Opinion on how this would work in a beach club setting playing from my laptop.Microphone sound quality?
197093
You would be surprised at sound quality of this mixer. I own two and love them. I play in large and small venues and it does a super job in all places! I play Beach and other kinds of music and Karaoke from a laptop and it works well for all! Microphone quality is excellent...
389614
I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work just fine. You can plug your laptop into one of the line level inputs. The preamps on the mic inputs are more than quiet enough, it provides switchable 48v phantom power if you're running cardoid mics, so the mic sound quality will depend entirely on the quality of your mics.
56339
It's very portable. And the battery is awesome. Sounds gets a little distorted on the max volume (bass). But I've never needed to turn it up that loud. The mic is a nice feature. So I'd say unless the room is enormous with 200 people. It'll be more than fine.
1750908
I think its comparable but to be honest its not a good mic. I think it's either refurbished or a cheap fake. People complained about squealing when set anywhere above 4--5 using it below those settings makes it a useless purchase. I'm shopping for a replacement.
450402
If you're setting up on a 6' folding table and just want some background music for those at or within arms length from the table.....AND there's not already a lot of loud ambient noise, it'd prob be sufficient. If you're a DJ looking to get the party started and getting people dancing....then no. In fact I'm listening to mine now on my iPad in a large 25x50 greatroom and it sounds awesome. Good luck.
1301725
If you attach a 2nd mic to filter background noise you will get excellent quality sound. By itself it's pretty good but, it will pick up any background noise so just don't podcast where there is a lot of that.
1726039
You need 'line level' not 'mic level' inputs on the PC, otherwise the signal will be way too strong and, thus, distorted (mic output is much lower than line output). Most basic PCs, especially laptops, have 'mic in' and not 'line in' (the laptop I'm typing this on right now doesn't even have a 'mic in'). If you have a soundcard with 'line in' inputs, then you could do it. Having said all that, it might be possible to adjust the signal with Audacity using 'mic in', so that it doesn't distort, but I am guessing. I just know from using Cakewalk (precursor to Sonar) in the old days that it didn't work like that. You could try it and report back on your experience, good or bad.
429998
Its not as good as a studio mic but magnitudes better than the phone mic. I would not trust it to get a live gig without input gain controls. Use good software to record with that has eq and gain controls. I use the paid version of Hi-Q MP3 rec for Android and its decent. Then run it through Audacity.
1120889
I have played a CD in the portable DV/CD. it sounds fine for me. I don't know if you might want a louder sound, I hear it mainly during the night & don't need a louder sound, that's why I got a portable one. it's what you prefer. the sound is not as loud as some people might want.
174181
I think this would work fine for playing movies outdoors. I use it mostly for Zumba (indoors), but I have used it outdoors and it still plenty loud. I connect to my laptop. You just need a aux cable (not included). It is kind of heavy, so if you have to carry it long distances, I would pick up a luggage cart so you can pull it.
711537
I use it for voice. The quality is good to very good on both my laptop and desktop using the free Audacity software available at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ The mike tends to pop, but I put a 'wind sock over it and adjusted the mic boost in the sound section of the control panel of Windows and have been delighted considering the cost.
1874774
I have found it loud enough while out on the beach. Even playing football or out in the water a ways away you can here the music. I suppose it depends how loud your work area is. If it evolves loud machinery I really do not think any speaker this size is going to work. We have also used it for house parties and it has worked just fine even over all the talking and the television with the game on. I personally love it for what it is, a small portable speaker.
186330
It depends on how you set it up but yes. I didn't get great sound when I did it that way, with computer speaker, though. Using the same speakers hooked up directly to my laptop gives much better sound.
1920600
Absolutely....Trust me you will be shocked with the sound quality!!! Let me know
2131565
I've used this for many, many concerts. You MUST make sure that you set it in music mode (which defaults the volume level to low). As long as you do that, you'll have pretty good sound quality even if it is very loud or close to the stage. I hide the recorder near my lap, and so the chairs block some of the sound, and so I usually give it a boost between 1k-2k afterwards.
2141835
Yes! It's not gonna give you sound for a beach party, but great for a small group on the beach...we use ours almost every week!
186825
With a good mic easy. I have a cheap mic and it sounds like crap. I bought a set of Shure PGXD24/Beta58A Digital Wireless System with Beta 58A Mic and it sounds GREAT!
444192
I actually returned my hisonic wireless mics. I didn't even get through one use and the mics quit working. Maybe you will have better luck, I have dealt with several different brands, this was my least favorite. For a sound system, it depends on what you want to do? There is a Fender Passport system that is very portable and will put out a good sound for small gatherings, it has multiple inputs so you can plug in an MP3 player, computer or iphone to play music. You can adjust the volume of the mic and music to get a good mix. Major lesson, either put the speakers on a stand or something above peoples heads that way everyone can hear it. If you put it on the floor, the sound will not travel through people and someone won't hear her.