behringer mike

[Jromero]

behringer U-Phoria with ECM8000 mike is a good choice to make frequency response with REW

 

[DanDan]

The 8000 is probably one of the worst mics out there. There are many better options e.g. the UMIK-1, Dayton, Isemcon, Mic-W

 

[MrCN]

Why is the 8000 so poor! It has been highly recommended on other sites.

 

[dkulmacz]

bEhRiNgEr BaD.

Knee-jerk reaction by a lot of people . . . I'm sure the mic is virtually identical to the other that appear at the same price point.

 

[DanDan]

Some years ago a GS poster measured a couple of current 8000s and an old one he had. The old one was close to the published specs. The two current ones were wildly off. I have measured the UMIK with Cal file here. Almost identical to a Bruel&K 2250.

 

[Jromero]

Some years ago a GS poster measured a couple of current 8000s and an old one he had. The old one was close to the published specs. The two current ones were wildly off. I have measured the UMIK with Cal file here. Almost identical to a Bruel&K 2250.

Hi, In Brazil it's very dificult to get a Umik. The only microphones available at stores are the ECM8000 and DBX RTA-M

 

[DanDan]

You should try living in Ireland! Only a few stores in the Capital, and shipping to here is just crazy expensive. My sympathies on your current health and political crises. We are not doing well here either.
I remember reading of a historical incident. Some tropic Island was a Dutch colony. The islanders were unhappy with the Governor. They revolted and ate him.
I wrote a Primer on Measurement, it is here on the fora. It contains my views on the many mics available. However simply put, I see no point in buying one of these cheap mics without a Cal File.
As the Behringer example showed, the response can be wildly off especially at HF. Any Mic with a Cal File has gone through a post manufacturing process which both measures and corrects response variations.
The UMIK ships from Hong Kong but not at the moment. Dayton or Cross Spectrum Labs would be worth looking at.
If you or a friend does Recording, perhaps you can access an Omni Mic. Any decent brand will have close tolerances and a published curve which you can use to adjust your results.
Many of us use Mics like the DPA4060, an almost perfect Omni with no need for a Cal File because it is flat within a dB or so.

 

[Jromero]

How's Dan doing? I Hope your health is ok. Here our políticians are so bad that we Can't even eat them. I Will look for umik-1 on a website that can send to Brazil. I talked about ecm8000 and dbx rta because here you can buy them at local stores.

 

[akl]

You do not get a cal-file. It is NOT that the cal file is accurate, but you may judge a little the quality of the MIC , including the outliers.
Behringer ... you get no quality control at all. The MIC-capsules may be almost the same ones.

The second problem are the errors of the MIC-amp. They may be big, they may vary.

Though the level-calibration of the USB-mic may be wrong, it will be more or less steady. With Behringer (and all NOT directly ADC output MICs) MIC sensitivity and/or amp-gain will change. Difficult and or expensive to control.