Earthworks ETHOS Streaming and Broadcasting Microphone — Silver

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Adding the ETHOS and RX 10 Elements to your workflow can give you professional results in a flash, taking your stream to the next level. Considering I've needed to pick up additional shields to clip onto previous microphones, this performance out of the box is incredible. Right now, the marketing focus is almost evenly split with streamers, an audience that often prefers an out-of-the-box functionality. Anyone connecting two Ethos mics into a simple 2-port mixer would be well on their way to an interview setup for a professional podcast.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Skirting the supply chain problems that many manufactures are facing right now, Earthworks has designed and manufactured another broadcast mic that splits the difference between these two stunning mics: the ETHOS. Earthworks blazingly fast technology at the core of ETHOS ensures that every performance sounds like life.While it is common for broadcast mics to have cardioid polar patterns, the ETHOS features a supercardioid response, enabling more focused capture of your voice with less background noise. One person’s “accurate transient capture” is another person’s “extended high‑frequency response”, so it’s no surprise that Earthworks claim a frequency response of 20Hz to 30kHz for the ETHOS. It’s also a professional-caliber tool and is best suited for people that will be earning income using it.

Most of the Earthworks Audio microphone range feature a steel finish, so it makes sense for the most prominent model to be cheaper. The foam, grille and steel make it unlikely that additional proctection will be needed, even for particularly dynamic voices. You'll need to use a set of post-processing plugins to shape your recordings into something more professional.The Earthworks Ethos Broadcast Microphone is as comfortable in a traditional broadcast studio as it is on the desk of a top streamer. In audio, our perception of what feels real and natural is incredibly sensitive to resolution in the time domain. If the Ethos feels excessive, the Elgato Wave DX with Wave XLR offers one of the most affordable avenues for XLR microphones. Earthworks Audio presents Ethos, a condenser microphone designed for broadcasters and professional streamers. There was virtually no room ambience on the recording, despite there being a hard wall only a foot or so behind me.

Earthworks Audio includes a 3/8" screw thread attachment with the Ethos, saving me from digging around in boxes of miscellaneous accessories.With a slight compressor applied, I was able to sit back comfortably in my chair and still be heard just how I wanted to.

For example, it can be used up close for a warmer effect or positioned over a foot away for improved plosive rejection and clarity- it truly blurs the lines between broadcast and studio microphones. Jim Williams has spent much of his 56 years working with some of the biggest names in the music business, including Frank Zappa, John McLaughlin and Stevie Wonder. Earthworks Audio has taken the design and manufacturing process of the Ethos microphone extremely seriously, resulting in a sturdy and elegant construction loaded with high-end components.It's very articulate with a super pleasing high frequency response, and it surprisingly handled plosives extremely well. Windows Central is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. The only negative is the 441 has a hypercardioid pattern, whereas the Ethos is supercardioid, so there is a slight noticeable increase in background noise (chair squeaks, etc.