#Camtasia studio 7 black edition manual#
#Camtasia studio 7 black edition mac#

So when youвЂ™re facing the knobs directly, with the ZAFFIRO standing up tall, it has вЂ“ in my opinion at least вЂ“ the best sound reproduction. However, my tests show that itвЂ™s actually the from of the microphone. The picture on the user guide suggests that this direction might be the top of the microphone. In laymanвЂ™s terms, speaking into it from one specific direction will yield the best results. This means that it will вЂњlistenвЂќ to a specific direction and a specific angle from a central axis. Some users may argue that those levels are not high enough coming out of the mic.

Other products record louder, but allow for accidental distortion, degrading casual usersвЂ™ recordings On the other hand, itвЂ™s not great news when you reach the upper limit of your softwareвЂ™s gain adjustment.ДЇor desktop use though (which is what this mic id designed for), and with apps like Premiere, Audacity or Camtasia, the ZAFFIROвЂ™s levels are perfect in my opinion. Quite the opposite: when I speak with my normal voice, I have to increase the levels to get close to 0dB. My first impression was that the levels, even with the volume knob set to its highest position, and my MacвЂ™s input levels set to the highest level, thereвЂ™s no danger of distortion. Turns out thatвЂ™s not where the ZAFFIRO sounds its best instead, when spoken into the front it will sound the loudest and clearest вЂ“ just like the Blue Yeti microphone does. Like I did in the video above, I turned the microphone around while speaking into it from all directions вЂ“ including the top, expecting that this will be where that omnidirectional cloud pattern will emanate from.

A quick test will tell us where it will pick up our sound best. You can visualise this omnidirectional pattern much like a cloud emanating from the microphone, in the shape of a cartoon club (the one Pebbles or BamBam from The Flintstones would use). The User Guide also suggests that this is a unidirectional microphone, which means that it is designed to pick up the sound from a single direction (unlike omnidirectional microphones, which pick up sound from all directions). Judging by the picture on the front of the User Guide, it is suggested to position the microphone with its top facing the speaker.

#Camtasia studio 7 black edition manual#

The box also contains a small folded manual with some technical details вЂ“ IвЂ™ll include a scan at the bottom of this review.ДЄt the front of the microphone thereвЂ™s a green LED, volume control knob and an on/off switch. The whole thing folds together to a height of about 18 cm and a diameter of about 6 cm (or 7вЂі x 2.5вЂі). It contains the microphone with its attached USB cable, affixed to a mini tripod stand.

In the box we find a silver-grey furry bag, closed with a silver drawstring. Perfect вЂ“ thatвЂ™s exactly what IвЂ™m looking for. This tells me IвЂ™m not dealing with a cheap plastic product, but indeed with something that may rival the Blue Yeti. The microphone with the box weigh about 600 g, or about one and a half pounds. Picking up the box itself reveals that the product is much heavier than I had expected. On top of which a silver embossed ZAFFIRO icon greets me. Instead, it came in a luxurious matte black gift box, held together by magnets. Unlike many of the cheaper products we get from China these days, the ZAFFIRO Desktop Mic didnвЂ™t come in a buff brown generic carton. The first thing that struck me was the box itself. HereвЂ™s what I found after a couple of weeks of working with it.

I thought IвЂ™d give it a spin вЂ“ and I really like it. So I discovered the ZAFFIRO Desktop USB Mic, for over $100 less.

#Camtasia studio 7 black edition mac#

Currently IвЂ™m using a wonderful Blue Yeti with my Mac on my main desk (or Studio A as we like to call it), and every time I do a screencast or podcast on my Windows workstation (or Studio B as weвЂ™d like to call it), I have to bring over the Blue Yeti. I was looking for another desktop USB microphone for my second desk.