Hi Andrew and Steve!
I owned a Yeti myself until it broke a few years ago.
I searched all over for a good replacement, and decided to get the Rode NT USB.
This mic is (jmo) very good at picking up my voice. I hope though I some day
will get the pup filter on the stand replaced but that's another story.
But what I can tell the mic itself removes a lot of the noise I heard with the
blue Yeti, but it served me well for the time, but I actually wish I had bought
the Rode before, because the mic is better for my voice and I think the sound
is better even though it doesn't offer stereo.
Sorry for my ramblings.
Best regards Thomas
Den 2. nov. 2016 kl. 11.29 skrev Andrew Downie <access_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
I am glad Steve replied while I was having dinner. Without his feedback I
would have thought that Blue mikes were fairly well respected. By way of
coincidence, a neighbour used to work for Rode and did a lot of the design
work on the Podcaster. He commented that filtering out noise required quite
a lot of effort, no doubt due to issues Steve has mentioned.
I haven't used the DS-30 but own an Olympus LS-100, which is one of my valued
tools. It is probably a lot more expensive than the DS-30 and I am very
impressed with its in-built mikes. I have occasionally used it as an input
source via the USB port and results are good.
The mikes on the LS-100 and presumably on the DS-30 are omni-directional,
which is not ideal for single voice recording. That is especially true if
there is much in the way of background noise. If you have access to a DS-30,
it would be well worth a try. If not, probably best to look for a
purpose-built mike, from an ergonomics viewpoint apart from anything else.
Andrew
On 2/11/2016 7:59 PM, Steve the Fiddle wrote:
On the Audacity forum we've seen a lot of problems from users with
Blue Yeti microphones where there is a high pitched buzzing in the
background. I suspect that the main reason that we see the problem a
lot is because a lot of people use Blue Yeti mics, but nevertheless it
is a problem that we've seen many times (we call it the "mosquito
effect"). If the problem is present there is no known cure.
Other budget range USB mics can also have this problem. I suspect that
it is due to inadequate noise filtering of the USB power supply,
coupled with the fact that computers often produce a lot of noise on
the USB power supply.
We rarely see this problem with expensive USB microphones, and rarely
see it with USB mic pre-amps (which you would use with a conventional
non-USB mic).
Steve
On 2 November 2016 at 06:57, Sameer Vasta <samvas786@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi AndrewThe audacity4blind web site is at
Thanks for the advice.
I've googled the phrase "best usb mic for podcasting" and as a matter
of interest, the NT USB came out within the top 2 in various reviews.
Another slightly cheeper, but well worthwhile option according to a
few people, Is the Blue Yeti and then the even cheeper, Blue Snowball
USB Mic.
Would you consider either of these?
What are your views on using an Olympus DS30 Audio recorder connected
via usb as a USB Mic (assuming it has that feature)?
Sameer
On 11/2/16, Andrew Downie <access_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Best" is open to wide interpretation. How much you can afford or areThe audacity4blind web site is at
prepared to spend may well narrow your definition of best.
If you can afford it, the Rode Podcaster
<http://www.rode.com/microphones/podcaster>is well worth a look. It is
specifically intended for speech and inclusion of the headphone jack is
a nice feature.
It is a bit chunky and, I think largely for that reason, my brother
didn't like his and sold it before I could make an offer. We have one at
work and I quite like it.
There are doubtless less expensive options that will do a good job. My
experience is that cheaper USB mikes, especially those built into
headsets, produce an unpleasant sibilance but others may have found
better examples. Audacity should have no trouble finding any USB mike.
Andrew
On 1/11/2016 9:57 PM, Sameer Vasta wrote:
Hi all
The subject line describes it all.
Anyone have ideas of which USB mic I should purchase for podcasting
(to be used in conjunction with Audacity)?
Regards
Sameer
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