- Hi, it's Parris, breaking rules and taking names.
I'm going to try and use our new Yeti USB microphone
in a way it's not intended,
which is to plug it directly into our camcorder.
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Now this comes with a USB cable.
You plug it into the computer,
it records the audio file,
but then you've got to put that together
with the video file later
and sync it up.
So much easier if this would plug directly
into the camera and still give me
the improved sound quality.
So I picked up an audio cable
that will let me plug into the headphone jack
on the bottom of this microphone
and plug into the microphone jack
on the camera.
Now this may work.
I have heard it can work.
Two concerns,
one is that I may damage the audio circuits
of the camera by sending this amplified signal
over there, and secondly,
I'm not sure that the signal will go
through the digital audio convertor.
It's a little bit beyond my knowledge
of how this works to be sure about that.
And I think that's one of the more expensive
components in this that actually gives you
that good sound.
So by plugging the headphone jack of this
into my camera, I may get some improved sound
simply by having the microphone
closer to my voice,
but I may lose out on some of that
really good sound that's created
by the digital audio convertor.
Only way to know for me is to test it out.
So you hear what the regular sound
in this video is like with the little
directional microphone I have plugged
into a hot shoe on top of the camcorder now.
If and when I get this hooked up
and working directly via audio cable
to the camcorder, I will read something off the box,
we will see how that sounds,
then I'll read that same paragraph
with the microphone hooked up
the way it's supposed to be
via USB to the computer.
I'll take that audio file and put it
into the videos,
then you'll be able to compare the sounds
via the microphone I've got on the camera,
via this hookup that isn't supported
by the company, and the way the company
intends this to be used.
Now if you want to try this,
that's at your own risk.
I'm simply sharing my experience here.
Who knows, maybe you'll get to see some smoke.
Now I do need to leave the USB cable
connected because the microphone is powered
via the USB cable.
So I do have to plug this into the computer
for this to work even though I'm going to try
to transfer the sound via this cable.
Now here I will plug this into the headphone jack.
This is a standard, I think it's a 3 1/2 millimeter
audio jack, seems to be in there all the way.
Okay, now one thing I'll do first is turn
the volume all the way down,
and for good measure, the gain switch
on the back as well, just to reduce
the signal that's going to be going
through this into the camera
until I see how it works.
Okay, not sure if you're hearing me
on the camera itself.
I went into the audio settings,
set it to manual, put it all the way down
to nearly the lowest.
When I plugged in the cable
having the volume all the way down,
I saw no indication on the little audio meter
on the screen until I got it up
to about 20-25%.
Now I can see a few little bars moving,
so I assume you're hearing me.
Let me read my paragraph connected this way.
See what it sounds like.
The Yeti is one of the most advanced
and versatile multi-pattern USB microphones
available anywhere.
Combining three capsules and four different
pattern settings, the Yeti is the ultimate tool
for creating amazing recordings
directly to your computer,
and maybe to your camera.
Delivering exceptional sound and performance,
the Yeti can capture anything
with a clarity and ease unheard
of in a USB microphone.
Well, I'm impressed.
I took the files over to my desktop system,
listened to it there.
This sounds so much better.
I'm still recording to you this way.
I don't want to go back to using
the little directional boom microphone
on top of the camera.
Now the remaining question,
this seems to be working.
By the way, I did bump up the recording level
in the menu of the camera
a couple of dots
because it seemed really quiet
when I recorded before,
but I was basically afraid of blowing things out.
So I've put it up a couple.
Maybe you can hear me a little better now.
The next thing to do is disconnect
to this and record that very same reading
onto the computer via the microphone,
which should give me the absolute best
quality sound, and then we can decide
whether there's really any discernible difference
whether it's recorded via the USB cable
onto the computer or via the audio cable
onto the camera.
The Yeti is one of the most advanced
and versatile multi-pattern USB microphones
available anywhere.
Combining three capsules and four different pattern
settings, the Yeti is the ultimate tool for creating
amazing recordings directly to your computer.
Delivering exceptional sound and performance,
the Yeti can capture anything with the clarity
and ease unheard of in a USB microphone.
I have re-connected the microphone
with the audio cable to the camcorder,
so now you’re hearing me back in this mode.
As for recording via the USB cable
directly to the laptop,
that sound to me was better
than this one.
It's different somehow,
somehow richer.
Is it my imagination?
Did you hear that too?
This though I think is still much better
than having the directional microphone
up on top of the camcorder.
So for now, I'm going to try to do videos
with the microphone hooked up
via the audio cable directly.
Please tell me your impressions of the audio
in the comment box down below this video.
I'll continue to play with the dials
and the audio settings in the camera
to try and get the best sound
having it hooked up this way.
I was surprised in the original video
that I did for this microphone
over on Epic Review Guys
that a fair number of people actually said
they preferred the sound
from the little directional microphone
I had on top of the camera,
but I'm not planning to go back to that
because I can hear the difference
between that and this.
If you're interested in the blue Yeti microphone,
goes for just under $100.
I have a link to it down below this video.
I'll also link below this video
in the description box to that video
I did on Epic Review Guys
the unbox scene and setup video
for the blue Yeti microphone
that shows you how to do it properly.
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