greetings earthlings today i'm back with a review of a brand new budget
podcasting or broadcasting your voiceover microphone
the microphone being the presonus pd70 and if you want to find your very own presonus pd70
i don't know why it became a carnival barker but it will cost you around 130 dollars like always
i'm an idiot like always i am an idiot but i'll throw some links down below for this review i have
the microphone connected directly to the focusrite 18i 22nd gen my gain is set at around 4 32 p.m
i will not do any kind of post processing but i may push it in post i am such an idiot
so check the doobly-doo to see what i didly did and now let's talk about what comes in the box
what a shocker you are going to get the microphone you'll get a foam windscreen which is already
installed you'll find a 5 8 to 3 8 inch microphone stand adapter which is already installed in the
microphone's yoke mount and you'll find some documentation then as far as the build quality
the microphone feels incredibly sturdy like it could be used as a weapon very similar to the
rode pod mic where if you drop it on your toe you're gonna be very unhappy about it it has an
all metal body as well as a metal grill underneath the foam windscreen the yoke mount is made out of
metal as well and there is a plastic tightening screw on the rear of the microphone you will find
the xlr port here is a quick comparison of the microphone's grille underneath the windscreen
compared to the sm7b very very reminiscent wouldn't you say and this microphone is made
in china then as far as the specs this microphone has a cardioid polar pattern a frequency response
of 20 hertz to 20 kilohertz a sensitivity of approximately negative 56 db and an impedance
of 350 ohms now i'm spinning around the pd 70 to 90 degrees so you can hear the off axis rejection
and coloration i'll continue around the microphone to 180 degrees here's what it sounds like from the
rear continuing around the microphone to the second 90 degree angle and then i will rotate
and end at the front of the microphone now let's go ahead and see how well this microphone does at
rejecting plosives please bring pizza pronto please bring pizza pronto please bring pizza
pronto and without the windscreen please bring pizza pronto please bring pizza pronto please
bring pizza pronto now i am right on top of the pd70 to demonstrate the proximity effect on this
thing about three inches off of the microphone with it pointed to the corner of my mouth and
here is how the audio is sounding about one foot away from the microphone two feet away from the
microphone and now we're about four feet away from the microphone and about four feet away from the
brains now i am typing on a keyboard with gatoron blue switches to see how much of my voice versus
how much of the keyboard it picks up for you elite gamer girls here i am typing on the sad w keys
here is how the microphone sounds and performs in a well-treated room
and here's how the microphone sounds in a completely untreated room
now i am tapping on the desk to see how well the microphone
is able to reject those given the built-in microphone mount and i'll tap the boom arm
yikes now to be as annoying as possible because that's what i do best i'm going to go ahead
and tap on the microphone's body to see if there are any kind of resonant frequencies
when we look at the sm7b a really popular recording technique is to remove the provided
foam windscreen because that opens up the high end a little bit and record without that on it
so i want to go ahead and see how the provided foam windscreen for the pd70 affects the tone of
the recording right now i am speaking into the pd70 about three inches off of the end of the
microphone and the foam windscreen is on it and here is how the audio is sounding make sure to
listen to the high end of the microphone to really hear what the foam windscreen does to it and now i
have removed the provided foam windscreen from the pd70 i am at the same distance same gain setting
and here is how the audio sounds i definitely do hear a bit more in the top end it is a little bit
crunchier and the foam that comes with the microphone seems to dampen that quite a bit
now i want to do a very quick comparison between the pd70 and a couple of other microphones on the
market so we can see where this fits in amongst the lineup we are starting on the presonus pd70
i am about six inches away from the capsule my gain is set at around 4 30 on the 18 i20 no post
processing but check the lower third because i will have to boost each of these microphones
slightly different to level match them and here's how it sounds let's jump to the first mic first we
are starting on the zoom zdm1 this is another new podcasting microphone this goes for eighty dollars
by itself and i am about six inches away from the capsule same gain setting check the lower
third to see how much i boosted it but here is how this microphone sounds compared to the presonus
pd70 we are back on the presonus pd70 what a shocker and here's how this microphone sounds 130
dynamic xlr microphone here's how it sounds let's jump to another one and compare it to that
now i am on the infamous and classic shure sm58 this is a 100 handheld dynamic microphone
six inches away from the capsule same gain setting same distance everything and here's how this
sounds compared to the presonus pd70 so a handheld dynamic versus more of a broadcasty looking
dynamic mic guess what i'm back on the presonus pd70 and i do think it's a cool looking microphone
because it's a mix of the 7b and this y-style mount like a u-47 fet i think it's a really cool
looking mic let's jump to another one and compare it to that now i am on the rode pod mic which is
another studio broadcast dynamic microphone this goes for 100 and here is how this compares to the
presonus which is 30 dollars more expensive same distance same gain setting check the lower third
and let's jump back to the presonus so you can hear that and we'll do a couple more comparisons
we are back on the presonus pd70 130 bucks nothing has changed same distance same gain setting let's
jump to another mic and compare it to that now i am on the se electronics sev7 handheld super
cardioid dynamic stage microphone something like that crazy crazy name but 100 dollar handheld
dynamic microphone same distance same gain setting check the lower third to see how much i boosted it
here is how this microphone sounds compared to the presonus pd70 another handheld stage dynamic
against more of a broadcasty looking and style dynamic microphone and i think this is going to
be the last microphone we can pair it against here is the pd70 let's jump to one last mic so you can
hear how this compares to that that being this next thing and with the similarity in the metal
grille under the pd70s windscreen i of course have to compare it against the shure sm7b i am
now about six inches away from the capsule of the 7b by the way this is a 400 xlr studio broadcast
dynamic microphone gain is set at around 430 still same distance same gain check the lower third i
will likely have to boost this quite a bit more than the other microphones because it is a bit
quieter but this is what a 400 xlr broadcasting dynamic microphone sounds like compared to a 130
dollar broadcast dynamic microphone and i think that's that's that's all i have to say about that
is is that what force gump says but let me know in the comments down below what you thought of
these microphones which one did you like the best do you think the pd70 held up against the other
microphones or do you think something else beat it out let me know in the comments down below
so
if you're worried about how the mic looks in your
camera frame you'll find you're fine because this mic looks really tight
that didn't really work did it i should have ended the guitar four beats earlier so when i say
tight the guitar stops this and it doesn't look tight like this obviously it's it with
this on now it looks tight now it looks this looks untight this looks untight but it sound
you get the point okay i think if you're buying this microphone you're going to be mainly paying
for the really great build quality and also the looks and first up in terms of pros the
microphone did a fairly respectable job at plosive rejection it also did a pretty good
job at background noise rejection and as i just alluded to it looks pretty cool and then in terms
of cons the microphone didn't do a very good job in terms of rejecting bumps of the microphone arm
and to my ears i find the sound to be a little bit too top heavy but now what are my overall thoughts
and opinions of this microphone on the electric guitar i actually really enjoyed it the low end
wasn't powerful but that also means that it wasn't muddy it was nice and controlled the mids were
unoffensive nothing stuck out as piercing or anything it didn't seem claustrophobic and the
top end had a nice amount of grit to it that i really enjoyed on the distorted electric guitar
then on the acoustic guitar i kind of liked it it did seem to have some nice presence to it but it
lacked any kind of substantial body the top end did seem to get a little bit closed off as well
but that's kind of what you expect out of the majority of dynamics next up for singing i don't
think this is going to be anybody's first pick the upper end seems to have a little bit of graininess
to it which i wasn't a big fan of but it wasn't terrible i did really enjoy the control in the low
end though it didn't seem loose or muddy down there at all and the top end it doesn't have
shimmer to it i guess it has kind of a sheen to it which i think worked pretty well for singing and
lastly for spoken word that's what this microphone is made for but unfortunately i'm not too keen on
it for this application the low end simply seemed a bit too anemic for me it didn't have any weight
to it when you get right on top of it it doesn't have any oomph to it which is typically what you
want when you eat a microphone the mids again i have no issues with those at all but then
when you get to the upper frequencies i think it becomes a little bit too top heavy because
you don't have that low end to really offset the big boost that they have although it does maintain
a very clear and concise sound unfortunately i think that can get a little bit fatiguing over
long periods of time so if you're using this you would need to do some kind of post processing
to tame some of those higher frequencies and to wrap up would i recommend the presonus pd70
not really it's not my first pick at 130 dollars it has a lot of competition
there are so many handheld dynamic microphones that will give this thing a run for their money
when i did all of the tests i preferred quite a few other microphones that i compared it against
that were cheaper but if you are looking for a cool broadcasty looking microphone in this
price point you got a couple options to pick from and you are the one who has to decide which one
you like the sound of the best i just personally would prefer many other microphones over this
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