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I was wondering about a nice standalone mic for arround 50-75 USD

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Soo as the tittle says I'm looking for a standalone mic for gaming and possibly voice over or commentary....

I was interested in Blue Snowball but there's one thing that kinda stops me and thats the strange buzz in my skype calls...Some say I should buy a new sound card and it's gonna fix it but I'm clueless.Please help :P

 

Oh and my current headset is Cavimanus GX gaming headset( or HS-G700)

 

 

EDIT:I'm sorry if the english was bad or something like that!

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So the buzzing is stopping you from buying a Blue Snowball? That's about the best quality USB mic you can buy for that price, I'd highly recommend it. As for sound card, do you have one currently? If not, just get whatever the most expensive Xonar you can afford.

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The blue snow ball wont use your soundcard as it is usb. So don't worry about buzzing/

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blue snowball, if you look hard enough you can get it for 40$ and it s great.

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blue snowball, if you look hard enough you can get it for 40$ and it s great.

If you can find me this deal, that would be great haha. Lowest I see is $60.

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i bought mine in a staples brick and mortar store.

on their website it s 70$ tho.

when i saw the deal i bought one on the spot even if i don t really need one. (only for skype lol)

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Just remember the Blue snowball/Yeti are condenser microphones. For gaming I would probably recommend a dynamic microphone because of how sensitive condensers are.

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I dont recomend the Blue series of USB mics. Overhyped, dynamic microphones are better for cardioid.

This. I made the mistake of going with a Blue Yeti and I somewhat regret it. Are there any good USB dyamics or would a XLR to an amp work better?

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