Come for the ribbon Mic demo, stay for the Star Wars kid reference at the very end 😵😳😀🤣🎤🎤

What a treat with my morning coffee, one of Lando's demos that only he can produce. Great stuff man, cheers!!

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

ha thanks! Took me a couple weeks to figure out how to demo the microphone in a unique way. I think it worked out :)

@Gearjunkie35

3 жыл бұрын

I have a Sterling St51 fet condenser. Now I have to get one of these. Is absolutely Smoked the SM57. Just wow. And gm Mr C. Great a/b vid. Killed it. And the light saber omg. Actual out loud laughter. Good stuff

Wasn’t expecting that light saber bit. Loved it! Kudos!

@landonbailey

2 жыл бұрын

😝

Very nice comparison, really highlights the difference -- the ST170 sounds like an electric guitar, the SM57 sounds like a microphone on an electric guitar.

@landonbailey

4 жыл бұрын

hey thanks for the feedback! Ya I use the ST170 on all my videos now

Great info, and incredible light saber!

Very informative as I am not very knowledgeable about mics. Always enjoy your humor too! 😃

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

thanks McRican!

Thanks Lando, it's in my cart and checking out now, thanks so much for confirmation. Going to blend it with SM57 Unidyne iii and German-made MD 421. can't wait, wanted a ribbon for a long time.

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

cool have fun! i move mine

Affordable and good quality too. Thanks Landon for the video.

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

ya it's great quality! thanks Peter

That lightsaber does sound good. I think it sounds better than the SM57 for sure. I have Sterling monitors and I really like them. Cool video Lando

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

hey thanks!

Got this mic a few months ago and I love it on drums. I like to stick it in between the kick and snare for some fantastically full shell tone.

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

hey cool! thanks for the feedback and opinions on another type of usage!

Nice sounding mic. It would be a great choice for folks (like me) that have an audio interface that does not have phantom power that is switchable per input. Might have to pick one of those up. Acoustic recording would be nice to hear as well.

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

thanks! ya I'll do some acoustic recordings in the future

Lightsaber part was 🔥

Did you ever have issues trying to deal with phase issues when blending with the 57? I’ve used two mics for years, usually a 421, currently a condenser and a 57 but when I tried with the ST170, no matter how I placed the capsules in relation to each other I would get horrible phase cancellation. Not sure if it’s to do with the figure 8 pattern?

a blend from that mic with the 57 would be very very interesting

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

will try it out in he future!

@stubkar

4 жыл бұрын

I've run it with sennheiser 609. Excellent. 57 is solid, but can honk a bit, depending on speaker and amp...

Luv the mortal kombat shirt Lando! sweet mic too. Cheerios like 30

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

flawless comment!

@kravensoda6038

5 жыл бұрын

@@landonbailey Haha Flawless Victory! Lando 4 the win.

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/a52nuNNxk7u7fNY.html you might like this reference too :)

Wasn't expecting that! lololol. Force is strong with this mic.

Hey, Landon great video! shipping cost to Ontario? any other logistic fees? cheers! I always get a little nervous buying from south of the border cheers!!

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

hey ya that was the price to Ontario. don't recall what dollar amount I said but that would have included all the types of fees

@gussywellz9714

5 жыл бұрын

@@landonbailey Landon the price listed is $239cdn if that includes shipping that's a great deal..will call them tomorrow! cheers!

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

cool! even if that price didn't include duty, it's still a great buy.

slayed the 57.

It’s worth it just for the light saber feature!

What’s even more special now is that it’s on sale for just $99usd! Which tells us of course that it only cost about $5 to make… 😄

Wow I did not expect the ribbon to sound brighter. Positioning could be a factor too

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

absolutely position matters a lot. fun to try out different locations

@cominginsecond

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that threw me. I'm thinking the positioning wasn't close enough for this to be a valid test.

Not bad at all for the price. Wouldn't use it by itself but I could see it blending well with a 421 or something.

@landonbailey

3 жыл бұрын

ya I started by blending it with an SM57 and ended just using it on it's own.

Huge difference on high gain!

@gabehizer111

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's where I first heard the big difference. ST170 much more realistic, more high end.

That ST170 saber fucked that shure out of the galaxy

My the farce be with you 😁

St170 has a very good tone on high gain

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

Ya I think it was noticeable more on the high gain how good it captures the room

Lol you said crystal energy chamber and I thought "sounds like someones makin shit up"

4:00 "Campfire girls, make me feel alright..." :)

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

love that tune!

It would be more helpful if you played the very same licks when alternating between mics.

You're supposed to get one of those doo-hickeys that can hold both the ribbon AND the SM-57 and run them parallel into your Focusrite Scarlett.

I purchased this exact mic when it was greatly discounted at MF, but it was backordered for weeks and, after some research I realized that ribbon mics are not good first mics, so I cancelled it. Now that I know that it has a built in lightsaber, I deeply regret it...

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

it's a twist!

@nobirdsnomasters

5 жыл бұрын

Ribbon mics are fantstic mics, but aren't like a swiss army knife and do a lot of things. Something with multi pattern would be cool like their 155

I think it has something to do with balancing your shakra's !! he he he he he ;) BUT I must say I like the Sterling for the overall sound ... the sm sounded muffled. And yes the converting customs & such sucks for bying from musicians friend .. i will say though $208 for the mighty mite neck I bought & refinished for my mim strat body was well worth it though vs my ebay & solo music purchases.

@landonbailey

5 жыл бұрын

ya sometimes you have no choice but to get it from the USA. oh well this was worth it!

Mic sounds great, just be careful with it... ribbon mics can be fragile. It'd be good to hear some acoustic recordings with it. Not available here in Oz, so no need for a second mortgage :)

@njrous

3 жыл бұрын

I have a video comparison of this mic with a Royer R10, later in the video I feature the mics on an acoustic guitar!

Makes the 57 sound like the 57 has a pillowcase over it. More hugh end than i expected

@VIDS2013

5 ай бұрын

That's because the SM doesn't have much response above 10kHz.

Some inside info on sterling audio - they are owned by guitar center. When groove tubes went out of business they bought up all the old gt parts at crazy low prices and repurposed them into budget condenser mics (remember the st55?). Notoriously unreliable and they knew it but still gave bonuses to gc salespeople that sold a certain quota of them every month. Sad tale of the customer’s trust being degraded by pushing high profit margin gear that wasn’t industry standard to unsuspecting customers.

@landonbailey

3 жыл бұрын

interesting! this has been a solid MIC. it's been my go to for all my videos since I got it

@ghosttownsound516

3 жыл бұрын

@@landonbailey that’s good, in the beginning they put out a lot of lemons - glad yours has been reliable

@VIDS2013

5 ай бұрын

The recent Sterling mikes are very reliable and sound great. I have used a Sterling SP150 at my desk for Zoom calls since 2021. Dirt cheap, sounds like a much more expensive mic. No problems at all.

Killer mic...just Slayed the SM57. Dang.....G.A.S. Setting in.... Interwebs here I come

So you can lightsaber duel while at the same time record voices of the women rejecting you. Clever.

@landonbailey

2 жыл бұрын

totally

Sterling..more treble, more details..

Lightsaber, lol :)

It makes little sense to compare the ST 170 with the SM57. The ST 179 costs well over twice as much as the SM57. Yet the SM 57 sounds essentially just as good. IMHO the SM 57 is a much better value.

@landonbailey

3 жыл бұрын

what would make sense?

@VIDS2013

5 ай бұрын

Eh? The ST170 sounds much better!

This thing.in reality, SUCKS'.