Maonocaster G1 Neo - Streamer X “kinda-clone” Audio Mixer for Gaming?

Is it a step-up from the previous Maono mixers? Let's find out!
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0:00 intro
0:30 full disclosure
1:12 plugging it in/ first impressions
3:41 Latency better?
4:18 Noise Reducer test
7:04 voice changer test
8:52 3 knobs
10:09 more buttons
10:54 Mute Button Performance
11:38 RGB features
13:39 inputs/outputs on back
14:17 48V condenser mic test
15:48 Gaming test
16:32 SideChain performance in gaming
20:36 pros
22:35 cons
26:59 final thoughts

Пікірлер: 31

  • @ClayAlan2024
    @ClayAlan2024Ай бұрын

    Awesome presentation man! Loved it!

  • @ClayAlan2024
    @ClayAlan2024Ай бұрын

    This is a great review man. Lots of information in this!

  • @adoboy
    @adoboyАй бұрын

    Been loving all your reviews and the quality of the content that you make. Thank you for making some of the best review videos. I’ve picked up the pd200x based off your videos and love it. Still finding the mixer/interface and this may be it

  • @adoboy

    @adoboy

    Ай бұрын

    When it comes to the RGB buttons, what are the functionality of those buttons? Do they record like the other interface device by Maono? If so how long do they record for?

  • @levelupwithmikenewman

    @levelupwithmikenewman

    Ай бұрын

    It will easily push the PD200x, and tackle room fans, and A/C's in the room. Still lagging behind in the headphone monitoring. Better, functional even, but definitely not a strong suit.

  • @jugibur2117
    @jugibur211715 күн бұрын

    Very helpful, thanks!

  • @levelupwithmikenewman

    @levelupwithmikenewman

    15 күн бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏻

  • @ObscureMics
    @ObscureMicsАй бұрын

    The Mr Ed esque sigh when testing monitoring lol…..I felt that

  • @theclayalanreview4243

    @theclayalanreview4243

    Ай бұрын

    Hahahaha

  • @levelupwithmikenewman

    @levelupwithmikenewman

    Ай бұрын

    I’m over it. 🤯🤦🏻‍♂️ just get it right, put a great sound card in there and charge what it’s worth. 😡if you aren’t interesting in gaming with it…it's "ok"…

  • @wayneknetter
    @wayneknetter22 күн бұрын

    As you know our Rode headphones are probably the best in the world, so you will hear more than we ever hear. Do you have the microphone for the Rode NTH-100 headphones? Interested in hearing that plugged in?

  • @BacktotheRetroReview
    @BacktotheRetroReviewАй бұрын

    Great review, I feel like this is just a redesign of the maono amc2, not horrible, not great. Descent for gamers on a budget

  • @levelupwithmikenewman

    @levelupwithmikenewman

    Ай бұрын

    yup. It is REALLY great IF YOU ARE A GAMER and have noisy rooms from fans or A/C units in your room. outside of that, its just "ok". Not amazing, not terrible, just ....ok

  • @45KevinR
    @45KevinRАй бұрын

    I remember years ago, there were demos on science programmes on TV, where if you fed people their own voice with a slight delay you could make them stutter. And that's on people who don't normally suffer from the condition. So monitoring with a delay is undesirable. I'd assume the older devices didn't have fast enough processors to give real time monitoring. Hmm.

  • @levelupwithmikenewman

    @levelupwithmikenewman

    Ай бұрын

    the delay is much better, but still there, but it's there just enough to make it sound like your speaking into a tin can. If you don't have any gameplay or music in the mix with your voice, the monitoring can easily wear you don with the harsh-tin sound. Most gamers don't have that problem. It's definitely niche specific - for gamers not podcasters.

  • @Kellenw101
    @Kellenw10121 күн бұрын

    there is always an echo when my friends talk and they can always here the videos i play how do i stop this.

  • @Juansinag
    @JuansinagКүн бұрын

    I would like to stream to tiktok from my android phone with a usb type c. Just for singing + instrumental via bluetooth, can i please ask for a recommendation, aside from maono g1 neo.

  • @theoutsiderjess4869
    @theoutsiderjess486913 күн бұрын

    Does this connect to ps5 by itself

  • @Prof.Albusdumbledore
    @Prof.AlbusdumbledoreАй бұрын

    Would you be able to hear twitch alert and discord chat through this? While streaming on Ps5

  • @levelupwithmikenewman

    @levelupwithmikenewman

    Ай бұрын

    you could, but I believe the secondary fader operates both the volume and aux in(gameplay)gameplay and audio, so you'd have to manually adjust the levels on the sources (your pc, etc) before hand for both so that you can hear them at your prefered mix.

  • @selw0nk
    @selw0nkАй бұрын

    This seems way better than the FiFine Mixer.

  • @levelupwithmikenewman

    @levelupwithmikenewman

    Ай бұрын

    The latency on the fifine is MUCH BETTER, but the rest of the features, Maono has a slight edge. I just struggle to cope more than most with latency.

  • @laden_nahid
    @laden_nahid20 күн бұрын

    Is it an audio interface or mixer?

  • @levelupwithmikenewman

    @levelupwithmikenewman

    20 күн бұрын

    @@laden_nahid it’s definitely a mixer. Audio interfaces won’t give you latency issues with headphone monitoring like this guy. 🤣

  • @laden_nahid

    @laden_nahid

    20 күн бұрын

    @@levelupwithmikenewman Oohh okay i understand

  • @livestreamconsultants
    @livestreamconsultantsАй бұрын

    Totally agree, definitely for a gamer that wants to "Level Up" his stream. 😉

  • @theoutsiderjess4869
    @theoutsiderjess486915 күн бұрын

    The audio sounded so choppy for most of the video I like the side chain however the noise in the gameplay was a turn off for me, same with the mute I prefer an instant mute

  • @levelupwithmikenewman

    @levelupwithmikenewman

    15 күн бұрын

    @@theoutsiderjess4869 the mute is definitely a weird one. If I got to sneeze or cough…I need that mute asap!

  • @JamesKahfey
    @JamesKahfeyАй бұрын

    Love the review! Hoping to see this on your next live stream hooked up with pd400x 🙌🙌

  • @JamesKahfey
    @JamesKahfeyАй бұрын

    This noise reducer could save my untreated room. The only thing keeping me from buying an audio interface is the need to directly plug in my PD400X via USB-C and use it with Nvidia Broadcast software 😂

  • @levelupwithmikenewman

    @levelupwithmikenewman

    Ай бұрын

    I just might, I'd have to steal the PD400x from my son's setup. He loves it so much that's the mic he chose from my studio to upgrade his mic.