beginners podcasters.
so what should i go for pm421 or pm422 , is it that headphone jack on pm422 useful or just a + that i'm not going to use it for my gaming channel 🤷♂️🤷♂️
not even 1K subscriber full your video felt way more professional than what the numbers look like. Great vid, might get this microphone if the Maono headphones (AU MH-601) are good
I haven’t used it on guitar myself, but I expect it would do pretty well with the right placement. 8-10 inches in front of the 12th fret, pointed back towards the sound hole.
what did you do to make the mic sound so good like did you use software or edit it in post? I want to replicate what ever you have done to it when i get mine because it sounds really good
@@PizzaOfficials Lol randomly came back here now. It broke after about 4-6 months. Constant hissing. Sent it in and all I could get was that they would "repair" it. Got it back after quite some time. Still didnt work. Complained and got my money back, and threw away the thing. Worked fine when it was working. Also, way before the sound got fed up on it, the monitoring jack stopped working. Just bout an AU40 instead now, gonna see how that is in comparison.
Is this mic required a sound card? because I have a little latency issue in recording. I have purchased a M Audio SOLO sound card, but the cable is not supported. Please suggest.
Arsen El Mentalista the 422 is newer but the shock mount on it is just for looks, that’s why the price on Amazon is a lot cheaper than its original price
One of the youtubers who reviewed this mic said that at 90% on the gain knob, you still have to be at least a few inches away from the mic. How true is this?
I did not find that to be true at all. As you can see in the tests, I found that it was plenty loud enough with the gain knob at about 60%, at least for normal talking.
I don't hear any background hiss at all. Did you edit it out or am I not hearing it or is it that good? I need it for audiobook narration. I don't want hissing or static voice. Do you recommend?
I did nothing to the audio accept adjust the levels in a few places (noted in the video). There's got to be some noise ground in there somewhere, but it's barely there. It really is "that good". I am also in a pretty quiet room. I think it would be great for audiobook narration. I've been using for video voiceovers for several weeks now, and I still really like it. I usually bring the highs up a bit in the EQ and add some compression (but that's just for my voice, everyone's is different).
Thanks for this review. I have been deliberating this package for a while now but I shouldn't as all reviewers consistently rate this unit quite favourably. My one question to reviewers is, "what processing software do you use" and/or did you try the Maono Link software and have any thoughts on it? Again, great revew.
can I run a pm420 & pm421 together on the same laptop? I read that I can't run 2 of the same mics cause it recognizes it as the same. so I bought a Maono 420 and 421....am I able to run two of the "pm421" thru the same laptop? id rather use two 421's
Unfortunately, no. Unless there's some workaround I don't know about, I don't believe you can have two USB sources. Period. Regardless of the mic model. That's the downside of USB mics (or actually, the way operating systems are designed). A computer will only ever "see" one audio source from a USB connection. Now, that source *could* have lots of discrete channels, but in the case of a single mono USB microphone, I don't think you can "add" more to a computer. But please correct me if I'm wrong. That's why I still use XLR mics and a multichannel audio interface for most of what I do.
Nikki, the PM421 is it’s own interface, it just plugs directly into the computer. For the other mics, I was using a Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 audio interface.
You don’t need an XLR mic to do a 2 person, or even 5 person mic setup with the PM421/PM422… or really ANY usb mic. You just have to know what software to use to combine and separate the multiple mics into separate voice tracks.
Dude great quality, video looks great and helpful. Just one thought: I skipped ahead to your rating portion and was immediately confused by your layout of 3/3, 1.5/2, whatever. Sorry if I skipped your metrics at a earlier point. I would probably just use a X/5 or X/10 format for consistency. Other than that great video!
Thanks for the insight. My goal with the rating system was to create a consistent approach that would weigh the most important aspects more heavily, but still ultimately come out with a "scale of 0-10" for an overall number. I've benefitted from this type of review system on other videos, so that's what I decided to do, but I'll keep your note in mind as I continue. Do you think I should I explain the system in each video (I expect most viewers wouldn't have seen another one of my reviews)?
@@ClosetHymnologist If you do decide to explain I'd keep it very brief if possible. I see why you did it, it just seemed a little janky to me at first. Maybe if you just went and put TOTAL SCORE: X/10 score at the bottom, beneath where you have your other metrics, it'd be more clear. I don't know I'm not a expert lol. Best of like and you have my subscribe though!
@@ClosetHymnologist I respectfully disagree with Judah's comment - I found the rating system very clear and I immediately understood that you were weighing the most important aspects more heavily (I wish that was something more reviewers would do!!). Just my 2 cents!
Has anyone experienced latency problems while using a Maono AU-A04 mic with Adobe Audition ? I'm talking about delay when recording. Like for example, you record your voice to the project's tempo, but the actual recordings have a slight delay and dont match up with the rest of the clips in the project (there's a delay). Is there a way to fix a problem like this?
ty sir you are a gamers savior i will remember you for millennium to come - but for real this is most definitely a very well put together channel it seams and even though I won't be a regular for your content, I'm certainly a new sub and will support you for as much as I am here! great vibe you are sir
if im not mistaken the nw800 is an xlr microphone. I think you messed up a knob on your " xlr module thingy" or whatever its called because I dont think it sounds like that normaly
Yeah, I know, the NW800 sounds kind of shockingly bad, right? I've heard some good tests with the NW800, so I'm guessing that they maybe just aren't very consistent. Maybe I got a bad one. It's EQ-able into something workable, I did another video on that. Thanks for the sub!