What the heck does this do?

Yeah I can tell you what this is meant to be before I watch the video. They're trying to market these at startup streamers to add volume controls and sound effects into one cheap and nasty device. They're even starting to be bundled with capsule mics and boom arms.

Wow, I’ve never skipped through one of your videos but I just could t get through this. That thing just gave me a headache.

You could always ask Amazon to throw one in the recycling bin on your behalf, save all the shipping and disappointment.

I believe the proper British term for this particular device would be "a bit of tat"

Great video for amusement and laughs, Mat, but that's one affiliate link I won't be clicking. You buy these things so we don't have to! :)

Also, assuming this is indeed for live online performances - wouldn't you want to NOT have the disembodied voice come in every time you apply or cancel an effect?

This video gives me Ashens vibes. And I mean that with praise.

So glad you took us through the journey of the V8! Some things you just have to hear to believe, and this (and your reactions) were hilarious.

This one won lots of laughs from me. Your reactions and commentary on the (non)functionality of the device is what made this entertaining. This video qualifies as technology + comedy.

Very entertaining to watch but yep as a product it’s very poorly executed

Glad I didn't watch this one while eating, like I usually do, otherwise I would have spat half the food out over the table! This piece of tat was treated with the oontempt it deserved.

I have to admit that I am easily amused, and the Tone Sandhi slider had me in fits.

A rather nicely slipped in Marvin reference. That must have taken a brain the size of a planet :-).

That is some quality tat.

So I did some quick search and found the original Chinese model. Apparently the red “Mute” button was supposed to mean “vocal remove”, maybe if you’re playing a normal song through this thing and turn it on, it can (at least try to) remove the vocals so you can do some karaoke. And, the “Dodge” was supposed to mean “ducking” and the “Yell” was supposed to mean “Rap”. Lastly, the “Tape” knob is supposedly for controlling the volume of the recording.

The UK listing is already dead and the US one is selling the rest off it seems, 20$+10$ shipping to Germany. I am tempted. ^^' EDIT: 17,39€ on AliExpress with free shipping from Spain. Now i am really tempted. xD

That was a great video,I had a good laugh. Thank you and lake care

All those silly voices made me laugh a stupid amount before going to bed last night. Thank you

Thanks for the video.

Thanks for giving us a good laugh 😆

You can do an entire Jerry Springer episode with that thing. I gotta admit though, I do like the Tone Sandhi effect.

Thanks, Mat. You made me smile with this. Need more of that! I've been known to spend a dollar or two to satisfy such curiosity. You've saved me some money today. You are worth the price of Patreon! Now, send it over to Big Clive, and let him make an LED Christmas ornament out of it...

I’m sad to see the cheese sandwich go. I didn’t really get the joke but my son and I always got excited when we saw the cheese sandwich icon on a video.

Maybe "wheat live" mode is designed for use with video that's a bit grainy.

This is the kinda gadget you get for your kid who is playing at making YouTube gamer videos or in Roblox and uses chat a lot. Usually (with my kids) they want something but don't ever actually use it, so would be ideal as it kinda does look reasonable at least.

Ow god, just took a look on amazon and found this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yissone-Multifunctional-External-Universal-Broadcast/dp/B08F53P3GT/ref=psdc_407798031_t2_B08NVZCB5W Looks similarly bad, but the labels on the back got me: Capacitor Whoar 1 and 2 :D

I wonder if YouTube is going to copyright-match any of those audio effects. I'm sure they're too brief to matter but I have to believe that the team of skilled engineers who crafted this fine piece of professional audio gear just grabbed audio clips from whatever movie or music track they had handy.

Oh, wow. This is _totally_ a version of the "Virtual Comedy" invention demonstrated on an episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" a long time ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Hp5kbPBJk

I didn't realize you had already had the same link posted. The word "cheap" was sarcastic because would have to be made from a potato to actually be cheaper.

Cheap knock-off: https://Amazon.com/Streaming-Multiple-Recording-Broadcast-Computer/dp/B08L3GLJ48/ref=sr_1_21?dchild=1&keywords=live+sound+card&qid=1620860890&sr=8-21

Just realized the 'Mute' button, where the sound effects lady said "Turn on vocal cut", is likely a filter for the Mid-channel (in Mid-Side equalization) in order to mute the singing voice on a recording. Obviously a karaoke feature. If the dustmen haven't been around yet, you might just save this from the bin in order to test it out. 😃

So basically, all the voice effects are either "Large Bathroom" or "Zack from Dropping Science"!

It's as if they were copying someone's classwork speedily without being able to see the words clearly, and filled out all the buttons without stopping to figure out if they were spelled correctly or even made sense.

This looks like this: https://miro.medium.com/max/797/1*I5hyJZA83rIhlpPHhaX2Cg.jpeg

Suggestion: Since you are retiring the Cheese Sandwich sub category, how about making semi-regular shorties where you review cheap crap devices from China and elsewhere. You can call it "Mat buys Tat...so you don't have to"

I think I'm ready to throw away my USB DAC and Stream Deck and get one of these. Madness, thanks for getting one and showing it. There's another strange one, item B08CKTBYZY, that has some different effects and has a remote control. I need a lie down.

If it was cheap and had better functionality, it would probably make a neat toy for a kiddo.

Blind faith and machine translations are two concepts that should never be mixed.

The 'Tone Sandhi' reveal had me rolling on the floor. 🤣 Although, even before that, I couldn't help but freeze framing the 'Use caveats and FAQs' at 3:40, which was both unnerving and hilarious: "1. New lithium-ion batteries will have the phenomenon of virtual and easy to lose electricity. Just start using, please charge more." 🤔😳🤯 Also, now I'm intrigued by the sneak preview of the video you were busy editing!

This was such fun to watch.

So this is a guess, and only a guess. If you are someone that plays the online games (streaming or not) you would hook this into your sound feed via the USB connectors so that you can do the audio equivalent of emojis and dance moves. Especially if English is not your first language. In that case having prerecorded commands in understandable English would be a great shortcut.

Please do some more like this. Looking at shite Chinese products is an absolute crease. Especially with some of the transations

Honestly, I think this thing is fabulous. I wish I knew about it earlier. I'm a teacher who has been doing online lessons to kids and adults for over a year now, and just as they come to an end, I discover this. Kids would love the voice effects and little touches like the "laugh track".

This seems like something a child would enjoy playing around with for a while.

That was hilarious, thank you! And also horrible to listen to the compressed voice. Made my ears hurt.

Just calling it 'Cheese' is probably broadly understandable. That board certainly looks pretty cheesy.

I bet the facepalming would continue if you dare to open that thing and see what makes it tick. Sad for the components that could have been used for something that actually would make sense.

What a weird thing... but you made a very funny video out of it, so its not all bad.

I hope you don't get a content match for "Thief"!

Too bad it doesn't offer custom buttons, you could have added a "But anyway, that's it for the moment…" button!

When you started i thought oh i could do with it until your reviewed it. (I have just brought a usb sound card due to zoom video sharing audio problems with my internal card). Great video. By the way someone gave me some recordable 8 tracks tapes (memorex around 12 most have cases 90mins). If i decide not to keep them would you be interested (for free obviously) not sure if your player is a recorder, mine isnt. Im enjoying listening to what on them at the moment.

I'd always wondered about that cheese sandwich. Go on, explain it one last time...

Cor, that was a quick turnaround. Now we know... and it's even more bizarre than expected!

An overly complicated USB live recording 'mixer'. Does not have XLR so completely useless IMHO.

What does this do? It entertains you, and thus, us as well.