greetings Earthlings I'm back with another mic review for you guys so today i'm reviewing the
samson c01u pro if you do want to pick this guy up it will set you back around 73 bucks like always
I'll throw some links down below and a tested I'm connecting it to the Focusrite 2i2 2nd gen input
gains set at around 12 o'clock not going to do any post-processing compression EQ anything but
I will likely boost it in post so check the doobly-doo to see what I did now let's talk
about what comes in the box first off everything comes in this plastic carrying case which has a
foam insert to keep the microphone safe you're obviously going to get the microphone you get a
microphone mount you get a 5/8 to 3/8 inch microphone stand adapter and you get some
documentation as far as the build quality of this thing it feels perfectly fine it has an all-metal
body a really sturdy metal mesh grille and a good amount of weight to it on the front you will find
a blue LED light which will illuminate when it's plugged in and getting 48 volts of phantom power
and on the bottom you'll find the XLR port when we get to specs this has a hyper-cardioid polar
pattern a frequency response of 40 Hertz to 18 kilohertz a sensitivity of negative 33 decibels
and impedance of 200 ohms and a max SPL of 136 decibels so now I'm spinning around the C 0 1
to see what the off-axis coloration is and 90 degrees then moving around to 180 degrees and
as this is a hyper-cardioid polar pattern it will sound slightly different around the sides
and the rear will pick up slightly more audio than a standard cardioid polar pattern now I'm
typing on a keyboard with cherry MX blues to see how much of my voice versus how much of
the keyboard it picks up now I'm right on top of the microphone to see what kind of proximity
effect you can get on this thing now I'm about 4 or 5 inches away from the microphone with a
steadman pro screen 101 to see how it sounds with a pop filter about 1 foot away from the
microphone about 2 feet away from the microphone and about 4 feet away from the microphone
dear trolls I hope you're glad coz now nobody loves you not even your daddy or jokes uh
so unfortunately I just wasn't terribly impressed with this mic in terms of pros it does have a
pretty decent build quality and I also like the fact that it comes with a storage box to protect
the microphone while you're carrying it around or storing it and then in terms of cons this
thing does seem to have a pretty bad self-noise the Focusrite was set at 50% and it got pretty
darn noisy so I'll go ahead and shut up and see if you can hear this and additionally if you're
not right on top of the microphone it does seem to lack quite a bit in the lower frequency so
either you will have to use the proximity effect to your benefit or you'll have to do some EQ and
post to boost up that lower end so as far as my overall thoughts like I already said I'm just not
the biggest fan of this thing I think it lacks a bit too much in the low end I think it got a
bit too sibling around 6 kilohertz and then is all around it's a bit too harsh for me it got
painful to listen to you over long periods of time and then also the self noise just wasn't
that good so unless this is the only microphone that you're able to get I think you should look
around and find a different microphone because the microphone market is so competitive at this
price range that you're gonna be able to find something better alright guys that'll do it for
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