Austrian Audio MiCreator Studio: What’s it?
In a brief time frame, Austrian Audio has definitely made a mark with its mics and headphones. It has fashions of every for nearly each event, but the corporate solely began out some six years in the past. Nonetheless, its newest product, MiCreator Studio goals to be a single microphone for a lot of inventive actions – we’re guessing that’s the place the identify comes from – and as a ‘one mic for all’, it’s a discount.
MiCreator Studio is each a USB-C microphone and an audio interface that may plug straight into iPads, Android telephones and iPhones (with non-compulsory digital camera equipment) and, in fact, any Mac and PC.
Certainly one of its most important promoting factors is revealed across the again of the mic the place you get two 3.5mm connections, ‘Out’ and ‘In/Out’. These can be utilized both as two headphone outs for latency-free monitoring for 2 folks or as a single out with one other machine plugged into the ‘In/Out’ which may then be blended with MiCreator.
This single function signifies that MiCreator is immediately ultimate for a lot of actions. There’s the podcast or interview the place all you want to do is plug your interviewee’s microphone into the In/Out and you may then steadiness between the 2 for each monitoring and recording. Or singer-songwriters can use a MiCreator Studio with, say, a guitar plugged into the second In/Out after which mix that with their vocal.
Apparently, Austrian Audio additionally despatched us a second microphone, the all-analogue MiCreator Satellite tv for pc which is designed to associate with Studio and be a second mic to plug into the In/Out. The corporate can also be releasing a YLav lapel mic for this too – ultimate for interviews – though you needn’t use both of those choices if in case you have your individual mic to make use of for the second possibility.
Austrian Audio MiCreator Studio: Efficiency and verdict
For a $199 microphone, MiCreator Studio feels very strong. There are two rubber ft and these, mixed with a shockmount constructed across the condenser capsule, assist take away vibrations and noise. The top of the microphone tilts for extra directional recording, and if you wish to put the mic onto a stand, it has each a typical European connection and a US adaptor.
Two Hello/Lo controls round the back and front permit you to choose between recording conditions. Use the previous for typical spoken phrase podcasts or extra normal instrument recordings, and the latter for shut mic’ing or loud music the place you’ll be able to utilise the total 130dB SPL bandwidth of the mic.
Lastly, a most important rotary controls each the enter monitoring degree and that of the pc. This additionally doubles as a steadiness management when two microphones are related. One might be monitored by means of the left channel, the opposite by means of the fitting.
The recording high quality is superb and never only for voice, though it does excel on this space. It additionally sounds distinctive with devices. Use the provided instrument cable to plug in a keyboard or guitar and that sits on one channel whereas the principle mic goes on the opposite channel – as anticipated, that is ultimate for singer-songwriters.
That mentioned, the two-mic possibility that MiCreator gives will get you higher recording flexibility, particularly for mic positioning, so we determined to check this feature too. We recorded a piano utilizing the only MiCreator after which added the Satellite tv for pc.
The only stereo MiCreator Studio mic gave nice leads to the centre of the piano, however including the Satellite tv for pc allowed us to experiment – one at every finish of the piano, for instance. The standard of each recordings was equally nice, however the 2-mic possibility definitely permits for extra flexibility when mixing.
MiCreator Studio isn’t just about singer-songwriters and podcasters because it additionally very a lot has the studio recordist in thoughts. There’s a replica of the superb Cubasis LE 3.5 for iPad/iPhone included which is a perfect recording companion.
In our checks, we used each mics in numerous configurations with our DAW and it really works like this. You arrange the ‘grasp’ MiCreator Studio because the interface – which can then be picked up by your DAW as any interface would. You’ll be able to then merely use that single mic to document on one stereo monitor or throughout two mono tracks.
Nonetheless, once you join up MiCreator Satellite tv for pc (through its Hyperlink connector and with a provided 3.5mm cable) you then document two mono tracks, however with the added flexibility that the mics might be positioned away from one another for interviews, higher stereo recordings or singers taking part in a guitar.
In fact, you don’t want Satellite tv for pc to do that but it surely does have an additional headphone out and we predict it’s effectively value the additional $99.
With MiCreator Studio Austrian Audio has designed a mic match for a number of functions. There could also be no fancy built-in results, different gimmicks and few controls, however that signifies that sound high quality and suppleness take centre stage. Throw within the good value and construct high quality – and that additional enter – and MiCreator is a good purchase.
MusicRadar verdict: MiCreator Studio – and certainly the Satellite tv for pc possibility – is a wonderful, well-priced and straightforward answer for podcasting, singer-songwriters and high-quality instrument recording.
Austrian Audio MiCreator Studio: Arms-on demos
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Austrian Audio MiCreator Studio: Specs
- Plug-and-play USB-C microphone and audio interface
- Condenser capsule for skilled audio high quality
- Max SPL: 130 dB
- Enter for connecting a second machine (MiCreator Satellite tv for pc, Y-LAV mic, Instrument) – nice for interview conditions
- Two headphone outputs: Simply collaborate with fellow musician
- Two acquire settings and one knob jogwheel for straightforward quantity management
- “FlexTilt” vertical adjustment of the mic head for ultimate positioning
- Latency-free direct monitoring of the mic and enter whereas recording
- Rugged metallic housing with changeable faceplates for quite a lot of color combos and customisation
- Austrian Audio Open Acoustic Expertise
- CONTACT: Austrian Audio