There’s a NEW Audio Company in the Streaming Space…
We'll be covering three new audio products from BEACN, Ryan Wyatt's departure from YouTube, and the release of the GoXLR Mic, a new dynamic XLR microphone from the makers of the popular GoXLR.
3 New Audio Products From BEACN
On Monday, 3 audio products were released by a new brand, BEACN (opens in a new tab).
BEACN is a new brand that’s building audio products specifically for creators and it’s mostly made up of old TC-Helicon employees who made the incredibly popular GoXLR (opens in a new tab). They’ve since left TC-Helicon to start BEACN.
The 3 products they launched are:
- BEACN Mic (opens in a new tab) – a USB-C Broadcast Dynamic Mic with an onboard DSP allowing for EQ, compression, an expander, and even real-time noise suppression to happen directly on the microphone itself.
- BEACN Mix (opens in a new tab) – aims to be the simplest solution to controlling the volume of any audio on your PC.
- BEACN Mix Create (opens in a new tab) – builds on top of the Mix by adding features specifically for content creators who need more advanced audio control like submixes, knob paging, and audio routing.
I was lucky enough to spend some time with all 3 products and put out a video review where I talk about what they can do, the software that you use to control them, and of course my likes and dislikes.
Fwiz Leaves YouTube
Ryan Wyatt (opens in a new tab) aka Fwiz is leaving YouTube. He was responsible for growing live-streaming on the platform to what it is today.
He also helped sign some major streamers on exclusive contracts such as Ludwig (opens in a new tab), TimTheTatman (opens in a new tab), and Valkyrae (opens in a new tab).
I’m hoping his replacement has the same desire to improve the platform, and openness to share the feature roadmap with us all. Time will tell…
GoXLR Made A Microphone
The company behind the extremely popular GoXLR (opens in a new tab) has released an XLR microphone with some interesting features.
It’s rather boringly been named GoXLR Mic (opens in a new tab). Priced at $150, it’s a dynamic microphone featuring an all-metal body, multi-adjustable mount, included pop filter, and swappable colored accent rings.
In my review video, I compare it to some similarly priced dynamic XLR microphones like the RØDE PodMic (opens in a new tab) and Shure MV7X (opens in a new tab), to see if the GoXLR Mic at $149 is worth considering for your setup.
