This $350 mic may change the future of live and studio sound. | Lewitt RAY

[@LEWITT-audio]

What a cool demo. Thanks so much for checking out RAY! 💚

[@austinsmith2536]

Figure out a capsule that's compatible with wireless transmitters we need this in live audio!

[@peejay1981]

That is an amazing mic! I could hear the difference between the two, but only just. In a blind test I'd never know which is which. DSP mic technology (especially for phone cameras) is unreal these days.

[@annebokma4637]

Great product, was going to buy a 440, but will save up another100 for this 😊 Big question is, can I train myself not to shout when further from the microphone? 😂

[@jackblunier]

@@austinsmith2536This would be AMAZING.

[@twinsprucestudios]

That wireless handheld concept NEEDS to be explored... live sound is begging for this technology..!!! Lewitt... I hope you're taking notes, here!!

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

Guys! ^ look!!

[@Mjo742]

I would be worried about boosting the volume at higher distances and introducing feedback. If there was a limit to the distance or a feedback rejection DSP then it could work, but then it wouldn’t be a normal XLR mic system. Even EQing out the proximity effect could introduce feedback. I wonder if Lewitt has any clever solutions for this. Amazing idea though. Dynamic mics need this more than condensers

[@everybodyhasoul5438]

Even a version of this with more subtle changes in gain would be a game changer

[@Uurnamu]

Their recently released MTP W50 has a studio silky vocal quality and wireless capsule. I highly recommend it

[@lmrecorders]

More tricky application but using the laser for comparing the distances in a stereo pair or other application where two or more mics need to be the same distance from a source for optimal polarity.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

…whoa. This is genius

[@dakotagripp8277]

Best microphone demo I’ve ever seen , please keep this format for all mic reviews , it’s super informative and engaging.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

🙏 I appreciate that

[@Ironbellaudio]

I spit my coffee out when you said the price! Such a cool product. I’d love to have one in the studio just to have in case of a vocalist that likes to move around when they perform.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

Yeah….

[@CreativeMindsAudio]

Exactly the use I’d have! I had a few vocalists who moved a lot and it would annoy me how they’d go insanely off axis a lot and it would change the levels and tone a lot.

[@valerie98]

Amazing video! Thanks so much Jeremy!

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

Thanks

[@danymalsound]

Anyone else feel Jeremy has a super sweet-but-punchy voice? I could listen to him yap all day, no matter the subject! Cheers!

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

lol. I appreciate it. I always thought my voice was the worst kind of midwestern. So this is nice. 👍

[@NoeAnton]

I agree :)

[@RadioBluesPR]

He does have a soothing and relaxing color. I agree.

[@sugarbait]

This is exciting and innovative. Bravo Lewitt.

[@JayfkProductions876]

Absolutely Sign My UP!! A Proximity detecting mic fuck Yeah!!

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

Really hope this makes its way to live sound in a handheld

[@twinsprucestudios]

@@RecordingStudioLoser 100% agree... a potential gold mine!!

[@satch72]

I can think about 20 different uses for this. What a great idea

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

I’m glad the first foray here was relatively affordable and not non-attainable.

[@SquareWaveSymphonies]

Wow, that is super cool! I wonder how this would perform in a live setting. It probably is too sensitive for the stage, but it would be great to get a live microphone that compensates for singers changing the distance to their mic.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

I wouldn’t use it for singers. I’m thinking speakers. People speaking at events or church’s.

[@SquareWaveSymphonies]

@@RecordingStudioLoser I hope they'll get that technology into vocal mics for the stage. There are too many singers that go from almost swallowing their mics to almost running to the opposite side of the venue. 🤣

[@mike__durrett]

This has a lot of great applications. Streamers in particular could probably get a lot of good use out of this kind of mic. Lewitt is out here doing some cool stuff at a reasonable price of entry. Definitely keeping this on my short list for condensers, since I don't have one yet!

[@MikeyOnTheWay]

I just want to demo it and hear it for myself 😩, because you are right. This changes everything!

[@taybuffetxvx]

I love Lewitt mics. I have the LCT 640 TS that has dual outputs and evetything. That alone blew my mind... Now they have this??? How do they even think of this stuff?

[@MariJu1ce]

Dammn that schoeps sounded soooo good

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

Love those mics

[@donzpressplay]

Definitely going to get this. However, I would like to see them bring out a version with multiple pickup patterns to be even more of a workhorse. Could be a 414 killer

[@Gongtopia]

I need 2 of these for live interviews, voice over, and podcasts. I can’t believe how much post production time this tech would save me! Also, if I wasn’t watching the video, I probably wouldn’t have noticed that you switched between mics because it sounded that good. Amazing. How soon will these be available?

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

They are pre order now. But should be to retailers in a couple days.

[@ProAudioIQ]

Perfect tech for the sound "operator". I can see it as an occasional lazy tool for the person who is actually engineering sound or recording audio books etc. Like the difference between and automatic and manual transmission on a car, they both can have their place but one definitely does not replace the other. One of the most important skills separating pros from the novice is the ability to use early reflections to preserve life in the sound and affect front to back placement in a mix. Especially as it relates to the linear off axis performance of a mic. An other key separator of professional sound engineers is knowing how to also use mics as EQ's based on placement. This also preserves the life of the sound because it eliminates a bunch of post EQ that messes up phase which can quickly cause your mix to collapse. As a result, the cool things this mic can do are actually the things I would not want done to my recordings in most situations. But for the videographer or podcaster who has novice sounding results due to room ambience (from bad mic placement and/or poor room treatment), this will be a great stop gap for them. Lewitt makes some cool gear, but it would be cool if they spent more time educating their customers on mic placement theory which solves the majority of the issues this AI tech is solving for - which definitely can have some negative unintended consequences downstream for the novice (and pro).

[@anwiseru9064]

really interesting, would be cool if it was available as a standalone thing you could attach to any microphone youd probably want multiple sensors in addition to a hard limit to make it work as a live sound handheld, maybe some other technology would work better specifically for that

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

There are stand alone IR sensors you attach to xlr mics. Alot of church’s use them for MD mics to mute and unmute hands free. I use them weekly. They suck. And are SUPER expensive. And they have a super loud pop when they unmute. Very annoying. Even if Lewitt could make a competitor to that… holy cow.

[@yoitsched]

I found the mute button very interesting on this mic. I found everything about this mic interesting but I have a question about the mute button. Does it work more like a gate and that’s why there is no popping sound or is it just that clean that it stops the sound?

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

It’s just clean which I’ve run IR mic mutes (for MDing in a church setting for example. And they are so expensive and very noisy clicking on and off). This just mutes cleanly. Just something I noticed.

[@yoitsched]

@@RecordingStudioLoser oh very interesting and really cool!

[@NovaBro.]

I just got mine in time, I looked on Amazon and got mine with there being only 12 left

[@happymembranophone]

I was typing the following when you started talking about it 'Hmmm. Think an in-line product could be developed to work with peoples existing mic locker? Like That could be a cool product.' Evidently a lot of people were having the same thought. Imagine you're a radio or podcast host with guests constantly sitting back from a 7b. Would be a god send. Attaching it to a gate so that it can tell when people are approaching in a live situation or even a stick approaching a drum? Like a gate with live lookahead.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

I agree… it’s something that seems gimmicky. But for the engineers concerned with the functional side, this is very exciting. I could see this being licensed or ripped off pretty quick.

[@dannyhalpren5878]

We use OptoGates in live sound for this purpose. Check em out. They can work well, however the sun and upstage lights can open the gates when you don’t want them to be.

[@happymembranophone]

@@dannyhalpren5878 Oh awesome. I'm not much of a live sound person outside of playing some semi exotic instruments that live soundies sometimes need some help with. I wasn't aware of that at all.

[@misicworld312]

If mute is set to a certain distance,then no need to treat room because the reflection of sound will be muted.if no why?

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

Eh. Not really. If your in a poor room it will always sound like a poor room. You voice will still reflect when speaking.

[@donzpressplay]

If they bring out a capsule for the wireless systems that also sounds good. All the big manufacturers will have a problem on their hands. In fact if I'm any of them I would be scrambling to move on doing this first 😂

[@austinsmith2536]

I'd imagine the big manufacturers would likely integrate this into a whole new series of Wireless handheld transmitters, rather than making an affordable capsule that works with their existing Hardware

[@nodirbeksaidov]

Lewitt Ray + audio interface Connect 2 or Sony c80 + Volt 276 which is better?

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

Such different setups and the mics are nothing alike. What are you trying to record?

[@nodirbeksaidov]

@@RecordingStudioLoser Vocal recording

[@nodirbeksaidov]

@@RecordingStudioLoser Which is better Sony c80 or Lewitt Ray for Vocal Recording?

[@JAMPROSOUND]

Cool tech. Kind of seems like a solution looking for a problem though.

[@easternsouvenirs]

I can see how you might think that in a recording studio context, but for anyone who’s recorded and mixed podcasts, this feature will be hugely helpful.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

Yeah this is purpose built for sure. But there’s a purpose.

[@ChrstnSmrvllMsc]

Ngl, this is a great idea, but from the thumbnail, I was really just hoping more mics were being made with visible-spectrum lasers to help aim at sources for phase alignment and whatnot 😇😂 But hey, speaking of drums (basically lol), these for drum rooms makes a whole lot of sense, too, and the podcast/live applications you’re alluding to should be pretty game-change-y, for sure! Tho, the former live sound tech in me would REALLY hope they remove the mute button on a handheld version 😬 lol Anyway, good video as always, despite its lack of frickin laser beams! 😝🦈🦈

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

I just want it to have laser beams Scott. Yes. No mute button for sure live.

[@ChrstnSmrvllMsc]

@@RecordingStudioLoser Maybe we should be more careful with our product ideation here or Lewitt might have to tell us to ZIP IT! Zip it good!

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

😂 😂

[@zaim_ipek]

Using a Schoeps as a point of comparison is so much overkill 😂.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

When you make a point, make it HARD 🫠

[@zaim_ipek]

@@RecordingStudioLoser 🤣

[@stevekeller4814]

The only thing I don’t like about your channel (and you are not alone in this) is that you rarely if ever demo / test a mic with horns. Saxophone, bone, trumpet - how does it do? I know very few people in modern pop/rock/hiphop use horns on recordings (which is a crying shame), but some do, and speaking as a saxophonist this mic interests me. I currently use a AKG 414 for recording my saxophone, but I play soprano, alto and tenor, to say nothing of flute, and level setting is always something of a pain. I mean I know what to do, but the set-and-forget aspect of this is attractive.

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

I just don’t have access to them. Especially when I’m not getting paid to cover costs I’m not going to pay players. I kind of have to put it up on sessions already booked….

[@twinsprucestudios]

I would think a dedicated sax player such as yourself would already know you should be using a ribbon mic on all your horns.

[@sugarbait]

Love your video , but that was not a Hip Hop example..

[@RecordingStudioLoser]

Editor titled it. He killed the rest of the video.

[@DR.KRYOVAK]

Good video, not sure how to silence the left or right on my Lewitt Ray Microphone, got some researching to do. I got this microphone recently and it was a huge upgrade, to hear my new song head too kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYOnqHdnZapkl6c

[@LeChapeauMusic]

i don't know if i would consider myself a fan of this idea. to me changes in proximity sound natural and im used to them.

[@larrymarso4492]

gimmicky