greetings earthlings today i'm back with a review of another handheld dynamic microphone
that microphone being the audix om2 a brand that we've never reviewed on this channel if you are
interested in this microphone it will cost you around one hundred dollars like always i'll throw
some links down below for this review i've got the microphone connected directly to the focusrite 18
i20 second gen gain set just at around 430 i will not do any kind of post-processing but i
may boost it in post so check the doobly-doo to see what i diddly did and pewdiepie
doobly-doo is not 2013. it's 2020. take note or something i don't know
why am i calling up pewdiepie that's stupid now let's talk about what comes in the box
i knew that was gonna happen first off you will get a storage pouch to
keep everything in you'll of course get the microphone a microphone clip
with a 5 8 to 3 8 inch microphone stand adapter some documentation and a sticker
then as far as the build quality the microphone feels extremely sturdy and well put together
which is exactly what you would be looking for for a stage microphone it has an all metal body
as well as a very firm metal mesh grille i could not get any give to it it weighs in at 307 grams
there are no switches or anything as you move around the microphone on the rear you
will find the xlr port and this microphone is assembled in the usa then as far as the specs
this microphone has a hyper cardioid polar pattern a frequency response of 50 hertz to 16 kilohertz a
sensitivity of around negative 56 db a max spl of greater than 140 db and an impedance of 290 ohms
now i am spinning around the om2 to 90 degrees so you can hear what the off axis rejection and
coloration is we'll continue around the microphone and here is where a null area ought to be
we'll continue around to 180 degrees here's what it sounds like from the rear
continue around to the second nullish area then to 90 degrees and then we will rotate and end
at the front of the microphone now let's see how well the microphone does are rejecting plosives
please bring pizza pronto please bring pizza pronto please bring pizza pronto now i am
right on top of the microphone to demonstrate the proximity effect on this thing now i'm about three
inches away from the microphone with a pointed at the corn pointed pointed at the corner of my mouth
and here's how it sounds that sentence is extremely difficult to say and i said it about
five times now i'm about one foot away from the microphone and here is how it's sounding two feet
away from the microphone and about four feet away from the microphone now i am typing on a keyboard
with gatoron blue switches to see how much of my voice verse how much of the keyboard it picks up
and for you elite gamers now i am typing on the sad w keys
here is how the microphone sounds in a well-treated room
and here is how the microphone sounds in a completely untreated room
i forgot how to clap first one i missed my other hand because this is a handheld microphone i will
pass it back and forth between my hands to see how it does at rejecting handling noise
and in case you're using this for a podcast i will go ahead and tap the desk to see how
well it does it rejecting that while it's in a microphone stand and i'll tap the microphone stand
and now because i am an extremely annoying person
i am going to tap the body of this microphone to see if there are any kind of resonant frequencies
next i know the majority of people should not be cupping a microphone but in case you are
somebody who wants to know how that performs i will go ahead and cut the microphone now so
you can hear how that sounds here is how it sounds without any of the grille being
obstructed and now i have completely encapsulated the side of the capsule and just the front
of it is uncovered and here is how it sounds let me get a little bit more aggressive and now
i have completely cupped the microphone like i'm gonna do some pig squeals and a death metal band
that's how it performs i think i clipped there there you go now i want to do a very quick
comparison against the audix om2 and a bunch of other stage handheld dynamic microphones
so we can see where this thing stacks up where it fits in and if it's a redheaded stepchild
or anything and i'm sorry if you're red-headed i mean no offense if you'll excuse the expression or
something let's test it we'll start on the audix om2 and i am three inches off of this microphone
the gain on the 18 i-20 is set at 430 no post processing and here's how it sounds
let's jump to the first one and compare it to that first up i am on the luit mtp250dm this is an 80
xlr dynamic microphone same gain same distance from the microphone check the lower third to
see how much i boosted this in post and let's jump back to the audix and compare it to some
more microphones let's do that we are back on the audix om2 same distance same gain
because we're comparing it against so many mics we're going to breeze through these
let's jump to the next mic after you've heard this now we are on a microphone that i would be shocked
if anybody thought i would not be comparing it against the audix we are on the shure sm58 100
for this dynamic microphone three inches off gain at 430 still check the lower third and here's how
this microphone sounds let's jump back to the audix and do a couple more comparisons or a lot
more than a couple more a lot more guess what we're back on the audix om2 again so
you can hear how this microphone sounds before we jump to another one and compare to that one
hey hey hey now we are on the se electronics sev7 super cardioid tantel dynamic microphone
this goes for 100 if i am not mistaken and i do believe it is super cardioid but here is how this
microphone sounds same distance same gain setting check the lower third and let's jump to the audix
again and do even more comparisons you're never going to guess it but guess what we're back on
the audix om2 and i don't know why i said you're never going to guess it guess what because if
you're never gonna guess it why am i asking you to guess it that's stupid of me this is the audix om2
let's jump to another mic now we are on the akg d5 another handheld dynamic microphone another 100
handheld dynamic microphone same distance same gain setting and here's how this microphone
sounds compared against the audix we've got a couple more microphones to compare it again
so i'm not going to ramble anymore even though i've already been rambling quite a bit so far so
this is kind of redundant for me to say it and counter intuitive and counterproductive really
but this was the akg d5 let's jump to the audix bad joke andrew bad joke do you ever wonder
about the meaning of life do you have a free moment to speak about our lord and savior zondo
this is the onyx om2 and we're back on this mic here's how it sounds let's jump to i'm
an idiot let's jump to another mic now we are on the electro voice nd 76 which is another
handheld dynamic microphone which goes for say it with me 100 or three easy payments of 33.33
they call the number okay this is the nd76 let's jump back to the audix and do a couple
more comparisons and we are back on the audix om2 again so you can hear how this microphone sounds
let us jump to another one now we are on the sennheiser e835 an incredibly popular 100
handheld dynamic microphone here is how this sounds at the exact same distance and the exact
same gain setting check the lower third to see if i boosted any of these differently in post which
i most likely will have had to do had to have done here's this microphone let's jump back to
the audits and we've got one more mic to compare it against i'll tell you what i fear that these
microphone comparisons where i slowly lose my mind is where i am going to lose my audience because
they are going to either be terrified or they are going to become offended by something that
i unknowingly say that's offensive but here we are that's a sincere fear i'm on the audix om2 again
let's jump to another microphone and compare it to that i hope this is the last one i think this
is the last one we're comparing it against and lastly we are on the buyer dynamic at tgv70 tgv
i love that guy great watch channel tgv the urban gentry but tg tg v7d70 whatever the name is 170
dollars if i'm not mistaken handheld dynamic mic same distance same gain setting check the lower
third here is how this microphone sounds compared to the audix om2 and that concludes all of the
comparisons let me know in the comments down below which of these microphones did you like the best
did the audix perform well for you or did you like any of these other microphones a bit better
oh
i've got a nautic's mic on the stand and it's assembled in the usa i think that that's real
tight and i don't want to have to sleep all day i don't want to sleep i'd rather test my life away
and i don't mean poked and prodded in a laboratory till i die i mean testing microphones until i die
and i don't even sleep my day away i wake up at like 5 30 every morning for a day job and i have
to tell you i love it yay okay the 100 handheld vocal dynamic microphone marketplace is incredibly
competitive i'll start with that and first up in terms of pros we had some pretty great performance
in terms of background noise rejection and we also had some nice performance with the off-axis
rejection as well surprisingly when we cupped the microphone it didn't sound good it's never going
to sound good but the audio was not destroyed that is a huge benefit for this microphone
and this may not be a pro for everybody but i really like seeing microphones that are either
made in the usa or assembled in the usa and this is assembled in the usa so big thumbs up for me
and then as far as cons the main issue that stuck out to me was the handling noise it was
a very squeaky type of handling noise and i think those frequencies will interfere with human voice
a lot more than a low end rumble and i also found the plosive rejection not to be the worst but not
to be very great so the singer will have to have pretty good microphone technique to avoid popping
the microphone and now what are my overall thoughts and opinions of this microphone on
the electric guitar i thought it was usable it was pretty dang crunchy in the upper frequencies which
gave us some really aggressive tones it almost reminded me a bit of a nails recording if you've
ever heard that band the low mids i did find to be a little bit boxy and due to that crunchy top end
when i got to the upper register of the guitar i did find it to be a little bit piercing not the
worst but not something that i would really look for in a guitar mic then on the acoustic guitar i
did find the low mids to be a little bit too much and overall i wasn't a big fan of the scooped mid
sound yes you don't have actual scooped mids but you have the boost to the low end you got
the boost to the high end and you don't touch the mids that gives you kind of the v-shape that you
get from it and i wasn't too keen on it for the acoustic then for singing i did enjoy the sound of
the microphone but i think you'll need to do some eq'ing because to my ears there was a bit too much
going on around the 200 hertz range and it got to be a little bit muddy and unclear but the big
presence in treble boost did add some nice clarity to the vocals and i think ultimately that would be
a benefit if you're putting the vocals in a full mix and lastly for spoken word i think the top end
of this microphone gets to be a little bit crunchy but honestly that's to be expected in these more
affordable dynamics that have these large boosts but because of the large boost to the top end and
the boost to the low end you get a much more modern v-shaped sound especially when you compare
to something like the 58 which is very dark and closed off sounding and this mic also doesn't get
overly nasally like other dynamics tend to do and to wrap up what i recommend the audix om2
it's not my first pick but if you're looking for a more modern sound with a big presence and treble
boost and a big bass boost and a more neutral mid section and a hyper cardioid polar pattern with
the null areas at 150 degrees then yes i would recommend it i know that's a very specific use
case with a lot of caveats if that's what you're looking for for a hundred bucks i don't know
many other options as i said it's not my first pick i really like the sev7 and with the om2
i do think the low end gets to be a little bit uncontrolled so i think you will ultimately need
to throw on a high pass filter or do some kind of eq so just keep that in mind if you're looking at
picking this thing up and i think that's going to wrap up for today if you found the video fun
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