This seem to work with most audio recording apps, especially garageband. Those with a creaking desk might or thump away at a keyboard may want to look for a stand which is supported at the bottom of the mic.Īs you can see on the front there is a LED which glows blue when active and yellow when the microphone is paused. The feet have rubber mountings on the bottom which do a fair, but not great of masking any vibrations from your desk whilst typing or anything similar.
This certainly beats having to hunch down and forward all the time. As the best results come from having the microphone pointing to you in a directional placement so I have the back most leg almost flat so the mic points towards my mouth when I’m speaking. For none techies like me it picks up sound at the front and at the side but not so much at the back.ģ fold-able legs hold the microphone in place and are strong enough to hold its own weight in a number of varying positions. At the top you can see there is a mesh grill to protect the microphone from spittle, wind nose and s subtle take on a pop filter ( I had to google that as well) Inside the unit itself is a 1″ diaphragm microphone. The looks are also feature based as well. The styling may be a throwback to the 60s style of microphone but the performance is as up-to-date as you can possibly get. Instantly I had the desire to pick up the microphone and start crooning like Elvis Presley would into a 60s style microphone. Securely held in place with moulded black ploy/plastic the black really sets off the silver and leaves you feeling everything has been kept secure and in place. Rest assured the Samson Meteor microphone is not a flimsy affair and the feeling of presence is backed up by the solid packaging in which it’s shipped. It’s job is to ensure the microphone remains intact to do the job in hand. I don’t agree with the masses of unboxing video which have since stemmed from rumours based on Apple having dozens of packaging types for each product yet I can appreciate the whole packaging experience, an area which Samsons Meteor microphone does not disappoint.Įverything is held in place with a sense of purpose, like it’s meant to be transported around with a form of abandonment. The experience of unboxing a product is perhaps an just as important as going hands on with the product itself. Unpacking the Samsung Meteor Mic is an Apple Esq encounter in itself.
So think of this as a psudeo review and learning a little something about microphones for podcasting as things go along.
This should give you an idea of where i’m coming from testing the sound quality and as to level of knowledge when starting to review something as complex / mystical as what makes a good microphone for recording a podcast. This is my first microphone review, I’m no audiophile, no sound engineer or anything like that and it wasn’t until recently I thought that 128k mp3’s were good enough. When the Samson Samson Meteor Mic dropped on the door mate for review it grabbed our attention and we hoped this wasn’t all style over substance. Doing a podcast is something that we’ve wanted to do here at EssentialMac for a while now but had a feeling that recording audio from the iPhone headset that’s bundled with the device or via the in built microphone wasn’t going to be the best way to go about it.
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