Comments on: Movo M1 USB Review

By: Cam

Cam — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:14:53 +0000

Easy to use. Plug and play. Brought for my mum to use over zoom during the pandemic. Well worth the money.

By: Tony S.

Tony S. — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 02:35:40 +0000

The sound quality was fine for the price – perfect for low budget pod saying or streaming, but the cable is very long and very thin – which means it tangles easily and it is easily damaged. Within an hour of using it I managed to accidently close it in a desk draw and the mike stopped working… 🙁

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 21:03:53 +0000

Picked up to record some podcast work. Mic had my voice super cheap to the point of my max speakers crackling. Even on lower volume. If you’re gonna spend the money grab something else.

By: David

David — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 15:43:02 +0000

Bought specifcally to monitor birdsong using a RaspberryPi and BirdPiNet. So can’t comment on it for the usual usage.
But I needed something with decent sensitivity, low self noise and decent S/N ratio. And that didn’t break the bank.
This is doing the job very nicely and is tolerating the weather very well so far, albeit with an additional wind guard added.

By: Venclaire

Venclaire — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 05:45:20 +0000

the microphone is super cheap along with great audio quality, ESPECIALLY for its price. this is my second time purchasing it. i will warn that the wire on it is not incredibly durable, so try your best to not roll over it. despite that, it still lasted 2 years before i bought another. absolutely incredible mic and I use it with my VR headset all the time

By: Avid reader

Avid reader — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 10:39:17 +0000

Sound: I’m not a professional, but sound quality seemed decent enough on a Zoom recording.

Pro: Super long cord.
Con: Super long cord tangles easily. Spent the first ten minutes untangling it after removing the twisty-tie.

Pro: So simple to use, ships without any instructions.
Con: Ships without any instructions. Had trouble snapping the clip onto the mic. Finally held the clip firmly against my desk and pressed the mic down until it snapped in place.

By: Dave Millman

Dave Millman — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 14:57:16 +0000

This is a good quality microphone that I purchased to get the long cord and USB interface. It works exactly as expected. Plug it in, launch a recording application like Audacity, it appears as a microphone choice with no software or drivers to install.

You should understand what an Omnidirectional microphone is before ordering this product. Omnidirectional means it picks up sounds from all (omni-) directions. In general, you should eliminate external noise before recording audio, but that is especially important with an omnidirectional microphone like this one. It will pick up fan noises, refrigerator and air conditioner hum just as well as voices. Unidirectional (cardioid) microphones pick up sound primarily from one direction, so they are generally better for use as a talent mic. They are also more expensive.

Here are the ideal uses of this microphone:
1. Skype/conference calls on computers (not mobile devices)
2. Talent microphone, as long as you understand the limits of omnidirectional mics (above)
3. Emergency backup mic, hidden in the flowers between two interviewees, in case the primary microphones fail

I use it for use case #3. Two talents have wireless cardioid mics on their collars. The wireless receiver feeds audio into the camcorder. This microphone is hidden in the flowers on the table in between the two interviewees. It feeds audio into a laptop. The laptop audio is inferior to the camcorder audio because it is further from both talents, but inferior is better than nothing if the wireless signal fails. The flowers are visible in wide and medium shots but not close-ups.

I'm happy with the product, particularly with the long cord.

By: Gabby

Gabby — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 02:22:56 +0000

Used this for one of my first podcasts where I was a guest speaker.

By: Kerumbo

Kerumbo — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 20:35:42 +0000

I expect USB mics to have very low sound in Windows 10, but this one’s so loud I have to keep the gain down at about 50 — not a bad thing. Because this mic is sensitive, it picks up lots of ambient sound, including just the neutral “air” sounds of the room, but since I got it for my wife to use in Zoom teaching, that’s fine because Zoom (and some similar apps) has automatic noise cancellation that blocks all that “sound of the room,” keeping only the voice nice and clear. The super-long cord is way more than we need, but may be a plus for other users. The recording does pick up noise if anything rubs against or bumps the cord, but only for the couple of feet of cord near the microphone, so the issue is manageable. Great for the purpose I bought it for.

By: Amazon Customer

Amazon Customer — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 23:05:15 +0000

It’s a good product for a beginner in vlogging.