I think you're on to something here. I have had noticed that in some channels I've watched where it seems like their room is way too perfect? Probably not the right word, but it's off-setting to see how their environment is orchestrated. Like it's the in-thing to do, so that is their way, a way of conformity. Then when that in-thing is no longer that thing, out with that environment into something else that's trendy.
I would hate myself a lot if I was making videos and had to orbit my life around what a manufacturer, marketer, advertiser .etc wants to see me project.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
They often still have the expensive microphone, but use an unplugged tiny microphone just for the aesthetics.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t know if this is true but the absurdity is hilarious to me so I’m choosing to believe you.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I have seen a few you tubers jokingly show that it was disconnected. Because yes, at some point even that became a meme. But I couldn’t find an example off the top of my head.
vrek@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
So make a new business of selling empty tiny mics… No wires, no circuits… But 20% cheaper
It may work out…
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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There was a time that this was something we made fun of. Now this is the goal
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Is that Al ? (This l is an L, as in AL)
Arcka@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
No it’s Garth, though his last name starts with Al.
ManaBuilt@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I have to imagine this is the case for a decent chunk of people with those tiny mics, right? Sometimes the audio quality of the talker sounds way better than I would expect from essentially a lapel microphone, and there’s just a regular microphone out of frame.
Not going to lie the tiny mics are a pet peeve of mine like many others in this thread, but I can’t explain it well as to why haha.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I’m a big fan of not an engineer, who just uses random objects
not the only person I’ve seen do it, but the first that comes to mind