Super cheap overhead mic setup for warm, clean audio | AUDIO TUTORIAL 

Your comment that "good audio" is probably more important than 'bad video" was brought home to me recently. I am a RU-vid history buff. I began working in broadcasting in the mid-1950's at ABC-TV in NY. At that time, before even black & white videotape was commercially developed, programing was recorded on Kinescope for immediate re-transmission to delayed time zones and for program preservation. To those too young to know what and how Kinescope operated; basically, a black & white motion picture film camera was pointed directly into a black & white TV monitor. The expose film was immediately fed into a chemical photographic processor and came out fully developed and dried very quickly. The audio was recorded simultaneously on the film stock on an optical soundtrack (later on a magnetic stripe). The grainy film quality was poor, but the audio was comparatively good. That is why when viewing a very old video on RU-vid today; while the picture is extremely poor, the audio is usually more acceptable. This goes to the premise that you will watch poor video with acceptable audio, but not necessarily the other way around.

amazing video! thanks so much for this 🙌

Brilliant, along with a lot of your other vids. I’ve watched about eight of the in the last day or two. Clear, well-produced, valuable. Thank you.

This is perfect, had literally no clue how to even set this up before this video, and wondered why everyone recommends the Movo, when I actually thought that mic was very rough, loud hissing sounds, and unclear, thanks so much for showing us how to do this!!

So many RU-vidrs need this advice Brian I understand your master plan

Cheers so much for this video and making it so easy to understand! :)

Thank you. This is great. Truly very helpful

As per usual this was an awesome in-depth very informative & interesting tutorial and video, Brian. 😁 👌 Cheers man! 🍻

Dude you are a ROCKSTAR!! Not only did you save us the hassle of research, you attached all the links to buy the individual pieces PLUS gave us an assembly tutorial! - I rarely make comments on RU-vid videos but I wanted to pop in and say THANK YOU!!!

This is clutch! Doing my first Interview style production today, and needed a quick audio setup. Thanks!

Thanks for the video! Going to shoot some new course videos and wanted a boom set-up and this tutorial was great.

Awesome vid, well presented, and really drives home the difference between what good/immersive audio sounds like compared to bad audio!

Thanks! After three months of getting active, I am finally upgrading my audio and THIS VIDEO SHOWED ME HOW!

Thank you for your video on setting up an affordable mic set up above the speaker. The richer tones are clearly more appealing. 'A great video.

So helpful. I'm completely brand new and this video makes it very easy to start, thank you !

Great video. Thank you!

Oh man, Finally this the tutorial that I was trying to looking for! Thanks.

This was a really comprehensive but to-the-point video, i needed a video like this to hook up an overhead mic im ordering and this was perfect. 'ppreciate it brotha!

Fantastic video. Really appreciate you making this second channel. You’ve really helped me up my audio game a lot on my channel! I ordered everything through your links 😊

Bruh. You saved me so much time. Thank you.

AfCC coming in clutch yet again! As always.. thank you sir🤝🏾

I've never seen your content before but I'm subscribing immediately because your personality SOLD ME haha you're awesome

This was SO useful!! Thank you, btw, you look super sympathetic

this video was PERFECT! This was just what I needed to set up my boom mic system. Dude everything you did in this video was great!! Thank you very much!!! SUBSCRIBED

That is the video I was searching for. Thanks a lot. Great video with perfect explanation. It helps definitely.

Thanks for all the suggestions, I bought all the gear from your links and also got the same mic! Cheers!

great advice, was trying to work out where I should have my mic for a video podcast!

Coming from review video for Tascam DR05X. I like your content so I subscribed 🥳 Thank you for making so good videos. Have a nice one!

Yes, so happy to see this!

Thanks for the brilliant setup video. You couldn’t have timed it more better!🍹👍

perfect video, just bought the stand stuff and subscribed. Thanks

It has been used several times and loved.

This is the best video on this topic I’ve seen. I’m always confused as to what audio equipment to buy, and all of this is actually under 50$! Great video, you earned yourself a subscriber!

Quality content. You definitely deserve more than 3k subs.

Fantastically explained with great example recordings clearly showing the differences.

Very insightful and interesting video... I have mine close-ish to me and not quite above me yet and I've felt quite distant still with that setup... So I'll definitely try overhead

Thank you! I love the sound of my microphone and instead of playing russian roulette with a new microphone I thought of getting a boom arm, but this microphone stand looks like a smarter choice 🙃

Awesommmeeeeeee, you just resolved my problem!! I bought the rode videomic NTG to do voice overs but it just sounded very bad and really crackely when I put it in front of me and recorded audio... I spend days trying to solve this by recording under a blanked, doing a firmware update and changing every setting on the Mic, on my pc and trying different software. In the end after watching this video I tried a overhead boom setup and now I am super happy with the audio, thank you so much!!!

Great info! Appreciate your expertise.

Thank you 🙏🏽

This was a very helpful video. Thank you!

Awesome video, I'm glad I found your channel.

Dude your room is amazing!!

Great job bro; I bought this exact set up on your advice. Thank you

really nicely done, thank you!

Great tutorial, I will be trying this since I own a rode video micro.

thank you for the video! Super helpful!

You deserve way, way more subscribers, dude!

Thanks dude! Bought the stand on your recommendation.

I am just getting started and I don't have any of the tech required for youtubing. Came across this video and figured this helped a lot for me to get some idea. Thanks a bunch.

Dope video. Well done. Cheers!

great tips, you are greatly appreciated

Very helpful, thanks!

This genius! Thanks!!!

Thank you, it helps much. Cool!

another great video! thanks you

Great tutorial and advice,thank you.

This was super helpful, thank you! What is the microphone being used within the video?

great content. Thank you a bunch!

Thank you so much brother for this information 👍❤️

You give a cost-effective material ..Very helpful ...Indian touch ...wooow...Iam using boom stand and g9x or digicam for unboxing Thankyou bro

amazing man, thank you so much

Thanks for the video!

great video thanks

Great advice and great video. I use this exact setup (same stand and microphone) as my primary setup and think it sounds even better than an expensive wireless lav. Great to know it doesn’t take a $200+ mic to get great audio. QUESTION: do you recommend using the dead cat when indoors in a controlled environment? Have you done any tests with vs without it?

BIG Thank you!

This video helped out greatly. I'm new to recording and knew that the microphone was key, but trying to get the sound right is lost on me and most guides just say "get a good microphone" and leave it at that. Thanks so much!

This is FABULOUS! You are wonderful!! Thank you for this oh my god I want to cry. You are so likable too I am subscribing! Thank you!!!!!! Ps. I LOVE the purple 😁

Great video thank you!

Thank you sm, super healpful :)

Great review

Good job buddy thanks 👍

Great vid!!!

I picked up the movo based off your reviews. Thanks for the great content!

so helpful👌

Exactly what I was looking for. Except that I needed to know how to make this mic stand work with a Yeti USB mic.

I just picked up the MOVO VXR10 off your suggestions. Not ready to put the money out for a boom setup yet, but I should only be three or four feet from the camera, so I think it should be fine!

Thanks, congratulations, excellent video with real experience of the result. Thank you very much...

You should have more subs that 3.6K, that's ridiculous man! Great Video - I had borrow my buddie's Sennheiser MK400 but I broke it taking it off my tripod, so I bought a new one and gave that to him, and repaired the one I broke, but it turned out really bad, and it sucks because those mic's sound great!

My volume was 1/4 of the way but thank you alot I already had the mic but didn't like the sound this should solve my problems!

Hi Brian, such an informative video! Thanks :) Could you recommend an overhead microphone stand that can be attached to a desk? I would like to make this setup on my standing desk

Great content, thanks, just wondering what you do with the 2 cables that you suggest for laptop use? do I just link them together? thanks so much

Man, great presentation. I do not see the microphone listed in the gear. Can you post a link to the mic?

Would you be able to possibly do an updated version of this video for podcasts? Or….if I have a two-person sitting podcast and want to use the floor standing mic stands using the Samson Q2U usb mics, would I need the same TRS connections/cords to connect to an audio connector?

Thank you so much,new subbie tfs

You're a boss.

Great video! We appreciate the free jewels. Just wanted to ask; for this setup, the Iphone 10 has the lighting port. Can you recommend a TRSS adapter that would work for this type of setup? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Just bought VM NTG, was going to spend $130 on a boom mic stand… glad I saw this. Will grab the cheap Amazon stand from your links. Next thing I’m learning about is, if my Sony A7C audio preamps are going to be decent enough.. or, if I should grab a zoom f2 for an extra $180.

Hey Brian nice job . I have got a question :- Will the shoe adapter or other adpater be enough for the zoom h1n hole at the back of the microphone?

Would like to see a picture from the side showing where the computer is, and the camera, and the mic stand.

Excellent review! Very helpful thank you! Do you know how you can use two different recording devices (cellphone and maybe a go pro) with one microphone? or Is there a specific editing software that I would use? I'm working on an online course and using different recording devices for the different angle view and cant figure out the audio situation. Thank you!

Hi I am from Sri Lanka This is very good video thank you for making the video Could you tell me what the mic that you have used in this video.

Finally, recommended soundproof foam on a budget?

Is this portable? Can you break up the mic stand into small pieces and travel with it in a backpack for example?

Wow it sure makes a big difference..can I do this with the Movo VX10..usually I just place it on top of my Canon M50. Also can I use the same set up for going live?

17-38 sec....please make a detailed video about how we can archive sounds like you...the amazing background hearbeat music you put in your background just love it all those other little instuments. Please also tell us about what kind of music is suitable for voice over background...

Great video, and the difference in sound is night and day. Do you do any post processing on the audio after recording?

I think it's cheaper and simpler to use a lavalier mic that uses a cable like Boya BM 1. because you don't need to be confused anymore where to place it, plus the audio port already has options for TRS and TRRS

What extension cable would you suggest for me to use as a boom mic? Male to Male or VC1 extension?

Do you know if I can modify the sound on iMovie? ☺️