cheep chinese shotgun mic

[Burns Luciano]

i just ordered one the other day should have it by the end of the week only paid $30.45 with shipping on ebay. heres a video of how it sounds

[drapeama]

With a bit of work in post, I'm sure you could get something usable with it, provided the mic placement was done properlly.
User Almohada vouch for this cheap mic. Feel free to post some audio test using it when you'll get it.

[Almohada]

Amazing microphone. You will love it! That particular test on YouTube sold me!

[drapeama]

Amazing microphone. You will love it! That particular test on YouTube sold me!

For the price you can't really go wrong if you're using it properlly, with a good mic placement.

[Burns Luciano]

For the price you can't really go wrong if you're using it properlly, with a good mic placement.

thats what i said once i herd the quality in the video and its better then the audio from the camera. im hoping it will fit on the end of a broom stick lol

[drapeama]

thats what i said once i herd the quality in the video and its better then the audio from the camera. im hoping it will fit on the end of a broom stick lol

1) It won't be any better if you'll use it camera-mounted due to the mic placement.
2) Depending on the shockmount you'll be using, it can easily be mounted on a painter pole or something. Check here. All you need is a goosneck base and a shockmount using 5/8 threads. That's what I did and it works well.

[Almohada]

Hey drape how did you get that XLR end into the little hole you drilled?

[drapeama]

Hey drape how did you get that XLR end into the little hole you drilled?

Amazing thing called soldering the XLR connector to the cable!
I simply put the cable into the pole, then I've soldered the connectors on both ends, and it was done. Only negative: I couldn't shrink it back after as it wasn't a coiled cable. But for less than 50$ all included (pole, shockmount, cable, connectors) it worth the try. Works well.

[Burns Luciano]

2) Depending on the shockmount you'll be using, it can easily be mounted on a painter pole or something.

do you got a ebay link for the shockmount??

[Janke]

You can search on eBay...

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...All-Categories

[drapeama]

do you got a ebay link for the shockmount??

Of course, see following link.

You can search on eBay...

Good point.
Here it is: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Pro-Mic-...item45fa593527
And here's what you can do to fit pretty much any mic in it:

Album here. Simply add "o-rings" in it and it'll act as a "dual-shockmount". Gave me interesting results.

[Burns Luciano]

all i gotta say is this $30 mic sounds good just used it today outside and i was very impressed. all you gotta do is just get a better mic cable cause the one that comes with it is cheap and gives you a hum in your audio. well worth the money

[dop16mm]

Has anyone tried the super short one? I've seen a model on eBay that has a very short grill, looks like a hypercardioid, but know way of knowing. A little more money but still under $50. If something like that were available for an interior mic option that would be cool.

I'm tempted to pick up one of the long ones just to have as a back-up, so cheap you can't really go wrong. Just really curious of the shorter ones I've seen, I'm not enough of an audiophile to be able to determine polar pattern if it isn't marked.