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Movo VXR10 - Best Budget Microphone for YouTube_
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Jun 1, 2024
Looking for an affordable microphone for your YouTube channel? The Movo VXR10 is a top choice. In this blog post, we explore why the Movo VXR10 is the best budget microphone for YouTube creators. Discover its features, audio quality, and how it enhances your video production without breaking the bank. Whether you're a beginner or looking to upgrade your setup, the Movo VXR10 is your go-to solution for crystal-clear audio on your YouTube videos.
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Today I'm going to show you what could be the best microphone to get started on YouTube
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That microphone is this, the Movo VXR10. So the reason I think it's important to invest in a microphone when you're getting started
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on YouTube is the audio is by far the most important factor for people sticking around
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and watching your videos. You could have bad lighting, not a great camera, and it's not that bad, but if the audio is
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bad people aren't going to want to continue listening to your video
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Your phone audio can be okay if your phone is like right in your face, but as it gets
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further away it just picks up all the sound around it because it's not a directional microphone
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Something like this shotgun mic is going to pick up what's directly in front of it and reject what's going on, the sounds around it
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So it'll pick up your voice much better than having no microphone
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The thing is too, compared to say a lab mic, is you don't have these cables kind of running
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through your shirt and connecting to your phone. So I prefer using something like this instead of a lab mic
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And so what we're going to do now is I'm going to switch over to using this connected to my Sony camera
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Then I'm going to compare this microphone to a $20 Movo lab mic, and then just my iPhone
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by itself with no external microphone, both here at my desk and outside
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And then we'll come back and talk about some of the differences. So with that said, let's hook up the Movo mic
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Okay, so here we are with the Movo shotgun mic. How does the audio sound right now
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How would you compare that to the audio you just heard a second ago with the Rode VideoMic NTG
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This microphone is six times more expensive than this microphone. $40, $250
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Is this one worth that much more than this? The audio is actually pretty good coming from this microphone, right
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So what we'll do now is I'll get on my iPhone and we'll hear the audio with this microphone
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a $20 lab mic from Movo, and just the audio being recorded directly on my iPhone
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Okay, so here we are now on my iPhone. It's a little bit further away
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The Movo shotgun mic is mounted directly above it. How does my voice sound right now
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How clear is it? Testing, one, two, three, four. Now let's see what the lab mic sounds like
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All right, so now we are recording on my iPhone with the lab mic
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What do you think? How does the audio sound with this microphone? Obviously this microphone is closer to my mouth than the phone was and the shotgun mic
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mounted on top of it. The one thing with lab mics is this
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So I don't know. I'm not great at keeping all the cables organized. I feel like I'm going to trip over it, pull on it, something like that
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So lab mics are not my favorite, but obviously having a microphone really close to your mouth
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the audio generally tends to be pretty good. This lab mic costs $20, so a small investment in a lab mic like this is a good investment
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to improve your audio. Just don't rip out the cord from your phone or trip over it or something like that
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Okay, so here is the iPhone recording all by itself, no external microphone
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How does the audio sound right now? So the phone is a little bit further away than arm's length
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The thing is the microphone, or there are several microphones actually on an iPhone
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and they're not directional like a shotgun mic is. So it's probably picking up sound all the way around the phone as opposed to something
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pointed directly at me. But I don't know. What do you think
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How does this audio sound compared to the two previous options? Okay, so here we are outside right now
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My phone is arm's length away. I'm using the Movo VXR10. How is the audio right now
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How does my voice sound? Can you hear anything else outside at the moment
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We're going to compare this to both the Movo lab mic as well as just the internal mic on
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my iPhone. Okay, so here we are outside right now with the Movo lab mic
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How does this sound compared to the shotgun mic? Normally when I'm recording the shotgun mic or when we listen to my iPhone, it's essentially
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arm's length away where this is obviously a little bit closer to my mouth
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So it should be picking up fairly clear audio. But obviously I have this huge cable running down from my phone into my pocket up through
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my shirt. I'm not the hugest fan of lab mics, but hopefully the audio is pretty good right now
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Testing 1, 2, 3, 4. Okay, so here I'm recording outside with my iPhone held out at arm's length
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This is just the internal microphone right now. So how does this sound compared to the Movo shotgun mic
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Does my voice sound as clear as it did just a second ago? Can you hear more of the background noise
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Obviously this isn't going to be quite as directional and picking up just the audio
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from my voice is probably picking up more around me or maybe I'm wrong
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What do you think? So testing 1, 2, 3, 4. Okay, so what'd you think about the audio from the Movo VXR10
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Do you prefer this microphone or the Movo lab mic? If you want more information about either of these microphones, check out the links
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in the description below. Also, if you want to see all of our videos related to how to improve the audio of your
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videos, check out the playlist up above. If you want to see all of our videos related to how to grow on YouTube in 2021, check out
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the playlist below. Hope to see you in those and future videos. Bye bye