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Looking For Decent Desk Microphone

Sparky862

I am currently using my C930e web cam mic and it sounds like the mic is muffled / under water. I can not set it any better than that.

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What are some decent desk mics at a low to mid price range so my voice sounds more clear and natural and that is also good at not picking up background noise in the $20 range

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1 minute ago, lh99 said:

Blue microphones snowball

Rode nt usb

 

What do you mean by Rode not USB?

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Also the Blue Microphones Snowball I find is priced EXTREMELY high. Is there not something in the $20 range?

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5 hours ago, Sparky862 said:

Also the Blue Microphones Snowball I find is priced EXTREMELY high. Is there not something in the $20 range?

 

Probably gonna be hard to find another person from South Africa online that also has tested lots of cheap microphones available to you. Head over to Aliwal Sound and see what's available. They might even help you test items out.

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5 hours ago, Sparky862 said:

Also the Blue Microphones Snowball I find is priced EXTREMELY high. Is there not something in the $20 range?

$20 is like bottom of the barrel lowest possible price for a microphone and I'm hesitant to recommend anything at that sort of price range as I'm certain it won't last, however, a cheap dynamic mic can be powered (not well mind you) by a 3.5mm audio jack, if you find a cheap handheld mic like that just plug it in and you're good to go.

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Blue snowball and yeti are complete and utter garbage. If u have $50 get the Samson Q2U. usb and xlr, dynamic, and with processing can compete with procaster, sm7b, stealth.

If you can't afford it, I would recommend to save up, as mics under $50 are basically useless. An eq will go a long way to making the mic u have sounding better. U will need to figure out how to integrate a vst plugin into your audio chain (do not use cantible as your vst host, use element instead). I recommend the 2cd Sense Audio 2S EQ for free. U need to cut out some of the low mids, (200hz-1khz) a little. Then create a very narrow band (high q) and boost it by 10db and sweep accross the freqs to narrow harsh and unpleasant freqs, which u then notch out. U should only need to notch a couple of freqs at the most (usually at the high end, but can happen anywhere). Also roll off freqs below 100hz and above 15khz. then you can boost some lower freqs (100-200) and the high end. be very careful, and make the curve as gradual as possible (don't boost super hard and then cut super hard) although notches are a exception. less is more.

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18 hours ago, StrudelMan said:

Blue snowball and yeti are complete and utter garbage. If u have $50 get the Samson Q2U. usb and xlr, dynamic, and with processing can compete with procaster, sm7b, stealth.

blue and yeti I never liked and yes that Samson would work wonders

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