What mic should i buy/use?

[ZecroRS]

Hello everyone,

I just made my first video and recorded my voice with my Phone =P but ofcourse i wanne have better quality sound. So thats why I wanne ask you guys for some tips on getting a not to expensive but good mic to record for YouTube =)

Greetzz ZecroRS

 

[OneBarRouter]

I use a Blue Yeti
Here is a picture
It's on a boom arm
all in all, close to a $200 mic setup if you are interested in the price.

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[ZecroRS]

I use a Blue Yeti
Here is a picture
It's on a boom arm
all in all, close to a $200 mic setup if you are interested in the price.

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Hey thanks for reply =),
one more question, just to start off with if i only would buy the mic without the fancy stuff XD its also good ? dont have a high budget right now =p

 

[ThisIsIsaac]

A Blue Yeti is the best for its price you can get them for about $100
If that is expensive, you can get the Blue Snowball for about half the price

 

[fattmat]

Hey thanks for reply =),
one more question, just to start off with if i only would buy the mic without the fancy stuff XD its also good ? dont have a high budget right now =p

What budget do you have?

 

[Viowolf]

Word of advise from someone who owns a yeti. The Blue Yeti and Snowball are good microphones for their price and ease of use, BUT I only recommend them if you have a setup with a good mic stand and little to no background noise. The design of these mics tend to make them real sensitive to even subtle noises like mouth clicks and pops or the creaking of a chair. If you don't have any of these problems then buy either of them if you like, but I would research other options out there, if I were you.

 

[Hostslayer]

I recommend the blue snowball.
It's great for beginner commentary
Go look how to improve your sound quality and you'll sound great.
(Don't believe me check out my videos & if you need help let me know)

 

[fattmat]

Word of advise from someone who owns a yeti. The Blue Yeti and Snowball are good microphones for their price and ease of use, BUT I only recommend them if you have a setup with a good mic stand and little to no background noise. The design of these mics tend to make them real sensitive to even subtle noises like mouth clicks and pops or the creaking of a chair. If you don't have any of these problems then buy either of them if you like, but I would research other options out there, if I were you.

I always forget that people don't have the same set-up that I have. My environment is tuned for lowering the overall background noise.

 

[OneBarRouter]

Word of advise from someone who owns a yeti. The Blue Yeti and Snowball are good microphones for their price and ease of use, BUT I only recommend them if you have a setup with a good mic stand and little to no background noise. The design of these mics tend to make them real sensitive to even subtle noises like mouth clicks and pops or the creaking of a chair. If you don't have any of these problems then buy either of them if you like, but I would research other options out there, if I were you.

They only are sensitive if you have them on sensitive settings lol

 

[FeelingsToontown]

The AT2020 is amazing. Get the XLR along with a Xenyx 502 mixer. Review of it in my sig

 

[geauxburns]

Adding to Zecros question; is there a Headset with a good quality built-in mic that you would recommend; currently I use a $25 Logitech headset to record audio for my vids, and came to realize that gaming headset like Razer, HyperX, etc aren't exactly built with the best quality mic. Would get a standup like a Blue Yeti or Snowball, but I just prefer using a headset. Thoughts?

 

[UnstoppableFrost]

Blue Snowball if on a budget, Blue Yeti if you want to spend money on a good quality mic

 

[ITechnologyman]

Well i bought a cheap condenser microphone of ebay for $40 but it is a brand that will name whatever the seller wants but i can tell you the model its a BM-800 if you google it it will come up straight away, tho only thing with it is is that it needs power so a have a X-USB from Swamp and it outputs either USB or just an AUX Cord. to record i have an Avermedia LGP because i started doff playing PS3 but i moved to my Very bad and Very Old pc (7 Years old ) so i kept using it for recording as programs like x-split would give me 2fps in-game ;-; so using my LGP hooked up to my PC i could record endlessly to an extent on to my hard drive with all of the work being done externally. well there is my ghetto setup and it works for me, so if your desperate like me...