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Microphone Showdown 3

This is a project which will allow readers and listeners to compare the recording quality of a wide variety of recording devices. It is a sequel to the first Microphone Showdown project which was catalogued in 2011. Since that time the range of devices available for the recording of spoken audio has increased significantly.
- Summary by Algy Pug

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Ozymandias - Rode - NT1A, Yahama Audiogram 6 USB interface, Windows desktop PC (Algy Pug)
Mutability - Samson - Q7, Yahama Audiogram 6 USB interface, Windows desktop PC (Algy Pug)
A Dream Within a Dream - Logitech - C615 webcam (Algy Pug)
Go, Lovely Rose - MXL - USB.007 (Algy Pug)
A Thing of Beauty - Dell - Venue Pro tablet internal microphone (Algy Pug)
Embarcation - Zoom - H4N Handy Recorder (Algy Pug)
Death - Samson - Meteorite USB (Newgatenovelist)
Decline and Fall (Gibbon) - Kinobo - Akiro USB (Patrick Eaton)
Emaricdulfe - Samson - Q1U USB (Ruth Golding)
The Evil Monk - Apogee MiC - USB & MacBook (Mark Nelson)
Echoes - Audiotechnica - AT2035 XLR condenser microphone, Focusrite iTrack Solo USB, MacBook (Mark Nelson)
Psalm 133 (Watts) - Internal microphone, Dell Inspiron laptop, Windows 7 and Audacity 1.3 (Bethesda Lily)
Psalm 61 (Watts) - Olympus DM-620 Digital Voice Recorder (Bethesda Lily)
Burning Leaves November - Lenovo - Thinkpad internal microphone (Maria Kasper)
An Open Fire - Samson - Gomic USB (Maria Kasper)
Morn - Samson - GoMic USB (with 10 Db pad) (Maria Kasper)
Pride & Prejudice (excerpt) _ Studio Projects C1 and Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 (melchior)
Metsään nukkunut - Studio projects C4 Mk II (omni capsule) and FocusRite Scarlett 8i6 (melchior)
Filosofeeraava ylioppilas - Studio projects C4 Mk II (cardioid capsule) and FocusRite Scarlett 8i6 (melchior)
The Three Quiet Gentlemen - Havit HV-DM8313 USB Dynamic Microphone (Glenn O'Brien)
Excerpt from Kavanagh - Blue Yeti USB (Carol Box)
Excerpt from the Flower Princess - Samson Q1U USB (Jennifer Fournier)
Excerpt from Peer Gynt - AKG Perception 120 USB microphone (Kristin G.)
Sonnet 102 - AKG P220 through PreSonus iOne interface (tovarisch)
Sonnet 103 - Samson Go Mic USB (tovarisch)
Accidental death - Ipad Air 2 with internal microphone (Jennifer Fournier)
Enquire within upon everything - excerpt - Rode NT-USB microphone (Jennifer Fournier)
Psalm 23 (Watts) - Rode Podcaster USB (Beth Thomas (1974-2020))
Years After The War - Sennheiser PC USB headset (Son of the Exiles)
Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth - Blue, Encore 200 dynamic microphone, TASCAM US-2x2 interface, 2011 MacBook Pro (Brian Darby)
Lights - Blue, Encore 300 condenser microphone, TASCAM US-2x2 interface, 2011 MacBook Pro. (Brian Darby)
Love Thee - Shure, Beta 58A, dynamic microphone, TASCAM US-2x2 interface, 2011 MacBook Pro (Brian Darby)
The Camper - Electrovoice, RE320, dynamic microphone, CloudLifter interface into TASCAM US-2x2 interface, 2011 MacBook Pro (Brian Darby)
In the Autumn Grass - AKG P220 XLR condenser microphone, TASCAM US-2x2 interface, 2011 MacBook Pro (Brian Darby)
The Challenge - Shure SM35 headworn XLR condenser microphone, TASCAM US-2x2 interface, 2011 MacBook Pro (Brian Darby)
Psalm 24 - Watts - Olympus DM-420 digital voice recorder, Audacity 1.3, Dell Inspiron laptop (Bethesda Lily)
To One in Bedlam - Samson Meteorite USB microphone, Asus Windows 10 laptop (Newgatenovelist)
Cherry Ripe - Philips Voice Tracer hand held recorde (Newgatenovelist)
Psalm 126 (Watts) - Blue Snowball USB Microphone; Windows 7 and Audacity 1.3 (Bethesda Lily)
Excerpt from 20,00 leagues Under the Sea - Samson C05 XLR with a Xenyx 302 USB interface and a pop filter on Windows 10 (Kristin G.)
I Dream'd in a Dream - Rode K2 tube microphone, Audient ID4 interface, reaper and Windows 10 (Scotty Smith)
The Road Not Taken - ElectroVoice ND767a, XLR, Focusrite Scarlett 18i8, using Reaper and Windows 10 (Harley James)
Christmas Trees - Studio Projects B3, XLR, RME OctaMic interface, using Reaper and Windows 10 (Harley James)
An Old Man's Winter Night - Shure SM57 through a Midas VeniceU 24 console using Reaper on a Windows PC (Harley James)
Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Scene 2- Rode NT1A through Zoom H4 digital recorder (Andrew Frueh)
Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Scene 2- But soft....- Shure SM57 through Zoom H4 digital recorder (Andrew Frueh)
Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Scene 2- But soft....- Cable Up dynamic mic through Zoom H4 digital recorder (Andrew Frueh)
Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Scene 2- But soft....- Built-in mic on Samsung Galaxy S5 cell phone with Titanium Recorder app (Andrew Frueh)
Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead - Rode NT-USB microphone through Asus laptop using Windows 10 (Newgatenovelist)
Pretty Cow - Shure pg58 dynamic mic recorded into a Tascam DR-60D mkII recorder (Scotty Smith)
There was a Little Girl - MXL V67G large diaphragm condenser into a Tascam DR-60D mkII recorder (Scotty Smith)
The Unseen Playmate - Rode Videomicro (little) shotgun mic into a Tascam DR-60D mkII recorder (Scotty Smith)
If ever I See - Blue Baby Bottle large diaphragm condenser mic into a Tascam DR-60D mkII recorder (Scotty Smith)
Sage Councel - Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun mic into a Tascam DR-60D mkII recorder (Scotty Smith)
Sonnet 21 - Behringer C1 cardioid condenser microphone through Tascam US-800 interface on Windows PC (Mark Crowle-Groves)
All the World's a Stage - Rode NT1A condenser mic through DAV BG1 preamp to Tascam HPD2 digital recorder. (Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022))
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud - Audio Technica At 2020+ USB. (Eva Davis)
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