Townsend Labs Sphere L22 Review / Test (Compared to Neumann U87 Ai, U67, SM7b, & More)

Today I review an XLR Modeling Mic which allows you to get a U47, M49, ELAM 251, C12 tone, for a fraction of the costs of the microphones. The Sphere L22 is extremely versatile and seemed to work well on everything that I threw at it as it has a mic it’s modeling that fits most use cases, it has a low self noise of 7dBa, and it has great accessories. If you are not using the mic with universal audio interfaces, you will have to use a plugin in your daw and have to monitor that way so depending on your interface and computer, you may run into some latency issues. The mic will not get you the EXACT tone of these $10,000 microphones, but it’ll get you close enough that most people won’t be able to tell the difference.

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00:00 - Intro / Price / Disclaimer
00:29 - Setup for Tests
01:01 - What’s in the Box
01:54 - Build Quality / Walkthrough
02:37 - Specifications
03:01 - Polar Pattern Test
03:29 - Plosive Rejection Test
03:40 - Distance Test
03:59 - Background Noise Test
04:26 - Untreated Room Test
05:21 - Rejection of Desk Bumps
05:36 - Samples of Every Microphone Model?
06:14 - Software Walkthrough
13:36 - Intro To Comparison
14:08 - SM57 vs. SM57 Emulation
15:30 - SM7b vs SM7 Emulation
16:42 - RE20 vs RE20 Emulation
18:12 - MKH416 vs MKH416 Emulation
19:22 - U87Ai vs U87 Emulation
20:54 - U67 vs U67 Emulation
22:46 - Music Test (Electric Guitar / Acoustic Guitar / Singing)
24:05 - Pros & Cons
26:05 - Overall Thoughts
28:05 - Recommendation
30:10 - Outro

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