The Razer Seiren V2 Pro : A Flagship Dynamic Mic!

[@MiscastJoe]

Anybody else notice the puppy in the background?

[@landon_736]

what kind of boom arm are you using in this video

[@MiscastJoe]

@@landon_736 it's just a $15 arm from Neewer on amazon

[@anthonycuocco8667]

when I'm monitoring my voice using the 3.5 jack on the mic there is a faint buzzing/ringing noise. have you experienced this?

[@MiscastJoe]

@@anthonycuocco8667 I didn't while.i tested this mic but I have experienced it in the past. Sometimes it is the connector.oj the headphones or a lose connection between the headphones and the jack that it is plugged into.

[@anthonycuocco8667]

@@MiscastJoe ok its not noticeable when listening to other things but when theres no sound at all its a faint high pitch ring.

[@anniinaxh]

thank you so much for this review, really helped me a lot! also i love your personality 😆

[@danielnordstrand6443]

Thanks for the review Joe! Some really good content. In future mic reviews I would love to see a background typing noise test while you talk, content creators seem to care about this. Personally it is something i care about as a casual gamer looking for a mic to use while leaving "open mic" turned on.

[@MiscastJoe]

This is great advice thank you

[@albertjohn8723]

nice microphone review. good sound quality!!

[@MiscastJoe]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@guillermopatino3928]

Was looking at a top 5 review for streaming mic and the Razor Siren X looked good. Went to Amazon and saw the Razor Siren V2 Dynamic Pro for 150dlrs. So why am here looking at your review. I am starting a new set up which I never did before and your review helped me order this. Thanks alot. Now got to get an arm for it.

[@MiscastJoe]

It means the world to me to get this comment. I am so happy that I could have helped. Reach out to me on twitter with a pic of the setup when it is done I would love to see it

[@guillermopatino3928]

@@MiscastJoe Thanks Joe. Will do once I open up streaming accounts and things for putting it out there.

[@guillermopatino3928]

@@MiscastJoe Hi Joe. It worked awesome! No youtube yet. Trying to figure out how to record my video and edit like you do. What program are you using?

[@MiscastJoe]

@@guillermopatino3928 awesome to hear. I am using DaVinci Resolve..it's free but is also a professional quality program.

[@guillermopatino3928]

@@MiscastJoe Thank you sir!

[@twitchzitrhox2091]

very good video bro you will get a lot of subs trust me

[@MiscastJoe]

Well thank you!

[@parsa1372]

Ordered mine today :) tnx m8 very informative

[@NuclearWarGaming]

Hi! I just got it today to upgrade my audio quality in my videos, but I don't know how to set it up with mixers and stuff. Any recommended ones? Also your review was the one that conviced me to buy it ^_^ thanks!

[@MiscastJoe]

That's awesome to hear thank you. The V2 Pro has its own software mixer but if you are looking for some hardware you could use the BEACN Mix to control your sources

[@NuclearWarGaming]

@@MiscastJoe thanks!

[@nickmurray7703]

the razer mics are getting thrashed by pretty much all other reviewers, and I think it comes down to the fact that you have such a unique tone to your voice that the pickup on the midtones and less of that deep richness works well to round off your voice to still sound nice and deep, where a lot of people are reporting a lot of nasal tones in that lower end of the highs being beefed up.

[@neelabhchoudhary2063]

the other reviews on youtube i saw were positive for this mic

[@gbr1ryder]

Awesome review man! I’m new to the whole separate mic from the headset thing so can you actually hear yourself through your headset when you use this mic?

[@MiscastJoe]

Yes there is a headphone jack on the mic for zero latency monitoring. You will also be able to hear your entire mix through the headset when you use their software

[@ttvmintplayb]

@@MiscastJoe can you use this for game chat and for steaming in one without a mixer??

[@MiscastJoe]

@@ttvmintplayb well it comes with a software mixer that handles all of that for you. No hardware required other than the mic.

[@2kdesignstudios72]

@MiscastJoe would you recommend this mic for off frame use? I feel like the pattern and gain would bide well. I want a steaming/ conference call stealth mic.

[@MiscastJoe]

I mean I wouldn't recommend it for broadcast purposes like that because they are meant to be close to your mouth, but for a conference call, assuming you don't have a noisy room, should be fine.

[@michalbochenski4329]

The web page for this microphone is just a lie. It claims "Whether you’re an industry vet or a professional-to-be, enjoy top-notch voice clarity and quality thanks to its suite of high-end features." And well, I compared it to some actual studio equipment Like a Neumann U87 AI, Shure SM7B, AKG C414 XLII, Earthworks SV33 and a lot more. Safe to say the Razer Siren V2 doesn't compare to any of them, I wish i had some USB mics to compare it to, but sadly I have none in my mic locker. I can understand most people don't have the money to shell out on some expensive mics, and I don't mean the Siren is a bad microphone. I'm just saying that the stuff on the website is false and not true, I know that streamers don't really want to get into audio interface's and mixers, so I guess for them this is a good microphone for a relatively cheap price.

[@MiscastJoe]

Agreed that the USB market needs to stop saying studio quality.. Razer is not the only culprit of this. Every single microphone I have reviewed has the exact same claim on their website. For the needs of a streamer or any other creator who doesn't require a full on recording studio, this will meet their needs perfectly. The expensive studio mics are overkill for them.

[@michalbochenski4329]

@@MiscastJoe most people buying these microphones are wanna be streamers and youtubers such as kids/teenagers which don't know any better. Usually, they ask their parents to buy them these microphones but parents are smarter than them so they look up the microphones and find themselves on the companys page on which it says keywords such as "studio quality" and "professional sounding". Recently me and my friend were on omegle and seeing these kids with over the top pc's with RGB, and we asked them: "what's the microphone you're using?" And all of them were using USB mic's. One of these kids asked us back what mics were using and my friend told him: "the mics were using costs more than you're entire setup" and kid was like: "alright bet." So we explained to him what vocal chain we were using and he looked up the mic we were using (which were the earthworks sv33 and the neumann u87 ai) going into a Universal audio LA 610 mk2 that went into a universal audio x8, and he told us: "you spend that much money on microphones?" And I burst out laughing and my friend told him : "yeah we did" and hung up. My friend still jokes about that kid haha.

[@MiscastJoe]

@@michalbochenski4329 yeah there are a million use cases for high end mic setups. Streaming and even podcasting are not among those use cases. You can do enough with Vista to sound good and the amount of compression on that sound by the time it passes through twitch/youtube or any podcast platform and you have lost everything that makes a great mic special.

[@michalbochenski4329]

@@MiscastJoe I do somewhat agree with you're opinion, but during the compression process you don't loose everything that a mic is special in, If that were the case Everybody would be using USB microphones instead of high quality XLR microphones such as the SM7B for example. No one would buy high quality microphones for their audio setups because whats the reason then? Microphones like the Neumann U87 AI would be obsolete because they don't have anything special to them anymore unless you're going to be recording in a studio and playing back with studio monitors.

[@MiscastJoe]

@@michalbochenski4329 well the simplest answer is that everything that existed before streaming still has a place for those mics. Music, voice work, radio plays, etc. Things that are actually done in a studio. Anyone who knows anything about microphones who use expensive mics on stream will all tell you the same thing. "I am using it because I already had it." People who know little about microphones that use expensive mics all say the same thing. "I asked what people thought was the best mic." I know the compression rates of KZbin, twitch, apple Podcasts, etc. You will never hear a quality boost that is equal to the amount it costs, and that is the whole point of the video. Many of the best content creators (some who own serious equipment) still use usb mics or something like the podmic because in the end, they know it doesn't make enough of a difference to matter. Audiophiles will hear a difference, but they don't make up large percentages of a viewing audience for a stream that most people are watching on their phone. I hear the difference between what I record on my end and what plays back on stream and it is night and day how much the audio is butchered by compression. My podmic sounds good because I learned to compensate for that a bit. I would be very bad at what I do if I recommended shelling out big bucks on a microphone for this level of content creation, no matter how much I love me some gear.

[@CalciumCarlos]

Thanks for the review bro!

[@MiscastJoe]

Happy you enjoyed it! Lots more coming!

[@maxwelldraksmann3359]

Could you please tell me brand and model of mic stand desk have used with Seiren Pro?

[@MiscastJoe]

The mix stand was a cheap one From Neewer costing about $15. The desk was a small stand up desk that I don't recommend

[@Jumbleman5]

Your rode mic personally sounded better to me. That's the $100 Podmic, right? I'm not hearing the sound improvement of the extra $50, unless you may have just needed more time to tune the razer mic for your specific needs. Is the mixing software meant to be a big part of the value vs cheaper mics?

[@MiscastJoe]

That was the podmic yes. The improvement is really in comparison to a condenser USB mic. There is no substitute for a good XLR mic

[@jenson1896]

Sounds really good :)

[@brocal45]

How would I run Streamlabs through the mixer software?

[@MiscastJoe]

If anything I would go the other way and run everything through your software and use the one stream output to put into streamlabs. Any alerts and such can be run through your browser or system inputs and all other applications can also be appropriately assigned so you send the complete mix to your streaming software and control it all in one place

[@lecharls4128]

Regarding the razer seiren mini: I cant mount it onto a boom arm because my adapter to the stand is screwed on too hard to the actual microphone, I was wondering if you have had the same problem or if it was just me.

[@MiscastJoe]

I have. Had to use pliers to get it off.

[@lecharls4128]

@@MiscastJoe Thanks for feedback. Love your videos.

[@MiscastJoe]

@@lecharls4128 thanks so much!

[@selfproclaimdgod8800]

What boom arm do you use? I am gonna buy this mic but I wonder what arm would fit it, if any can with right connector.

[@MiscastJoe]

I just have an arm from Neewer purchased on Amazon for around $15. It needed an adapter for the wider threading but you can get those on Amazon as well for a couple of bucks.

[@megasp]

If i reduce the gain, perhaps use noise gate, can i potentially use this mic when online gaming/streaming with others without using headphones? Speakers instead.

[@MiscastJoe]

I never recommend going without headphones when streaming but yeah I suppose it is possible

[@megasp]

@@MiscastJoe I'm gonna have to find a solution cause my ears get tired of headphones pretty fast.

[@alecrivas4154]

@@megasp have you ever thought of using ear buds? lots of pro streamers are picking up ear buds like wireless ones, i could send a link if you're interested

[@megasp]

@@alecrivas4154 That's one way. I figured out a solution, i got a hyperx solocast and did the thing i said on my og comment. I also enabled the noise suppression software that discord has. I now play online while in discord calls and none of them heard my speakers blasting sound, just my voice. The software is just that good after tweaking.

[@philly9]

whas your review on the Razer Seiren V2 X

[@MiscastJoe]

My review is that I would love for them to send me one but I had to pick only one and I chose the pro lol. Hoping to get to it though

[@Frosty_V0]

How did you get sent a review sample with only 160 subscribers? Damn

[@MiscastJoe]

I also write reviews for an online magazine

[@hopey.5]

this was a good review shall i buy this or the mini version?

[@MiscastJoe]

Depends on your needs. If you are putting together a stream with a lot of elements or if you prefer having controls and monitoring capabilities coming out of the mic, consider the V2 pro. If you just need something to talk into and none of that other stuff matters, then the mini is fine. I love the V2 pro though

[@hopey.5]

@@MiscastJoe Thankyou

[@user-qz7px9nr8v]

Nice review !

[@MiscastJoe]

Thank you

[@bliighted1822]

the face he makes after he said mushroom head

[@KParks]

Does the gain limiter and other features work on PS5 or only when connected to PC?

[@MiscastJoe]

PC only since it is controlled via the software on the PC.

[@KParks]

@@MiscastJoe gotcha thanks for the quick response looking for a PS5 mic while everything is on sale was pretty much between this the Epos b20 and the quadcast s even tho the RGB would drive me crazy you got any input on those? Or videos?

[@MiscastJoe]

@@KParks I have vids on both. My B20 didn't sound great but I think in Hindsight there was something wrong with my mic. I've seen other people cover it and it sounded better

[@Foxy_proxy]

Okay that sounds so scratchy on the T's and the S's. Don't see why you're so positive. This is a 150 euro mic we're talking about..

[@howtomoneysuccess]

i have a noisy room what dynamic mics you recommend?

[@MiscastJoe]

Presuming you need a USB mic, the BEACN Mic and Shure MV7 are good (I have videos for both). USB dynamic mics are pretty few and far between. For XLR you have a lot more options. Rode Podmic is best for your budget, the Shure MV7 is USB and XLR so you are good either way. Don't go with the Shure SM7B unless you have lots of money coming in. I am testing a few more. Videos to come in the next few weeks

[@howtomoneysuccess]

@@MiscastJoe thanks will watch them, i know that you can do a lot with XLR Mics but i leave in a noisy street all i can do is close my windows and record something

[@MiscastJoe]

@@howtomoneysuccess I live with the same issues. XLR mics are great but you would need an audio Interface to connect to the PC, which is an extra cost. For less money, you can get something like the BEACN Mic which has its own software and on board processing

[@murderyoutubeworkersandceos]

>little mic >200$ Love the unobtainability factor...

[@foxxydk3362]

If you turn the sound too max. How fare away can you be and it still record you?

[@MiscastJoe]

I didn't really test that because it isn't recommended to have any mic too far away from you, especially a dynamic mic

[@foxxydk3362]

@@MiscastJoe about 50 - 70 cm. ? 😁

[@MiscastJoe]

@@foxxydk3362 yeah that should be fine. It comes with a desk mount so that is not unrealistic. You do run the risk of extra room noise and such the further away from your mouth the mic goes.

[@foxxydk3362]

@@MiscastJoe thank you 💪

[@michaelenrico9141]

Hi, my seiren v2 x is not detected in razer synapse app.. Can you help me?

[@MiscastJoe]

I'm not really sure but I would try reinstalling the mic from scratch.

[@zajlord2930]

i feel like the mic test is pointless for you, your voice is too good for that, no plosives or anything :p

[@MiscastJoe]

Well that is very nice of you but I think the mic does a lot of the heavy lifting for me lol

[@CheeseDBD]

Which boom arm do you recommend for this mic?

[@MiscastJoe]

I recommend whatever boom arm you can afford. I love the Elgato boom arms that came out recently, but I have a $20 neewer arm from Amazon. The Elgato arms are nicer looking and better for cable management, but you have to weigh if that extra price is worth that to you. As long as you get the mic near your face, you're golden.

[@CheeseDBD]

@@MiscastJoe Thank you, It's the first time I'm buying a mic so the most important thing for me is compatibility with the razer mic and being able to position the mic close to me.

[@MiscastJoe]

@@CheeseDBD awesome. I hope you love it

[@Osamah001]

This or the yeti ?

[@MiscastJoe]

I think the yeti is a nicer mic but I am a huge proponent of software solutions. It's also worth looking into something from RØDE X, Elgato or BEACN. I like all of those mics more and their software is the best

[@dougdimmadabs5001]

gonna wait for the holidays for it to drop then pic it up $165 for a mic is so much

[@MiscastJoe]

It is a lot, yeah. But if you are going to put money down on a mic, having access to the software that this or the Elgato Wave offers is like getting two products for the price of one.

[@northb271]

Anyone know how to make the keyboard more quite ??? It’s so loud and it’s bad for videos and stream I got this mic yesterday and brought it for better quality streams n videos but my keyboard sounds are so bloody loud and me breathing ?? It’s doing my head in please help me

[@MiscastJoe]

First and foremost a noise gate will help that. Depending on how clicky that keyboard is though, there may be no getting rid of it completely. If not a noise gate find a VST set with an expander. It essentially does the same job except it reduces the audio and doesn't cut off the mic signal altogether.

[@northb271]

@@MiscastJoe what’sa noise gate sorry bro new to this and I thought the point of this mic was to not pick up much background noise yet my house n all banging is so loud man

[@MiscastJoe]

@@northb271not a problem. A noise gate is an audio filter that essentially cuts the mic off when the sound coming into it is below a level that you choose. An ideally set noise gate will cut out all noise that you don't want and allow you to speak without your voice getting cut off. I use a noise gate from reaper plugins on any microphones that don't have one in their software. There are a lot of good videos on noise gates and other plugins that should help you out

[@Angel_Xtream]

Is there an boom arm for it?

[@MiscastJoe]

you have to get one. No microphone that I know of comes with an arm. Luckily, there are some cheap, but effective options out there on Amazon if you don't want to make the pricey jump into a Rode, Elgato or other mic arm.

[@Angel_Xtream]

Thanks

[@Borderlands808]

They should add in AI voices. That way, we can talk in any popular celebrities voice if want, for fun. Wanna sound like Obama? no problem. Peter Griffin? no problem Stewie? absolutely. lol

[@sanakhvi]

Mmh, Shure MV7 way better.

[@MiscastJoe]

The MV7 is not flawless though. Not as great on the low end as a traditional XLR dynamic, a lot more expensive than the Seiren V2 pro and no mixing software. There are reasons to pick the Shure, but maybe even more reasons to go with the Razer