The Ultimate DIY Microphone (super low self-noise!) 

Wow, it's been up for 60 seconds and we've already got 60 views. Thanks for the support guys!

sorry you had to sacrifice your cat for this video. RIP fluffy.

Awesome built! MUCH better than many professional mics!

I only can say: wow. This sounds reaaally good. I didnt know that it is possible to record in such a beautifull quality, even for musicists.

Awesome! Really well done project and video! (as usual)

omg! as an audio engineer myself, this was a great build.

This honestly was one of the most impressive builds I have ever seen! The quality of that mic was astounding!! Can't wait to see the next vid with the pcb printing!

Great video. When I first saw the video thumbnail I thought the recording device was mounted on top of a dog's neck. LOL

His eyes are brighter than my future

What an amazing build!!!

WOOOOW!!! Those sound recordings were SO real! I would honestly listen to 1 hour long recordings of the sea, thunder or those trees in the wind. I really felt like I was there.

Record your silent computer with it.

We love your videos! I hope you go very far in RU-vid 😊

+DIY Perks : Your a bit confused about difference between the microphones on a handy recorder and the microphones used in a studio application. Condensor microphones which is the type of microphone you are using here comes in 2 different types; LDC(large diaphragm condensor) and SDC(Small Diaphragm condensor). both of these microphones are used in recording studio applications (as they both have different frequency responses and characteristics based on the size of the diaphragm, and an engineer will use these to achieve different results). Handy recorders generally use Small diaphragm condesors in an X/Y stereo array, as this is the most common way to capture a stereo recording. When i go out to capture atmos and soundscapes i always employ the use of SDC's based on the fact that they replicate high frequencies better(which are extremely important with Atmos/soundscapes) and they generally aren't as sensitive meaning less self noise. I understand that it seems like you will get better sound but with mic technique it really has to do with which mic will work better in which situation. And for the example that you have given SDC's are defiantly a better option. (sorry engineers rant) Also i think the noise coming from the zoom actually has to do with the cheap preamps inside and not the actual microphone, a more accurate demonstration would be having both mics plugged into the same preamp with the same gain setting, then you will really get an idea of the microphones self noise.

WOW, your probably the best DIY- channel on RU-vid ;)

That clarity, is amazing......

Your videos always emanate a professional Discover Channel feel...

This just goes to show that DIY can always be better than professional kit, especially when it's you making it.

dude..... I swear each one of your projects gets more and more elaborate and amazing. I remember way back when you made the pc control terminal. I swear if you don't go on to do amazing things and make a ton of money I will... well I don't know what I will do but you get what I am saying.

I don't understand why people "dislike" your videos... You have some of the best content for DIY projects! Keep it up!!

You seem to have a thing for making everything less noisy. :p

Hey, could you this microphone to record your *WHOLE* next episode? *:D*

OMG! This this is just awesome! I really need it for my ASMR projects.

I don't really have any situation that I would need half of your builds in, but I love watching your channel!

Mind-blowing sound! I was highly impressed at the end of the video when you played the samples.

I don't suppose you'd be interested in putting out any tutorials or otherwise educational videos about the skills involved in your projects? A lot of the stuff you're talking about, like circuitry, electronics, etc, is waaaay over my head and I'm only catching about half of it. I dunno if you have some kind of background in engineering or if you just do your research on the fly, but yours would be an absolutely *mental* toolset for any DIY'er. Always eager to learn new things, but it's kinda hard finding a good place to start, you know? Anyway, keep up the good work, boss. Always tickled to see the stuff you come up with.

Wow! Those sounds of the sea and the wind was pretty immersive!

That is an outstanding project. I doubt anyone who has ever done any outside sound recording wouldn't appreciate it. In the late 70s, I bought a really expensive SONY stereo sound recorder. It worked brilliantly and I used it to record buskers in London Paris and Amsterdam. My wife wanted to listen to something and since the batteries were dead at the time, tried to plug an external PSU into it. Sadly, choosing the audio socket.

Awesome. You should do a kickstarter and sell these. :) BTW what fur did you use??

Freaking awesome! You REALLY should sell these! Make a crowdfund!!!! I'd jump on that! Maybe even offer a kit with all the parts and prefabricated boards and instructions for the buyer to assemble (for those with decent hand- eye cordination, but CNC-machine-less non enginers)? I would really like to buy it! Although, I would need it to mount to a mic-stand/boom, but that's a simple mod. Just glue a mic clip to the bottom of the bird feeder and cut a slit in the fur).

Im less than a super techy guy, but these videos are always so well produced, I can never not watch them.

Finding your channel was a real treat, i got out my headphones and mini amp... i'm grinning ear to ear. The sound quality is epic! Thanks for all the videos, i can't wait to catch up!

That is BAD ASS! Rode should be taking notes; they could sell a mass produced version of your rig for $600 easily.

DIY perks ASMR channel?

Matt. You have the best DIY videos ever. and I mean that literally. I just wish you could upload more videos.

Excellent!!! Stroke of genious using a bird feeder for the frame, and the lack of noise.......WOW!!

Pretty great results! but to be completely honest, i think the cheap switching power supply actually introduced some noise into the system... I could only hear that on the thunderstorm, but there are three other possibilities: Either it was the rain that sounded quite a bit like noise, it was youtunes compression that added some noise, or it was my own audio gear, but i don't think the last one was the problem, most likely it was just rain... I am using ATH M50 woth an Onkyo TX-NR414 connected over SPDIF for those intrested.

00:59 you don't have two cameras and I can tell xDDDD, really good video by the way

A schematic is offline now... The video is super-inspiring and overall brilliant. I like, naturally, everything about it.

I was just looking into field recording! Please do more audio/field recording diy's!

Great build, keep the good work! Greetings from Lithuania! :)

This pisses on my Zoom H2N! Nice build and everything you want from a condenser - warm bottom end too and the fabric seems to have rounded the sometimes harsh top end condensers can have, very natural sounding - impressed! In fact, it sounds more like valve condensers to reel to reel - from memory, but its been 25 years+

Wow. You can actually tell wind is thru the trees, not blustering over the mic. Great build!

WHAT a thoughtful, nicely worded sponsor-thanks! Class act, you.

Would you be so kind to share the details of it all like: Total cost for all the componenets Battery time etc. Great that you got a relevant sponsor! As long as the sponsor doesn't effect the content in the video it's great that you can get more revenue for your hard work! Looking forward to your next project!

I HONESTLY THOUGHT YOU PUT SOMETHING ON A DOG

that is not fair. you need way more subscribers. the quality of these videos are professional and useful

Blown away by the DIY chops displayed here and the final results as well. Well done!

Haha, i thought this would be the typical quick and dirty shit you see in most channels with "DIY" in the name. Boy was i wrong LOL. That was awesome, you even made a friggin' PCB froms scratch!. Subbed.

Try to use better op-amp like dual NE5534 for tube warmth sound or OPA627bp for extremely lower noise and better detail in all frequency. TL072 is very very noisy one.

You know a mic is good when it can capture your heartbeat pretty far away with litterly no noice! Great job!!!

This is one of the coolest DIY videos I have seen yet!

WAY over my feeble skills! I'm still trying to build the LED Light panel!

+DIYPerks You should try this mic on your ULTIMATE silent DIY PC, to see how really loud it is :P just an idea

@DIY Perks Im always blown away by the quality of your videos and projects. Love it

You are my hero. Where did you learn so much about electronics? What did you study? Or is it all self-lthough? Are you planning a youtube career? So much respect.

Just imagine how big his DIY power bank would be if he decided to make it.

Awesome stuff. I don't have the skills to build this, but never the less amazing

The sound quality from that is simply amazing. I didn't expect to hear anything like that kind of audio quality from my desktop speakers, but it actually made them sound like a major audio company's demo setups, or the ambient noise from high-end nature documentaries in movie theaters. From common stereo speakers! So if you can do this, why can't microphone companies do the same thing? Because few microphones are as good as the one you made.

I want the full recording of the wind in the trees. Was just about to fall asleep when got started talking again, so peaceful :P

I think I might want to make one of these... _looks at price of one microphone_ . Ok, maybe not...

You have to at least sell those preamps to us, because not everybody has a CNC machine to make a board with!

The quality is amazing! I thought it was just awesome how easily the mic was able to pick up your heartbeat. 👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼

You sir Matthew Perks are indeed a genius! . . You've posted some of the best content I've seen on RU-vid. Thank you for your passion and dedication, I am inspired!

You should manufacture these and sell them. I am sure the broadcast media world would buy them.

With the thumbnail I thought you attached a device to a cat to make a microphone

WOW you can hear your heartbeat! Love the quality of your videos! Both in-depth and easy to understand!

You are a gold mine... let's start with what type of camera were you using to making this video? GREAT video!!!

If you were to sell these... How much would you charge?

Who would want to take that on a hike? XD

For what your channel lacks in content, it makes up for in quality. Keep up the good work!

Shit's crazy yo. As an engineer I appreciate the knowledge that went into this.

I can honestly say you're not a computer nut until you cnc your own chips.

I don't know whether it's my cheap motherboard-included audio or my cheap, plebian headphones, but I don't hear much difference ;_;

I've been fishing since I was 12 and I had a professional come up to me and wanted to record my fishing rod cast lung sound and when I listened back to the recording it blew my mind as I could hear the line flying out of the spool and even the plop of the weight hitting the water.

Truly exceptional sound quality! I came to this video because I enjoyed your very good diy absorption panel video just minutes before. Subscribed, cool beans.

I thought it was a dog in the thumbnail.

Dat 1080p 60fps tho

WOW! ... JUST WOW! You can be a Foley artist with this.

Your audio samples sound REALLY awesome! With headphones

TAKE MY MOONEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYY

you need to think about selling your products

You are really onto something with this build! When listening to the samples it was almost like I was standing near the sea or those trees!

man your the best DIY builder hats off the good work

Looks like Donald Trump

This recording sounded excellent on my studio monitors!

The sounds are pretty clean and real. The best thing, as a recorder, Ive ever heard was a UHER REPORT, portable R2R with its original UHER MIC, speech quality was incredibly real (even just listening to the built in speaker). If you like recording, I would give this old vintage recorder a try. If it was serviced recently, even more. By its time it was the only portable to get up to 20Khz and it was in production for over 30 years.

Wow that sounds so beautiful and peaceful. Amazing work man love the projects.

With headphones it is really fantastic! Thank you for the sounds.

You are genius my friend! And the sound quality of your videos is amazing. Many times using my earphones I have headaches. I watched 5 of your videos one after another and I didn't even noticed i have my earphones on. Amazing. Keep up the good work, I hope one day I'll make some of your projects!

The sea and the wind sound amazing

Wow Picking up your heartbeat in the mic was impressive

Try and find some isolated places in the woods, on the beach or other nature related things like rain storms and thunder. Then make 30-60 min recordings of ambient sounds. These will be perfect for playing in the background (or on earphones) when you go to bed.

You've got one of the best channels on youtube. Great work man, thanks for sharing your creativity.

You take diy to a whole new level

Wow What a great piece you built! Congratulations... The part when I hear your fingers and your heart gave me goosebumps.. Great Work!

Those nature sounds where so relaxing...

I'm looking forward for your next DIY project!

That is just as brilliant as the first time I wtached it. After some 15 years on film sets (and an audio avid geek myself), I an assure you've done an amazing task of tuning, positioning, designing something that looks the thing... but most important : does the job perfectly. Bravo ! PS : some sound techs I know should come and check this creation of yours !

Boy am I excited for the CNC video... Can't wait! Keep the great videos coming, you do an awesome job!