Sound will make or break your videos.
Since October 2020, I've been using Comica VM20 as my main studio microphone.
Many of you were very happy when I made the switch
and I started using that microphone as the sound really changed.
It's quite different from the previous brands I was using.
Till this day, I'm still getting positive comments. Here and there
someone points out, that, the person really likes the sound.
Comica which is also sponsor of today's video, just launched a brand new 2.4G
super cardioid condenser wireless shotgun microphone CVM-VM30.
Let's check out the new features and let's run some tests.
Ahoj, this is Zdenka.
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CVM-VM 30 package has everything you need
to be able to have a great audio indoors and also on location.
The two main parts consist of shotgun
microphone, transmitter and receiver.
This microphone can be used as wired and wireless microphone.
Other accessories included are 2-in-1 charging and output cable.
3.5mm TRS to TRS audio output cable,
3.5 millimeters TRRS to TRRS audio output cable,
microphone clip, shock mount,
wind screen, wind muff, pin,
carry case, user manual and warranty card.
I'm going to display all specs on the screen.
Let's check out the microphone.
The USB-C charging port is here.
Plug in the 2 in 1 charging and output
cable to charge or output digital audio.
Next to it is the 3.5 millimeters output port.
It supports TRS and TRRS output.
Next to it is a pairing hole
in case you have trouble with wireless connection.
This knob is for audio control.
Display is here
and at the top are two buttons.
The first one is RF button, which is to turn on and off wireless mode.
One thing I want to mention is that it doesn't have the typical power
on and a power off button in wired
mode, as it automatically identifies power
once you're connected to the camera via cable and turn on the camera.
If you will be in a wired mode, the light will be green.
If you press and hold the RF button to turn on the wireless mode,
the blue button will flash blue if it is pairing, and then it will be
solid once it is paired. The other button is to switch between modes.
Short press to switch between low cuts and high frequency
and long press to enable safety mode,
which is only available in wired mode, not wireless.
The question is, when would you use the low
cut and high frequency?
And what is the safety mode?
Low cut is for reducing noise to filter audio below a certain frequency,
in this case, 75 hertz.
So if you will be filming next to the road where our cars passing by,
that's when you would be using this mode to reduce the noise.
Well, right now I'm recording my cell phone next to the road.
I'm just waiting for some kind of cars.
I have it set to 75 hertz.
So now the sound of car passing by should be eliminated a bit.
It's quite windy as well now, so I'm not sure how the wind is being picked up,
but that's the sound you are going to get if you're going to be recording yourself
next to the roads where the cars and busses are passing by.
If you select 150 hertz, everything below will be filtered,
so you wouldn't use it in such noisy conditions,
such as the roads with the cars passing by.
You would select this in a bit quieter conditions.
This is the sound you are going to get with 150 selected.
It's not really that much of a noisy location.
There is some construction going on.
Tiny bit of a wind coming from the side, but that's the sound you're going to get.
High frequency
will make the sound more transparent and clear.
It will change sound quality.
This can be turned on if that is something you prefer.
Is a frequency boosting in the high frequency range of the sound.
This is a sound you are going to get
if you have high frequency on. Safety mode
will split audio into two channels.
One channel will be at a normal level,
while the second one will be recorded at -6db.
You will see two bars on the OLED screen.
Normal mode has only one bar.
Let's turn on the receiver and let's turn on
the wireless mode on the microphone.
You've got headphones monitoring port,
3.5mm output port next to it, which will allow you
to connect it to your camera, smartphone or computer.
The USB-C charging port is here,
and on the other side is the reset hole. Power button,
which is also mute button and gain control buttons.
Let's finally switch the microphones in the studio for good.
I am going to go now with the wired set up.
The microphone is on.
I don't know how I sound right now, if
there is any difference?
I have the audio gain set up two plus one.
I don't have high frequency turned on. It is basically just a default right now,
so I just literally plugged in
to a wired position and I didn't do anything.
I didn't change anything.
Now this room has terrible echo normally
because it's a basement area. It's
it's not really a studio. It is everything area. It is a gym, it's an entertainment area.
It's my studio, it's working space,
so I am using sound blankets
to eliminate the echo. It is the best investment I've ever made.
It's absolutely amazing.
The sound makes it makes a big difference with the sound.
Right now I'm using the clip accessory to attach it to the end, and I have
wind screen over the microphone. Right now
I turned on the high frequency.
I'm not sure what difference you will hear, if you will hear any.
That I don't know.
I will answer that even to myself once I start editing this video,
but pretty much this is the sound right now with a high frequency on before
I did not have that on,
I just had a default setting once I turned on the microphone.
But now, let's go outdoors and check out the sound.
I just have the microphone placed on top of the camera on a tripod.
This is the setup
you would probably use for vlogging, which is recording like this outdoors.
There is a little bit of a wind coming from this side, so I have a windscreen
and a wind muff placed over the microphone and I selected setting 150.
So this is how I would sound or
you would sound
if you would be filming outdoors with the microphone on top of the camera.
I'm very curious about the wireless setup.
You're supposed to hold it like this a little bit higher
as the antenna is at the bottom and I selected safety mode.
So I am not sure how the
sound is right now, but I'm curious
how it's going to go when it comes to distance.
I'm not supposed to really turn my back or
I should not have my camera behind my back like this
because the connection could be lost.
So I'm going to go all the way to the back and we'll see,
but I'm going to turn around. We will see how the sound is going to be.
So I'm not sure if you still hear me.
I'm going to speed up a little bit
so you are not sitting there for 5 minutes.
I want you to go across
and I'm now further
even further... still going, not sure if you still hear me
and still going, is still going,
still going, on the other side of the field almost.
I'm fairly..... so.... if you....
I'm very curious about the sound I'm going to get
if I will be recording myself with a smartphone,
so I made the switch.
I took down the camera and now I am recording myself with iPhone 14 Pro.
I forgot to change the wires so the first clip didn't work out.
Now I have the correct the wire for smartphones and my setting is 150 hertz.
I like the new look, the audio gain knob.
It's super light weight.
I also really like that you don't have to turn it on and off all the time.
This is the previous one which has the turn on and off button here
and I forgot many times to turn it off once I was done recording.
But luckily it does not really drain battery fast at all.
So even when I came back two days later and this was still on, there was enough
battery left and there was almost nothing missing actually,
so I could just continue recording another session.
But still
I really like it that it doesn't have it, so I don't have to think about it.
One less thing to worry about.
For those interested, I'm going to link the product in a video
description below the video so you can check it out.
I'm also going to link other microphones I recently reviewed from Comica.
They are all worth checking out.
This one is absolutely more suitable for studio recording.
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Leave a comment below. Let me know,
what you think about this microphone?
The sound and all that?
If you saw any differences, I would like to know from you
because my ears, you know I'm getting older.
Anyways, I'll see you in the next video.
Feel free to check out these videos next. Cau, Ahoj