Opinion on how this would work in a beach club setting playing from my laptop. Microphone sound quality?
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You would be surprised at sound quality of this mixer. I own two and love them. I play in large and small venues and it does a super job in all places! I play Beach and other kinds of music and Karaoke from a laptop and it works well for all! Microphone quality is excellent...
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No, I would advise getting something more like a set of Peavy PA speakers. If it is outdoors, it doesn't matter even if the group is small. You will experience a lot of ambient, distracting noise. And it would be load enough to get full clarity. I hope this helps.
1206672
I think you would find this mic to be fairly spectacular for that type of recording application. I would suggest using the "flat response" position of the switch on the side of the mic and then EQ as needed.
1892331
Thank you all for the response, I am seriously considering getting a couple of these for my mobile DJ setup. Your help is greatly appreciated!
328013
The sound quality is pretty decent for a headset mic and is better than most mics people use online. It does not have built in noise cancellation as far as I know, but most apps and games you would use it with have some form of noisegate to account for it. It is a dynamic microphone, so it doesn't pick up a crazy amount of noise by default.
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Hello,If your computer has "MICROPHONE INPUT" and recording software MAYBE okay to use. However just want to remind you that the sound produce maybe very low and sometimes unable to hear. Hope this helpThank you
711537
I use it for voice. The quality is good to very good on both my laptop and desktop using the free Audacity software available at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ The mike tends to pop, but I put a 'wind sock over it and adjusted the mic boost in the sound section of the control panel of Windows and have been delighted considering the cost.
346777
This is more for recordings where you keep your mouth really close to the mic. If you have quiet a few people around and sit it in the middle and just chat, it would work but the voices would sound pretty distant and its going to pick up all the noises in the background of the pub.
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It is really nice sounding. This is a PROFESSIONAL mic, so you can expect good things from it. But just to warn you, it doesn't come with the cords for the Mic, so you need to buy them separately. If you want to hear an example, here is my Soundcloud, so you can here the music I recorded with it.soundcloud.com/cashcheck
1874774
I have found it loud enough while out on the beach. Even playing football or out in the water a ways away you can here the music. I suppose it depends how loud your work area is. If it evolves loud machinery I really do not think any speaker this size is going to work. We have also used it for house parties and it has worked just fine even over all the talking and the television with the game on. I personally love it for what it is, a small portable speaker.
434142
I've yet to use it on the beach, but I'd be more concerned with ambient noise than I would sand. This is a GREAT indoor speaker; whether or not it's good outdoors is relative.
899031
I found it doesn't have a lot of distortion. Is it pro-level? Not even close, but for a budget and for most people that might listen to recordings done with it, it will be fine. I've recorded performances with it, and as a shotgun mic, it filters out external noise nicely.
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When I used this around the home, I keep it well under the 1/4 mark and that's still very loud.When I take it outside or to the beach, I play it near max (generally a little lower so the base isn't blown out) and you can clearly hear it from a far distance. I've had dance parties on the beach and it this rocks it.While it can be used inside, it's really meant for outdoors or large areas.
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You need 'line level' not 'mic level' inputs on the PC, otherwise the signal will be way too strong and, thus, distorted (mic output is much lower than line output). Most basic PCs, especially laptops, have 'mic in' and not 'line in' (the laptop I'm typing this on right now doesn't even have a 'mic in'). If you have a soundcard with 'line in' inputs, then you could do it. Having said all that, it might be possible to adjust the signal with Audacity using 'mic in', so that it doesn't distort, but I am guessing. I just know from using Cakewalk (precursor to Sonar) in the old days that it didn't work like that. You could try it and report back on your experience, good or bad.
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I purchased it to use in live streaming and have not used it yet for that purpose. But, I did run some initial tests with it to see how it sounded with and without it. My results were done using my iPod touch 4th generation. Using the Blue Mikey gave my recordings more clarity with less room noise. I still need to test it with loud music playing in the recording since I want to use it for live streaming worship nights with my band. I think this mic would work for you pretty well for the purpose that you mentioned.
346775
This would work really well for that. The only problem I could think you might have. The mic picks up everything so is there is a lot of background noise you will hear it all
116300
Is it worth getting this speaker to use with a laptop, instead of one with two speakers or a bigger one? Can it compete against regular speakers?