Today I’m taking a look at the UHURU UM-900 Podcasting Set. It’s a kit for up and coming podcasters that includes a boom arm, pop filter, wind puff, shock mount, USB cable, and the UM-900 microphone itself. Even better, the mic has a maximum recording resolution of 192kHz/24bit.
I tried recording at 44.1kHz/16bit (CD quality), 48kHz/16bit (DVD quality), 96kHz/24bit (studio quality), as well as 192kHz/24bit (also studio quality, but higher res), and I had no issue telling the individual recordings apart. Well, I did have a little trouble telling 96/24 from 192/24, but so do most hardcore audiophiles. Either way, the added resolution and flat signal give me a lot of freedom to play with post processing.
I should also point out that this mic really does a great job blocking out background noise. The fans on my desktop PC aren’t the quietest, but they were almost inaudible in the background of any of my recordings so far. In fact, I was able to scrub the sound from the fans entirely from my recording without leaving any weird sound artifacts behind. I’ll try using a noise gate next time.
As for the other items in the kit, they’re all great. The boom arm is sturdy enough to hold my old Blue Yeti, the pop filter and wind puff do their jobs perfectly, and the USB cable is not only extra long (about 2 meters) but it also comes with a ferrite core to filter out interference.
One last thing I want to mention is just the look of the mic itself. The UM-900 uses a satin black finish on the chassis with a brushed nickel finish on the grill, and I love that aesthetic. Also, the fact that the UHURU logo looks like a square wave on an oscilloscope makes my inner tech geek happy.
