Review of the Blue Spark & Spark Digital Condenser Microphones

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• published: 05 Jan 2015
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This video is a general overview of two microphones by the Blue Microphone company, the Spark & the Spark Digital. I love these mics for simple, mid-budget microphones, so I figured that I'd do a review. These two mics are cardioid condenser microphones that are perfect for a home studio producer. This isn't an overly technical review, with all kinds of lab-testing of audio recordings. I've just covered all the basics, and talked about mics in general. These microphone are more expensive than the most basic low-end condenser microphones out there (around $200 to $250 each), but I feel that spending a bit of extra money is worth it, and you'll have pretty decent quality for whatever project you're working on. I referred to a couple of audio files in the tutorial. Here's a download link to those files (plus a copy of "When I Grow Old") which is a free download. Right-click on this link to download a compressed folder in RAR format. If you don't know how to unpack a RAR archive, download WinRAR for windows, or if you have a Mac, get a program like Unarchiver or UnRarX or Rar Extractor or Rar Expander or Zipeg: http://www.djbolivia.ca/tutorials/spark_microphone_tutorial.rar Here's the link to the blog post which describes this particular tutorial: http://djbolivia.blogspot.ca/2015/01/review-of-blue-spark-spark-digital.html Here's a link to another video that I mentioned, where I explained the basic audio editing that I was quickly doing in this microphone video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qII-5btBnmo Unfortunately, as of early 2015, YouTube annotations are still not visible to all mobile viewers. I use annotations quite frequently to post clarifications and additional information during the video. For the best educational experience, you might prefer to watch this video in a desktop browser rather than on mobile, unless YouTube eventually fixes the mobile annotation deficiency. On a side note, I get a lot of requests from people who want me to review their DJ mixes. Unfortunately, I am extremely busy. I'm already turning down paid projects, and I don't have time to review mixes. I wish it was otherwise. Follow Jonathan Clark (DJ Bolivia) on other sites: http://www.twitter.com/djbolivia http://www.facebook.com/djbolivia http://www.soundcloud.com/djbolivia http://www.mixcloud.com/djbolivia Most importantly, for a complete organized index list of music-related videos by DJ Bolivia here on YouTube, go to this link: http://www.djbolivia.ca/videos.html Please, if you enjoyed this video, share it on your social media! And if you produce your own videos on YouTube and you've learned anything useful from me, please feel free to do a credit to my own channel. Thanks for watching... - Jonathan Clark