Sound for Video Session: Studio Condenser Voice over, Podcast, Livestream Mic A/B Comparison

In this week's Sound for Video Session, we do A/B comparisons of several studio condenser microphones for spoken word audio or voice over.

We'll compare these microphones:

- Neumann U87ai

- AEA KU5A

- RODE NTR

- AKG C414 XLS

- JZ Microphones Vintage 11

- Earthworks SV33

- Earthworks ETHOS

- Earthworks SR314

- RODE NT1 5th Generation

What's our goal? Just to have fun.

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini, Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio, and Mixing fundamentals in DaVinci Resolve Fairlight.

Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

- Neumann U87ai — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- AEA KU5A — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- RODE NTR — B&H, Sweetwater

- AKG C414 XLS — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- JZ Microphones Vintage 11 — JZ Microphones

- Earthworks SV33 — no longer in production

- Earthworks ETHOS — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Earthworks SR314 — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- RODE NT1 5th Generation — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Mackie DLZ Creator XS adaptive audio mixer — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Mackie DLZ Creator adaptive audio mixer (the original, bigger one) — B&H, Amazon

- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

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