I record my podcast with this mic. It's Samson's equivalent to the ATR 2100. idk of any other mic besides those two that have both XLR and USB output. Pretty cool and, in my opinion, the best value for any mic in its price range. Also, I think the rubber band on the mic is meant to keep the windscreen in place. By the way, the windscreen made a huge difference with your plosives.
Nice man, I just looked up the ATR 2100. Looks almost identical. I love the usb and xlr outputs, really unique and that's a good point about the rubber band, I didn't think about that
Thank you for this review. Was going to buy an Audio Technica but it was sold out. I'm glad I found your review. Samson Q2U sells for about $90 in Canada, which suits my budget. 😊
Hi! I just wanted to say this is a really helpful review! Also good on you for being so active in the comments with answering people's questions, that's a cool thing to do :).
Excellent review, man. I use this for my podcast, via XLR and Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen. I tried the Rode PodMic, and didn't come close. New subscriber.
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Hi, nice review! I might missed something but would be curious if the headphone jack on the bottom can be used to monitor the sound of the mic Edit: Also, does it need any driver?
Thank you! 🙂 Yes, if you plug headphones into the headphone jack on the mic you can monitor the mic and I think it has a build in driver because the computer automatically recognizes the mic when you plug it in via USB
Tobias, thanks for your video! Question please. For the USB cable going into a laptop, does it matter whether the computer port is USB 3.0 or USB 2.0? For your own laptop, are you plugging into a USB 3.0 or 2.0 port? This is a big issue for me because my current USB mic, the $170 Blue Yeti X, only works on USB 2.0, not 3.0, and all documentation on the Yeti X mic confirms this. One of my older Windows laptops has USB 2.0, so my Yeti X mic works with that laptop. But I have 2 newer laptops with only USB 3.0 ports, and the Yeti X mic doesn't work on those newer laptops on USB 3.0. Yes, I know that USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with 2.0, etc, but in practice this simply doesn't work my Yeti X mic on USB 3.0. Hence I want to confirm if the Samson mic can work connected to either USB 3.0 or 2.0 ports. Also, will the Samson mic work connected to a USB-C port (using an adapter tip)? Thank you much! -Casey
Hi Casey, good question. I actually never thought of that before. I looked it up and my laptop has USB 3.0 ports and the Q2U worked fine. As for your Blue Yeti X microphone, that is very strange. I looked at the Blue Yeti X on their website www.bluedesigns.com/products/yeti-x/ and if you go down to the bottom, it says that it should be compatible with USB 1.1/2.0/3.0. I also have a Blue Yeti (not the Yeti X) and that works fine on my USB 3.0 ports. The only other thing that I can think of is maybe you need to update your OS?
Did you do anything to get it so sound so good or was that the raw audio? just ordered it but to me it sounds great and I can't tell a difference between the usb and the xlr
Hi, I was using Logic Pro to record with the microphone. I don't think the settings would be the issue, but just incase, 24 Bit recording, Sample Rate: 44100 and I bounced it as a wav file. How is your voice when you record? Is it super loud? and also how far away or close to your mouth is the microphone? If you think it might be the software you are using, maybe you can try Audacity. You can download it for free
@@TobiasHolenstein same sample rate . I speak 45 degree oj yhe side of mouth or in front of it just like you did in the video. Is speak louder than most people would. I play games
I saw that this mic is going for around $100 now. I don't really know if there's something better for the price range. If you would be using this mic with the XLR output I think it might be worth checking out the classic Shure SM58 and seeing how they compare. It also goes for around $100 and it has pretty much been an industry standard for years. Although, it won't come with a desk stand or cable
In my opinion that is a bit pricey, but it's up to you. Are you specifically looking for a dynamic mic or are you also open to condenser mics? and are you going to be using it via USB or the XLR cable? I may have some other recommendations for you
@@TobiasHolenstein I'm starting my coding tutorials channel (aka screencasts?). You know, like a voiceover. Decided to stick with dynamic mics cause they are good for noisy untreated rooms. I guess? My budget is up to $400 for the whole setup :)
Hi Jonny, yeah it works well with the usb plugged in directly into the laptop. As for when you mention the phantom power, phantom power is a feature that some audio interfaces have to power certain microphones and instead of using a USB cable you would use an XLR cable. This microphone doesn't need a phantom power though, but if you did want to use the XLR cable, you would need an audio interface.
Hello very noice video. Am thinking about getting a new mic for streaming, because for no fakin raisons my T bone 420 when i stream just make my voice so shit, bad quality and for no raisons at all, am sending back the T 420 and am thinking about getting the Q2U, seems to be a good microphone, but am always worried about the background noise, especially TV that my wife watch -_- And i cant change my pc of room/place lol. Any good xlr recommendations btw ? Thanks.
Hi, if you are worried about the background noise then yeah a dynamic microphone like the Q2U would be a good choice opposed to a condenser microphone. It is both a USB and a XLR microphone. However, if you want just a regular XLR microphone, the Shure sm58 is also a good choise. It's kind of been the industry standard for XLR mics for years. Hope that helps!
@@TobiasHolenstein Thanks a lot i dont know yet wich one am going to buy. what about these one so ? ^^ Samson Q2U SE Electronics V7 Behringer XM8500 Also this one seems to be of quality from what ive seen ? >>> Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen Also i have a question when i use this with the microphone > Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen can i still use RTX voice ? i have no idea lol ^^ thank you. :)
@@TobiasHolenstein With the Q2U i heard problem when you reboot or start your computer where you need to unplug replug the microphone, do you have any problem like that ??
@@TobiasHolenstein mine arrived and I experimented. I connected the Samson Q2U directly to my Samsung Galaxy S8+ and utilized the "Dolby On" app and the sound is flawless. An amazing set-up for podcasters on the continuous go!
Hi! I have this mic and I have an issue with voice monitoring. The monitoring works well on a pc, but when I connect the mic to my android phone, I can't monitor my voice. I can still record and hear audio from mobile through the mic and the headphones plugged into the mic but not the monitoring. On the pc it works. I've also tried different android phone and it also didn't work. Would you known where's the problem please?
Hi, I'm actually not sure why this is happening. Just out of curiosity, what app are you using to record? Have you tried recording a video with this mic and seeing if the monitoring works?
@@TobiasHolenstein So today I finally kind of solved that problem. It's very weird and I need an app for this called Lesser AudioSwitch (app that controls audio inputs and outputs). I do it like this to make it work: 1) go to developer options and there disable usb audio routing (or automatic usb audio routing) 2) connect the microphone with plugged headphones to the phone 3) open the Lesser AudioSwitch app and click on usb dac This is how it works for me now but before, I had to do these 3 first steps and then: 4) unplug the mic 5) go back to developer options and enable usb audio routing (while the app is still turn on in the background) 6) and connect the mic again Just if someone needs this and the steps doesn't work, try enabling or disabling the usb audio routing and unplugging and plugging the mic, then clicking on the usb dac in the app. Before, when I unplugged my mic I had to do the steps again to connect it but now I do it once and it stays working when I connect it back. It's basically messing with these options and somehow it should work... And there's also one more little issue I "solved". When I record the audio and then I want to play it (while the mic with headphones is still plugged), the track lags and I can't hear any audio until I unplug the mic. This problem doesn't appear always. Sometimes it plays normally. I don't know why. Btw for recording I use Audio recorder (no adds) (that's the name) or the preinstalled recorder and I tried some others too. Thx for trying to help me, hope this helps someone 😉 😁.
Hi Evangelia, if you want to use one microphone to pick up 2 people, I would not recommend this microphone. I would actually recommend going with a microphone that has an omnidirectional setting like the Blue Yeti or the Samson G-Track Pro. I did a video where I compared those 2 mics to each other if you want to check it out ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_dgeafq9ZGI.html
@@TobiasHolenstein thank you!!! I was doubting about getting two of these or a yeti because the price is the same. I will check out your video and come back. You have some awesome material. You earned a subscriber 😊.
@@evangeliamintzai6302 You're welcome! Thanks for subscribing I appreciate that 🙂 One thing about the video I sent you. In that video I accidentally showed the price of a "Renewed" Blue Yeti. A new Blue Yeti seems to go for $129.99
@@TobiasHolenstein Yeah no worries. I live in the Netherlands anyway so the prices here are a bit different. The Samson is about 70euros and the Yeti around 139euros. So you can have 2 Samsons for the price of one Yeti.
I think the best way to reduce the keyboard noise would be to experiment with the placement of your mic and the sensitivity of the mic. For example, if you have the mic pretty close to your mouth and you reduce the sensitivity, it will reduce the amount of background noise it pics up and if you are close to the mic the microphone can be less sensitive. Also, if you are doing a recording, most video editing softwares and audio recording softwares have some form of a noise gate or denoiser. These can help you reduce background noise in recordings.
