Microphones for Zoom & Teams Meetings for Beginners
Channel: Curtis Judd
Category: Education
Description: In this episode, we cover the basics you need to know when choosing a USB microphone for Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or any other online meetings. We teach you the difference between dynamic and condenser microphones and when you might want to choose each. We cover directionality, also referred to as polar patterns. And then we demo two different USB microphones — the Shure MV7 and the RODE NT-USB Mini. 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 at school.learnlightandsound.com 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. Our latest course is Sound for Live Streaming with the ATEM Mini. Support my work creating videos by donating at ko-fi.com/curtisjudd Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVEStore, Perfect Circuit, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases: - Shure MV7 dynamic USB microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/bTlN3S - RODE NT-USB Mini condenser USB microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/4bjFJ9d - Desk microphone stand - B&H, Amazon geni.us/cJUHuw - Westone in-ear monitors UM Pro 50 (these are super expensive which is why I didn't talk about this particular set in detail here...) - B&H bhpho.to/3AvdXfo - Canon C70 camera - B&H geni.us/ABYB - Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8L lens - B&H, Amazon geni.us/qwsEs - Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/uK8UqB - Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 lens - B&H, Amazon geni.us/bhOWVlW - Aputure C120D II LED light - Aputure, B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/deg3 The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed - “For the Kids” by Utah. Get the best music for your videos at Musicbed: share.mscbd.fm/curtisjudd Here’s a playlist of some of my favorite tracks over at Musicbed: share.mscbd.fm/curtisjuddplaylist Copyright 2021, Curtis Judd #Microphone #Zoom #Teams Index: 00:00 Start 00:17 Summary 00:27 Introduction and secrets to better sound 03:24 Dynamic microphones 04:24 Condenser microphones 05:44 Directionality 06:07 Omni-directional polar patterns 07:36 Cardioid polar patterns 08:54 Condenser microphone sample RODE NT-USB Mini 09:22 NT-USB Mini male voice sample 09:29 NT-USB Mini female voice sample 09:39 Shure MV7 10:10 Shure MV7 male sample 10:18 Shure MV7 female sample 10:28 Which type of microphone should you choose? 11:04 Where to find more samples of other types of microphones? 11:24 Microphone stands - future episode 11:48 Please buy my courses
