FIFINE K690 vs SM7B | FIFINE K690 USB Microphone Reviewed by A Pro Audio Engineer

Thanks for this great review that an amateur can understand. You explain it all very well and the comparisons were fascinating

Can you explain more about the audio processing you've done in your "Processed audio" comparisons? The before/after sounds really good.

i have fifine k690 microphone i can't record clear sound anyone please advice me to record good sound plase

A sounds better for me

What do you film with? Awesome clarity!

Hey James, I like you video quality. What camera do you use?

Fifine K690 or maono au 903
Or Maono pm422 which is best for singing,???
Please rank all three microphones. Please answer 🙏

I have a k690 on the way I got for $45 for black Friday. It'll be an upgrade from the $30 yanmai I've been using (that has no gain control and thus is very noisy once boosted) for sure. The sm7b definitely sounds better processed but unprocessed it's pretty muffled for a $400 mic. I feel pretty good about my purchase.

Wow I thought the fifine one was the sm7b 😭 it sounds so much better in my opinion😂

Great review!

@James Zhan great freakin' review man! Super detailed and well thought out. Super underrated channel. Hope you can include the fully processed values for us to try it out.

Mic A is fifine.

Danm! What a great vid. Everything explained, real examples on how the mic patterns works and a good music in the end. Thanks and continue this work :D

How much does the microphone weigh?

In resume, K690 is a good microphone but SM7B has higher quality.

dayum only 400 dollars.... sm7b in brazil costs like 3k lul

This is my guess before going any further in the video but Mic A is the Fifine and B is the SM7b

Eren yeager

Very nice and informative video, thank you for reviewing the K690.

great video!

Hey hope you answer .. there's any deference in quality sound between k690 and k678

How do you get rid of the background noise when recording

your voice sounds great on the sm7b. for the price i'll just stick to k690.... it's $70 here where i live.

Did you bought this mic or you get it for review

Sm7b is more quiet

Mic b is sm7b

Can the fifine k690 used by singing vocalist?

Best comparison and review video for K690 on the net. THX

Love your review! Really awesome and professional. Thank you so much for reviewing the K690 mic with comparing the SM7B. Review is very intuitive and helps people to find which mic is more suitable for them. Thank you so much for this James!👍👍👍🔥

Hi James! I'm a hobbyist musician/production enthusiast who started to take self-learning audio production "seriously" around December last year through online courses. Been an awesome and encouraging journey so far and it's only gonna go up from here. Your channel is one of my favourites for this stuff. Thanks for your content.

I have some questions and video suggestions if you don't mind:

1. Maybe a video on how one should go about learning audio production? I'm taking the approach of learning the absolute basics like how EQ and compression works before I jump straight in to mixing, but if you made a video outlining a roadmap of sorts that'd be awesome. Or maybe sharing your journey and how you got started, where you feel like you got stuck/hit a plateau but eventually got over them?

2. Could you offer some insights/advice on how to decide which plugins to buy? I never considered myself to have GAS with analog stuff (instruments/pedals etc.) but with software I totally understand it now LOL. Now, if I have the $ and the deal is insane, like what normally would cost a couple $1000's is on sale for a few $100's or 100's for 10's etc. then I'm obviously going to pull the trigger but lately I feel like I get way too excited about sales and buy things without fully understanding how it would benefit. I feel like I justify my purchases with the fact that I'm a beginner and I just say 'well, I don't have for example a drum compressor, so why not have one of them?' As a beginner should I even worry about not having plugins? or should I focus on establishing a workflow with stock plugins first within a certain style of music and determine my needs from there onwards?

3. Would love to hear your suggestions on making our recordings sound unique using common samplers/plugins. Now that real high quality guitar amp sims and bass/drum samples are in everyone's hands to toy around with, a majority of productions with no other particular tweaks will consequently sound very similar. What are your thoughts on how we can start to develop our own sound from a production perspective?

Thanks again, cheers from new zealand!

Great review mate!

Great video! Currently in love with the SM7B 🙌🏼

Have you a video how you process your vocal?