Elgato WaveXLR Streamer Interface Review / Explained

InterfaceReview
Written By Bandrew Scott

Today I walkthrough, explain, test and review the Elgato WaveXLR. This thing essentially turns any XLR mic into a Wave3. This has 75dB of gain for your microphone (so yes it can drive the Shure SM7b), it has a digital mixer to mix multiple digital sound sources, and also has a clipboard feature to ensure you don’t distort your analog to digital converters. Regarding the A/D converters it is 24-bit 48/96kHz, which is great.

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00:00 - Intro / Pricing / Disclosure
00:30 - Signal Chain for Testing
00:56 - What’s in the Box
01:13 - Build Quality
01:48 - Walkthrough of Features
04:05 - Specifications
04:53 - Shure SM7b Mic Test (No Cloudlifter or Fethead)
06:00 - Clipguard Test
06:49 - Low-cut / High Pass Filter Test
07:45 - Interface Mute Test
08:35 - Preamp Gain Noise Test
09:30 - Latency Test
10:23 - Software Walkthrough
14:49 - Pros & Cons
17:57 - Recommendation
20:59 - Outro

Bandrew Scott

Bandrew Scott is the founder and host of the youtube channel Podcastage, where he posts reviews of audio gear, and shares tips and tricks to improve the audio of your Podcast, YouTube Channel, or Live Stream.

He also founded the Geeks Rising podcast network, which is home to amazing education, wellness, and pop culture podcasts such as Tourette’s Podcast, Sunshine & Powercuts, and On The Subject.

Bandrew also runs his own show titled the Bandrew Says Podcast. On this show he analyzes the latest news to determine how it affects the content creation ecosystem, and shares that to help creates remain aware of how the platform they use is changing. 

https://www.bandrewscott.com/
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