hey everybody welcome back to podcast egde my name is Bandra as you know and I am back with
another microphone test video for you guys today I am testing out this guy the behringer c1 studio
condenser microphone as requested by our viewer rage and or region or ridge 'end i don't know how
to pronounce your name I'm sorry but you thank you for recommending it that's what I'm testing
out today I do want to mention this is not the behringer see - 1u which is the USB version of
this microphone this is the c dash 1 which is the XLR version this microphone runs about 50 bucks
on amazon depending on when and where you buy it and this c1u runs about $10 more 60 bucks so I'll
go ahead and throw links to both of those in the description down below very important disclaimer
this is the very first microphone that I've tested out on this channel that requires 48
volts of phantom power this USB audio adapter which we've been using this entire time does not
provide enough power this mixer right here does not provide enough power let's switch over to the
other camera you need a phantom power supply like this which runs maybe 20 or 30 bucks on Amazon
I'm not quite sure let's switch back this is what the box looks like and the moral of the story is
you need phantom power for this microphone to function I'll do a whole video on the phantom
power supply but for now that's not important you just need to know neither of these will provide
sufficient power for this c1 to function the way that I have this set up you're going to need two
cables right now I have an XLR to XLR and then an XLR to 3.5 millimeter so let me go ahead and show
you what I'm doing I'm running an XLR out of the c1 into the phantom power supply right here and
then I'm running the XLR to 3.5 millimeter out of the Phantom's power supply into the
USB audio adapter okay enough of these let's move on okay let's go ahead and look what we
get in the box so first off you're going to get your typical manual it has a bunch of different
languages on the side it has all that information we'll look at that slightly later and then you're
going to get everything in this little case so it hardshell plastic case and all you get in it
is the microphone and the microphone clip there's no cables there's nothing how I just pinched the
crap out of my finger that sucked oh I I suddenly don't like this microphone so yeah this comes with
very minimal stuff but that's because you're getting a slightly higher quality microphone
that was designed specifically for behringer that wasn't just bought mass-produced and then
just slap your name on it this was designed by bérenger for behringer and sold by bérenger
made by bérenger so it is slightly higher cost but it's slightly better quality and I think it sounds
slightly better than all those mass-produced microphones that I've tested out in the past
just a reminder or in case you skipped before this microphone cannot function properly with just the
USB audio adapter this requires 36 to 52 volts to function properly so know that before buying this
microphone if this microphone does not get enough voltage you will just be getting noise you won't
get any audio or the audio that you do record will be so quiet that you will have to turn up
your your input gain all the way and you will just be recording noise essentially so be very careful
and remember you need phantom power for this thing to work I cannot get that through enough okay so
the build quality of this is great it is a solid metal construction metal grille metal everything
one thing I don't like this little plastic mic clip it seems kind of cheap this I think this
is a great feature to have or a great accessory it's going to allow you to keep this mic safe if
you travel with it if you need to take it with you to a different studio whatever the case may
be no pun intended I didn't plan that that's good whatever the case may be this case will keep your
microphone safe I think a case company needs to pay me for that slogan whatever the case may be
this case will keep you safe look at that I'm a slogan writer this is genius all right let's
move on now my favorite part let's look at the specs so this microphone is a cardioid condenser
microphone that requires between 36 and 52 volts to function I'm pointing to the wrong
page the frequency response on this is 40 Hertz to 20 kilo Hertz and this mic doesn't extend all
the way down to 20 kilohertz like some mics we've tested but I'm completely okay with that because
when I'm recording instruments and stuff like that I typically roll off frequencies around
3035 Hertz so that's no big deal cut in those frequencies and here is a picture of the polar
pattern and we will go ahead and test that right now so I will just keep talking and go around and
see how it functions as I go all the way around the microphone and see where the dead spots are
and if it picks me up all the way around to the other side all right now let's go ahead and do
a little bit of a distance test all the settings remain the same and I am at about one foot away
from the microphone all the settings still remain the same and now I'm at two feet away
from the microphone once again all the settings remain the same and now I'm like three and a
half or four feet away from the microphone now let's go ahead and do the music test
this is a test so I can't see how this mic sounds when I'm singing
I'm going to come out and say it I think this is one of my favorite mics that I've tested out
on this channel to date I know it is slightly more expensive it's fifty bucks and then another twenty
or thirty for the phantom power then another ten or fifteen for the cables but I think it
pays off I think it sounds pretty dang good for the cost normally you would have to pay a much
higher price tag for audio quality like this and I'm not going to recommend this for everybody if
you're just doing voiceovers I don't think you need to invest a hundred bucks to get this sound
quality I think you'll be fine with a $30 mic and a seven dollar USB adapter I don't think
you need a phantom power condenser cardioid pattern microphone whatever I think that this
is more geared towards musicians so if you're going to be recording singing or covers or or
acoustic guitar or something like that this is going to give you that little bit better audio
that sets your videos apart from other people so I think that's who this is for so yeah I guess
that will do it if you are interested in this mic I will throw a link to this in the video
description as well as the phantom power supply and the USB version if you just want to spend
60 bucks and get a USB version of this microphone but I have not tested out the USB version of this
microphone so I cannot stand by the quality of that I don't know how it sounds but yeah
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