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The 3m / 8ft USB cable is attached to the microphone and cannot be removed.
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The tripod can be removed from the microphone though, and instead of the ring that holds it in place, a standard 3/4″ professional mic stand can be attached.
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Pro Tip: place something like a mouse pad underneath it, otherwise you’ll hear keyboard typing while recording (I do that frequently, and I’ve put a big block of foam underneath my mics – just thought I’d mention it). It’s functional enough though, and has rubber feet so they won’t scratch a wooden surface. While the microphone looks expensive, the little tripod and its screw has a touch of cheapness to it. Both are made of metal, both are heavy and sturdy. The ZAFFIRO comes pre-mounted on a fold-out mini tripod in the same black lacquer as the rest of the microphone. So when you’re facing the knobs directly, with the ZAFFIRO standing up tall, it has – in my opinion at least – the best sound reproduction. However, my tests show that it’s actually the from of the microphone. The picture on the user guide suggests that this direction might be the top of the microphone. In layman’s terms, speaking into it from one specific direction will yield the best results.
This means that it will “listen” to a specific direction and a specific angle from a central axis.
Some users may argue that those levels are not high enough coming out of the mic. Other products record louder, but allow for accidental distortion, degrading casual users’ recordings On the other hand, it’s not great news when you reach the upper limit of your software’s gain adjustment.įor desktop use though (which is what this mic id designed for), and with apps like Premiere, Audacity or Camtasia, the ZAFFIRO’s levels are perfect in my opinion. Quite the opposite: when I speak with my normal voice, I have to increase the levels to get close to 0dB. My first impression was that the levels, even with the volume knob set to its highest position, and my Mac’s input levels set to the highest level, there’s no danger of distortion. Turns out that’s not where the ZAFFIRO sounds its best instead, when spoken into the front it will sound the loudest and clearest – just like the Blue Yeti microphone does. Like I did in the video above, I turned the microphone around while speaking into it from all directions – including the top, expecting that this will be where that omnidirectional cloud pattern will emanate from. A quick test will tell us where it will pick up our sound best. You can visualise this omnidirectional pattern much like a cloud emanating from the microphone, in the shape of a cartoon club (the one Pebbles or BamBam from The Flintstones would use). The User Guide also suggests that this is a unidirectional microphone, which means that it is designed to pick up the sound from a single direction (unlike omnidirectional microphones, which pick up sound from all directions). Judging by the picture on the front of the User Guide, it is suggested to position the microphone with its top facing the speaker.
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The box also contains a small folded manual with some technical details – I’ll include a scan at the bottom of this review.Īt the front of the microphone there’s a green LED, volume control knob and an on/off switch. The whole thing folds together to a height of about 18 cm and a diameter of about 6 cm (or 7″ x 2.5″). It contains the microphone with its attached USB cable, affixed to a mini tripod stand. In the box we find a silver-grey furry bag, closed with a silver drawstring. Perfect – that’s exactly what I’m looking for. This tells me I’m not dealing with a cheap plastic product, but indeed with something that may rival the Blue Yeti. The microphone with the box weigh about 600 g, or about one and a half pounds. Picking up the box itself reveals that the product is much heavier than I had expected. On top of which a silver embossed ZAFFIRO icon greets me. Instead, it came in a luxurious matte black gift box, held together by magnets. Unlike many of the cheaper products we get from China these days, the ZAFFIRO Desktop Mic didn’t come in a buff brown generic carton. The first thing that struck me was the box itself. Here’s what I found after a couple of weeks of working with it. I thought I’d give it a spin – and I really like it. So I discovered the ZAFFIRO Desktop USB Mic, for over $100 less.
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Currently I’m using a wonderful Blue Yeti with my Mac on my main desk (or Studio A as we like to call it), and every time I do a screencast or podcast on my Windows workstation (or Studio B as we’d like to call it), I have to bring over the Blue Yeti. I was looking for another desktop USB microphone for my second desk.
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