Earthworks ICON PRO Premium Livestream, Broadcast, Podcast Microphone

In today’s episode, we have a look at and a listen to the new Earthworks ICON PRO broadcast, streaming, and podcasting microphone. This is a premium, small diaphragm mic which is designed for spoken word audio capture. Aside from its striking appearance, this microphone is unique in that it was designed to capture audio with great time-domain coherence than most other microphones. Have a watch to learn more!

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at https://school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. Our latest course is Sound for Live Streaming with the ATEM Mini.

Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, Pictureline or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

Earthworks ICON PRO Microphone - B&H, Sweetwater https://geni.us/DmzvO
Earthworks SR314 Microphone (my favorite for my voice for livestreams) - B&H, Sweetwater https://geni.us/FZq0e
Shure A85WS Foam windshield - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/NBYv17
Universal Audio Apollo x6 Thunderbolt 3 Audio Interface - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/NO4X
Sound Devices 888 Mixer/Field Recorder - B&H, Sweetwater https://geni.us/zAryW4J
Shure SM7B broadcast microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/GYU7dHy
Aputure 600D Pro - Aputure, B&H https://geni.us/3fj3g0g
Aputure 300x LED Light - Aputure, B&H, Pictureline, Amazon https://geni.us/LBXWV
Aputure Light Dome 2 soft box - Aputure, B&H, Pictureline, Amazon https://geni.us/AuMKRr
Aputure Nova LED Panel Light - Aputure, B&H, Pictureline https://geni.us/TFVUy
Canon C200 camera - B&H https://geni.us/9Zi4m4a
Canon 24-105 f/4 L lens - B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/kZyU7e
Canon C70 camera - B&H https://geni.us/ABYB
Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L lens - B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/qwsEs

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Copyright 2020, Curtis Judd

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Index:
00:00 Start
00:13 Summary
00:23 Introduction
00:40 Female & Male samples vs SM7b & SR314
02:06 Sibilance
02:21 Plosive test
03:04 Proximity effect test
03:35 Polar pattern/off axis test
04:33 Earthworks philosophy
06:36 Pros & specifications
09:32 Notes/Cons
10:43 Versus Shure SM7B & Earthworks SR314
11:32 Conclusion
13:14 Please buy my courses