How to Make a Cheap Microphone Sound WAY Better - Can a Neewer NW-800 Sound Expensive/Professional?

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"You're probably not in this bad of a situation"
Me with the exact same mic, in a small room next to the kitchen with an open wall and a loud ass metal fan at max speed next to me ponting to the mic: Uhhhhh...

There has been a time when that mic cost €8 in Europe… 😂

if you have a nw-800 and a soldering iron spend $50 at jli electronics and get a 2555 capsule and opa-alice circuit board and you will have an Amazing sounding mic, i have 2 with this mod and use them for drum overheads.

Hi AudioHaze!
Thanks for the great video's, its very impressive to see how quickly you make a cheap mic sound much better!

I was wondering if you could help me with the following:
I recently bought a focusrite solo 3rd gen so that I could use my SM58 for gaming with friends through discord but also for live streaming to twitch. I would very much like to add a gate, some EQ and a compressor to my sound like you've done in the video. But since you're working in a DAW I dont think those added settings apply to discord or OBS, right? I was wondering if you know a way for me to add these improvements so that they work for OBS and Discord! Thanks in advance

Cheers

Sjors

i have the same micrphone. comes with the same issues. But i use Izotope RX9 to repair audio and then i apply EQ + Compressor. Izotope RX9 definetely helps a lot.

I used to record with a behringer C1 with my 10 yo desktop PC. A part from the obvious and the mentioned in this video I use reafir to create a noise profile and reduce the noise even when the gate is open.

"You're probably having much more good mic."

Me having my smartphone only as a mic 🥲

Hello again! Man, awesome video and really helpful. Do you consider mixing smth you could probably also use for mixing demonstration for voice? Maybe a short acapella track you could discuss with and without audio processing? Would be recorded with my TLM67 - maybe simultaneously with a Shure SM58 and a KMS105 to spot the difference in the final mix, if theres any?

Gee it really helped a ton, tried it with my E609 mic and it really did not work that good, there is still so much sibilance, I wish it sounded as good as a Shure SM57

Pro tips 💪💪

I'm so used to making a cheap mic sound good I'm trying to figure out how to eq with my Akg c414 lol..don't have to do much.. I'm so not used to it 🙃😂🤣

Another thought, the NW800 might be a garbage mic but an amazing housing for $25. It would be a good test to remove the trash mic inside and go on a place like digikey and get a good mic. Are the sound issues the mic or the mic housing?

OMG sibilance! When I was in Berkeley sibilance was so bad everywhere there. It’s a dramatic example and you fixed the issues, but if I was on a tight budget I’d get a used mic. Maybe even a good sounding mic that’s not well known?