FDUCE SL40 Vocal Podcast Microphone, XLR/USB microphone

Such an amazing microphone, it’s very podcast sounding, I use this for streaming and it’s amazing, no background noise I would 100% recommend. It hasn’t let me down once. It’s a budget microphone but makes you sound like your speaking into a £300 microphone.

A very nice dynamic microphone for the price. Everything seems to work pretty well and very nice quild quality as well, all metal. Sound quality very decent with a nice low end as well if you looking for that sm7b sound. Cant fault anything on this mic. USB works on Windows, Mac and Android devices. I put this through and go xlr mini and lots a gain and output from it.

This is a perfectly good mic if you want to have something better than a headset and don't want to pay the earth. It has both USB and XLR connections, so you can progress to a good interface like the Focusrite scarlet solo (4th gen), or if you want a proper mixer. The mic will need upgrading at some point if you wish to advance, so it may be worth spending a little more and getting a Samson Q2U. Which can be found for £70

This was a much needed buy for me as I needed to swap mic types to resolve a quality issue. The mic has a solid performance with the USB connection this version of the mic has. Thus I don't have to spend more to get a GoLxr. It also has a headphone jack to let you monitor your own voice as you work. The mic has a gain for both the mic and headphones jack on the top by the mute button. This is useful for fast and on demand adjustments if needed. The sound is clear and I have no echo or noise issues (partially thanks to my filters but also the mic). A tip though, if your mic is not being detected by, say, OBS, check your filters and/or use the mics built in gain to see if it's just a matter of adjusting simple settings. I panicked when I bought it as I wasn't getting any response but it turned out the mic gain was turned way down. Overall well worth the price I paid.

I've had this for a few months now and it's going great, microphone quality is very good, thats pretty much it, also easy to use

I have found that this dynamic mike offers a good clean sound when using the USB interface while the XLR may need a good preamp boost. Note unplug USB when using XLR to prevent some noise.

I read the reviews and watched the videos, thought I would give this a try and not disappointed ! It looks very similar to the leader in this area but costs much less. The build quality and performance is much better than you would think.

The build quality is very good and it looks very good and like a Shure M7. There were 4 reviews when I ordered mine, and all were 5*'s. I did send a pre-sales query to FDUCE on their social media, but didn't receive a response and then a post sales message to them on Amazon, but my questions are still unanswered, but possibly because of the Chinese New Year. So, response from their Customer services from my experience is poor. I have tried the microphone with a Asmuse USB Audio interface (XLR), a Behringer mixer (XLR) and direct to my PC via the USB cable. These are the issues I have found and queried with FDUCE. The volume plus/minus volume on the microphone does not work in USB. I see someone else reported this fault in their review, but still gave a 5* (?) However, the gain control on the microphone does work in USB and so does the mute, but how do you know when you have pressed the plus button enough to have reached maximum gain as there is no indication of the level you have reached? The Instruction Manual states that you must switch phantom power on for XLR connections. I think this is a mistake. With no phantom power there is sound and with phantom power on you get noise in the monitoring headphones, which I assume must be from the voltage. This was with both the USB audio interface XLR and my mixer XLR. The interface you can switch phantom power on and off, but you cannot switch it off on the mixer. The foam windshield does not cut our plosives as a reviewer on You Tube stated. You need to buy a better one like the Shure A7WS windshield or use a round pop filter in front of it. I tried a Shure SM58 foam windshield which was much better than the FDUCE, although slightly too short. I await FDUCE to respond to the aforementioned issues. Whilst waiting for the FDUCE response I have done some test recordings using USB and XLR. I found USB was better using the XLR of my USB Audio Interface with phantom power turned off. I could not use it with my mixer because I cannot turn the XLR phantom power off. I have queried this with Behringer. The USB recording that I made had too much bass and the quality is not good/clear enough for the programmes I present on internet radio. I could possibly improve this in the recording software (Audacity), but I don’t want that extra effort. I bought this as a back up to my Rode NT1A, which has a nice clear neutral sound, but this is the opposite, plus you need to spend another £40+ to get a decent foam windshield to eliminate the plosives. I also wanted a dual XLR/USB microphone at a cheaper price than a Shure M7. I guess you get what you pay for! Sorry, but I cannot recommend this microphone and after reading the other reviews this was both a surprise and a disappointment. I am likely to be sending this back before the return’s deadline, but I will first wait to see what response, if any, I receive from the manufacturer. Update 30/01/2023 after receiving a response from the seller Aufero EU: They confirmed that this microphone does not use phantom power. Hopefully the user manual will be corrected soon. If your mixer or USB audio interface does not have a phantom power on/off switch for the XLR input(s) then don't buy this for the reason I mentioned . Most USB audio interfaces do have a switch, but some mixers, like my Behringer Pro Mixer DX2000USB, you cannot turn the phantom power off to the XLR inputs. A way round this may be to use the 1/4" jack inputs, but you will need a different cable (XLR female to 1/4" jack or an adapter to convert XLR male to 1/4" jack). To know when you have reached to maximum gain you will have to listen or look at the levels in your audio software until there is no more obvious change. They confirmed the surface button controls on the microphone only work in USB, which I knew, but as already stated by me and another reviewer, the plus/minus buttons do not work for the headphone monitoring volume, only for the gain control, so we must have both received microphones with this fault. With regards to foam windshield not preventing plosives, the Seller stated that they don't know my use scenario, therefore cannot make a accurate judgement, but a review on You Tube confirmed my findings and the reviewer recommended that the FDUCE one should be replaced by the Shure windshield that I mentioned above. The Seller has now given a detailed response, and the delay was as I suspected, because of the Chinese New Year. I have increased the rating by 1 star, but I am still unable to recommend this microphone for the reasons stated.

Awesome product in the budget

Great tone on this mic… I love the look (although I could do without the Fduce name on the side, but not a huge deal), and the sound is clear and deep in XLR mode. There is a noticeable difference between XLR and USB modes, and I do prefer XLR. Not super gain-hungry, and I have plenty of volume with my interface set at 60 db.

Excelente o microfone. Com ele tenho mobilidade, posso gravar onde quiser.

やや締まった感じのシャープな音といった感じ。 PCで録音するときはソフト側にも依存するけど、自分が使っている動画編集ソフトで声入れをするとなかなかいい感じの声となる。 オーディオインターフェイスとの使用だが安価でもいい音だ。

This mic is WAY better than the Shure sm7b. My podcast is also a radio program syndicated on 3 radio networks and their affiliate stations so audio quality is essential to what I do. I record episodes with this mic into a Zoom Podtrak P4Next and the mic is so good that I do not need to run eq or compression on the p4. This means in post I don't have to edit for tone because the mic already delivers a perfect sound and this saves me time. You won't be disappointed with this mic. It has a better sound than other radio mics like the Electro Voice. It's amazing that a mic under $100 sounds so much better without processing than a $400 mic.