Hello this is the Provoked Prawn and this is the Go XLR mic that's right the company behind the Go
XLR Mini and the full size Go XLR TC Helicon has come up with its own microphone this is
a Dynamic broadcast quality microphone with its own built-in pop filter and an interesting design
that I'm about to show you as I unbox and show you the setup process for this microphone now this is
a Dynamic microphone with a super cardioid pickup pattern and you'll see what that means in a minute
and I'm using this microphone now to do the voiceover for this video and I'm going to show
you what's included in the box which includes the nine different colored accent rings that allow you
to change the look and feel of it he'll also note a very high quality looking microphone with a very
solid build quality a removable pop filter which is included and can be easily taken off and I'll
show you that in a minute and a really interesting setup is a solid weighty microphone that looks
fairly compact and even more so when you start taking it apart it weighs in at 485 grams which
is important to bear in mind because you'll need to take that into account depending on the boom
arm that you're mounting it to it's fairly hefty and that is interesting because it has a really
good solid build quality to it and it's also worth bearing in mind that it doesn't come with any desk
stand or any sort of microphone mount so although it has this multi-point system that allows you to
adjust the positioning of it and a removable pop filter it doesn't have anything to mount it to so
you will need a separate boom arm or mic stand in order to get it onto and to deliver the best sound
and then I'm going to show you the setup process for that in a minute now this is a super cardioid
Dynamic microphone which has a frequency response of 50 Hertz to 18 000 Hertz 300 ohms of impedance
and a 74 decibel sensitivity level a really good setup from what I've seen a really good quality
microphone I was immediately struck when I got out of the box by the solid weight and feel of it it's
a really good looking mic with an interesting three-dimensional adjustment mechanism and I'll
show you what that means in a second and as I said those rings so you can change the look and feel of
it interesting highlight now they also sent me the mic cable so this is an XLR mic cable I believe
this comes separately an additional purchase a very nice quality mic cable and a good looking
with the Go XLR accents on it now obviously this will work nicely with the Go XLR and Go XLR Mini
so it makes a logical purchase option and based on the sound quality and the pickup quality of it I'd
say it's a very good choice as well delivers great sound really rich sounding and very comparable to
some of the other much more expensive microphones that I've tested out recently and the cabling is
also very nice and it goes along with the sort of overall finish of the mic which is obviously this
sort of gray silver finish to it and a very solid build quality this is interesting because it has
a universally adjustable as they say basically there's a multiple different points in it where
you can adjust the position of it to get it into the right place obviously that pop filter
demonstrates the fact that you're meant to talk into the top of the microphone and that's why the
pop filter goes between your mouth and the mic getting it as close to your mouth as possible
obviously adjusting the settings and I will leave all the settings that I've used in the Go XLR Mini
in the description if you're curious and want to check that out I'll also show you a bit later on
essentially allows you to get a really good sound and capture quality out of it and it's
also a really nice looking microphone but when you start taking it apart you'll see it's actually a
lot smaller than is initially apparent because now we basically have the microphone entirely apart
and you can slide on one of the other color rings so you can change them out now one of the things I
thought was interesting is the one that's included is standard the silver one is actually a metal
and the others are all plastic a small point and obviously a cost saving measure um you wouldn't
necessarily want loads of metal rings in there you're probably not going to be using them all
it's just a small highlight to the design they've included the option to basically customize the
look and feel of it obviously if you're purchasing multiple of these and using them in a perhaps
podcast setup you could have different colors for each one might look quite nice there are options
here interesting design highlights certainly unusual I have seen some rings previously on other
microphones so you could put a little bit of style into it but it's nice to have the option here
I've gone for the blue one because I am a big fan of blue now you can see me mounting it on
the Rode PSA-1 plus here and that mic arm's perfectly capable of dealing with the weight
of this microphone it is a pretty hefty microphone despite its small stature so it's pretty compact
which is nice doesn't take up a lot of room fairly understated in its design so obviously no RGB
lighting like something like the HyperX Quadcast S for example it's also not as huge as my usual
microphone or sure SM7B but still really good capture quality once you've got it onto the mic
arm you'll notice that there are multiple points that we can adjust to get into the right position
so as it is now I'm pointing up into the sky obviously that's no use because we're going to be
talking into the top of it straight down into the top for the best sound but you can easily
adjust the points on here now you will notice that the pop filter is removable so if for some reason
you don't want it perhaps you have a bigger one or a better one otherwise I wouldn't recommend
taking it off because it will reduce some of the pops from your mouth so it will improve the sound
quality but you do have the option to remove it and then you basically just adjust the dials on
the side to position it into the direction you want so depending on where you're going to be
sitting obviously adjusting it to position towards your mouth you can obviously move the cable around
as well depending on your mic arm and then adjust it further it is very flexible it is easy enough
to move around also the build quality here is very solid and those dials are really easy to adjust
I really like the overall look and feel of this thing not only does it sound great but it's also
really easy to adjust really good quality really good finish on it it looks the part sounds the
part and there's a lot of things to like about it obviously this is a great combination to go
with a Go XLR or Go XLR Mini as well if you're considering which mic to purchase it makes sense
to get a mic that is designed to go with the Go XLR so in this video I'm using the Go XLR Mini
but it will obviously work with a full size it is a Dynamic microphone so it does need a little bit
of oomph but it does deliver a really good quality and it's really easy to drive as well I certainly
haven't any problems with it and I actually have the settings set up really simply and
it was pretty straightforward in order to get sounding good as well
and I'm going to demonstrate in a second what you need to do in order to set it up and the settings
that you'd use but I have it at just 57 decibels for capturing purposes and this is going to vary
depending on your environment so here we are in the Go XLR software you'll notice the Go XLR Mini
I'm going to show you the basics up what I've got in terms of the settings here and you can just
copy those there are people that have done much more in-depth videos and have better knowledge on
these things and the tweaks that you do in order to get it sounding good so I'm going to link to
one of those videos in the description but what I want to do is show you what I have done with
mine to make it sound nice so the mic setup we go into here is set as Dynamic microphone I said it
as 57 decibels now could possibly get away with saying it a little bit higher the higher you set
it the more it picks up so there is a danger of picking up more background noise there I noticed
for example that it picked up some of the clicks from my mouse and keyboard when it was set higher
but it doesn't make it easier to be heard it does depend though on how vocal you are in
your voiceovers or your broadcast so if you're really loud obviously you're going to vary there
now I have my noise gate settings down here so you can see the threshold is set to minus 47 decibels
attenuation is 100 tax 10 milliseconds release 200 I found that eliminates a lot of the background
noise from the surrounding environment and does a fairly decent job of cancelling out things like
fan noise and other things equalizer settings I've not really played around with too much I've taken
a little bit of treble out but that is going to be depending on your voice and then the compressor
basically levels things out nicely so here I have my threshold set to minus 15 decibels ratios four
to one attacks 10 milliseconds release is 100 milliseconds and they've got one decibel of makeup
gain fairly straightforward and as you can hear that delivers a really good sound from that now
I'll leave all those in the description as well in case you need to check those out so you don't
have to follow with the video but what I want to do quickly is while I'm talking just type in the
background so you can hear the pickup now one of the things of note is the microphone positioning
so it is probably just about a fifth's length from my mouth at the moment obviously if I get
it closer it sounds significantly different so if you want to create a broadcast quality you
could probably reduce the gain and get it really close and have it sounding a lot more intimate
and if you have it further away you'll probably likely want to turn the gain up
more so that you can be heard but it is as you can hear a very rich sounding microphone I'm
really impressed with the overall quality of this mic great sounding really sick fantastic
easy to set up easy to use great looking and there's a lot to like here subscribe and come
back for more to see comparisons with other mics and be sure to check out my my comparison playlist
linked below and in that description this has been the Provoked Prawn thanks for watching