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is this microphone just what you need
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for your conference room table let's
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out oh hey boss you ready to oh sorry
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Dave Taylor here and I want to talk
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about this desktop microphone this guy
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from Bayer Dynamic now it's pretty
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unassuming looking but it's a fantastic
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microphone that has a beautiful sound to
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it and a lot of really cool features
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though how you access the features is a
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little bit tricky I'll close my computer
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so we can talk so this is the Bayer
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Dynamic classic bm53 microphone and it
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is what they call a boundary microphone
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with a half spherical polar pattern and
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what that means is that you put this in
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the middle of your table or your desktop
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or the conference table or something and
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it'll pick up everything basically
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there's no orientation or direction to
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it and what's cool is that there's a
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button on the front and it actually is
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something you can change its setting I
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have it set to turn on and off so I push
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the button and the light comes on and
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now the microphone is actually recording
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everything we're saying now I can also
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set this button to be what they call
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silent film modes so that gives you push
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to talk so it's like an old CB radio or
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push to mute now push to mute might be
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the my favorite of those three three
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modes but right now I just have it in
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onoff mode now comes with this 9-t cable
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and I know what you're wondering is well
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what does it sound like so I'm going to
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switch cuz as I'm recording this video
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with my Audio Technica mic I'm also
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recording the audio with the Bayer
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Dynamic mic so let's switch and this is
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what the audio sounds like right off the
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Bayer Dynamic mic I'm just got it
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plugged into my computer and I'm using a
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freeware program called audacity to
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record this audio so what do you think
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now back to my microphone it this comes
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with a 9 ft USB cable so it's super easy
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to work with on really any computer you
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can use it with a Dell with a surface
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with a Macintosh whatever you got you
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could have a computer under the desk or
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under the conference table you could
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also use this if you're so inclined for
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podcasts and stuff cuz it's really a
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nice full sound now what's kind of fun
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about it though is that on the back the
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way you adjust the switches and settings
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is with a screwdriver yes a screwdriver
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so you wouldn't think this but it's a
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very flush design so the leftmost
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control let you actually change what
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this button does and you can see there
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are three modes for onof push to talk or
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push to mute in the middle there's
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l150 and that's an interesting one
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that's actually a base rollover and so
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if you use this and you find you get a
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lot of Base Rumble maybe vibrations on
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your table surface or something you can
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actually use that setting to turn off
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that frequency cuz normally this works
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from 40 to 20,000 Hertz but you might
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actually not want it to go down to 40 HZ
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pretty sure your conference is going to
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sound just as good your legal deposition
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any briefing from the CEO it's all going
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to sound just as good if you don't have
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that 150 to 40 Hertz no one really talks
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low um and then the third one the third
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switch you can see is the switchable
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gain and I have to admit I have actually
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adjusted that to be+ 10 DB you can have
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it to+ 10 to zero or to minus 10 and
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that's something I would say you'll
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actually be able to figure out from
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experience when you're trying out the
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unit and testing it in different
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situations um that's really all there is
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to it there's not much else it's a
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fabric covering and metal and it just
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has a really nice feel to it it sits
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very discreetly on a table there's no
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complexity of Bluetooth no interference
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no issues at all if you need to record
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something and you don't want to hassle
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with it this is a really nice solution
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now the only thing left is for us to
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talk about the price before I get there
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though let me ask click on that
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subscribe button if you don't mind thank
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you thank you now how much is this Bayer
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Dynamic classic bm53 microphone take a
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$249 now this is something where for a
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big Fortune 500 company that's a pretty
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modest investment for really good audio
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quality for a law firm that's a pretty
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modest investment but if you're someone
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looking to get into audio then this is
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probably a little above what you need
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maybe a little beyond your pay grade at
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this point so this is really high-end
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professional level gear and there are
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other choices for audio recording that
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might work just as well for you in the
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sub $100 range but let's be fair this is
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Bayer Dynamic they've been making
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microphones for concerts and educational
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venues and all sorts of other
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professional environments forever and
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they have a fantastic knowledge and they
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know exactly how to get great sound
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reproduction and all that technology
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pours into this little microphone phone
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so if you can afford it and you really
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need good quality audio then I got to
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say that the bm53 is a pretty sweet
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device so this is Dave Taylor and I'll
