greetings earthlings I'm back with another lav mic review for you guys so today I'm reviewing
this guy the boi abhi ym1 which is a recorder for smartphones DSLRs camcorders audio recorders
PCs and a bunch of other stuff and if you are interested in this lav mic it'll set you back
around 20 bucks on Amazon as per usual link in the description and for this video since it is
a smart phone lav mic I'm recording it directly to my iPhone 7 plus with a lightning - 3.5
millimeter adapter I know so dumb but I will do no post-processing to the audio but I may
boost it in post so check the doobly-doo for more information now let's go ahead and talk
about what comes in the box obviously you're going to get the microphone you get a foam
windscreen you get the microphone clothing clip you get a 3.5 to 6.3 millimeter adapter
you get an LR 44 battery you get a carrying pouch Angie gets some documentation as far as the build
quality this thing just feels like the $20 lav mic that it is the capsule is all plastic but
it does feel like decent plastic at least the microphone clip has plenty of room to clip onto
your clothing the cable is just standard rubber and it feels like it may wear out after extended
use there is a capsule inline that has a switch to go between off / smartphone or camera and to
my understanding you're going to need to use the camera setting if you're recording - you guessed
it a camera or if you're plugging this into your interface using the three point five to six point
three millimeter adapter you can unscrew this capsule and that's where you'll find access to
the battery compartment the cable continues on and measures in in a full length of 6 meters
and it terminates into a 3.5 millimeter trrs Jack as far as specs this thing has an omnidirectional
polar pattern a frequency response of 65 Hertz to 18 kilohertz a sensitivity of negative 30 decibels
and impedance of 1000 ohms and a battery type requirement of lr44 and apparently it has a 700
hour battery life now I'm spinning around the microphone to determine what the actual polar
pattern is and how the audio changes as we move around the microphones capsule now I'm banging on
mic Hanako keyboard with cherry MX blue directly in front of me to see how much of my voice force
how much of the keyboard it picks up so just to give you a real world example of how this
might could improve your audio I'm recording on my iPhone 7 plus using the front-facing camera
directly into the camera app about two feet away from the phone and this is how the audio would
sound using the internal microphone now I'm recording directly into the rode rec app on
my iPhone 7 plus and you should theoretically be able to use this mic on any smartphone that has a
3.5 millimeter trrs plug now I have the mic set to camera mode plugged directly into the zoom h1 line
input with the gain set at 45% and this is how the microphone sounds now I'm recording directly to
my macbook pro plugged into the 3.5 millimeter trrs jack with my microphone input gain set at
around 14% and this is how the microphone sounds now I have the microphone connected directly to
the trrs jack on my Windows 10 machine the input volume is set at around 80% and the microphone
boost is at plus 20 decibels and this is how the microphone sounds now I have the microphone set on
camera mode plugged into the focusrite scarlett solo using the provided three point five to six
point three millimeter adapter I have my gain set at around 80% on this thing and this is how
the microphone sounds now I have the mic set to camera mode plugged into a new saber at USB sound
card which is model USB SBC V the microphone input gain on my Mac is set to around 30% and
this is how the microphone sounds now I have the microphone set to camera mode and I have the mic
connected directly to the microphone input of the Canon t6i with the gain set at around 40% and this
is how the microphone sounds so overall for 20 bucks I think this thing's that absolute steel
but just a quick side note when I was trying to record this mic directly into the iPhones camera
app I found that it was clipping so if you plan on recording video on to your iPhone you will need to
download an app that allows you to adjust the mic phones input gain manually but now let's go ahead
and talk about the pros and cons of this mic in terms of pros this thing seems to be universally
compatible it sounds super nice for 20 bucks it has a 700 hour battery life it's super cheap and
the cable is insanely long and then in terms of cons it has a non-standard battery which I hate
the build quality isn't amazing but I can't fault it for that because of the price tag and it has
a super long cable and yes I know long cable is on the pros and cons list it's just I think
when you need it it's super nice to have but when you don't need a long cable and you have
it it's just super annoying and cumbersome so honestly I think I would recommend this thing
to anybody who's looking for a lav mic who's on a budget the only people I wouldn't recommend this
for are vloggers or people who are constantly running and gunning because the six meter long
cable would just trip you up and just get way too annoying but other than that if you need a
cheap lav mic hell yeah this thing is freaking awesome alright guys well I guess that'll do it
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