Blue Yeti Issues

[TheGrim123321]

First of all.

1. I do have it set to cardioid

2. The gain is at 25% the lowest it can go while still picking up my voice

3. I have a pop filter

4. It's the Blackout Edition

5. It's being hung on a after market overhead stand

6. The mic is facing the correct direction

7. I'm speaking to the front not the top

8. I'm using Audacity

 

It picks up me just fine, but it also picks up my dad talking 3 rooms down just fine as well. Is my mic defective?

[Atmos]

Either you have very poor sound isolation in your room, or something else is amidst.

[GodSpoon]

Bad isolation by the...sound...of it 

Try adding sound dampening elements into your recording room

 

And lower your sensitivity 

[TheGrim123321]

Either you have very poor sound isolation in your room, or something else is amidst.

My walls are thin af.

[TheGrim123321]

Bad isolation by the...sound of it 

Try adding sound dampening elements into your recording room

I own a fan thats the only dampening I have.

[FAQBytes]

I just want to clarify that the oversensitivity is the issue.

[TheGrim123321]

I just want to clarify that the oversensitivity is the issue.

How to fix

[GodSpoon]

I own a fan thats the only dampening I have.

 

 

A fan is not dampening, foam, a bed, a bean bag, insulation, etc. 

Those all absorb the sound around your room so it only picks up your voice

 

A fan just adds more noise 

[TheGrim123321]

A fan is not dampening, foam, a bed, a bean bag, insulation, etc. 

Those all absorb the sound around your room so it only picks up your voice

 

A fan just adds more noise 

Yeah m8, I'm out of luck there. I just wanted to make sure my mic wasn't defective.

[Enderman]

that's what a condenser mic does...

pick up all sounds possible

 

if you only want it to pick up your voice you need to use a shotgun mic, lapel mic, headset mic, or move your yeti close to your mouth and turn the gain down even more

[TheGrim123321]

that's what a condenser mic does...

pick up all sounds possible

 

if you only want it to pick up your voice you need to use a shotgun mic, lapel mic, headset mic, or move your yeti close to your mouth and turn the gain down even more

I"m aware that's what a condenser mic does. I have the mic mere inches from my face with it on cardioiad. The way it was advertise I believed it would only pick up my

[Enderman]

I"m aware that's what a condenser mic does. I have the mic mere inches from my face with it on cardioiad. The way it was advertise I believed it would only pick up my

try making your mic volume in windows sound settings lower and then having the yeti higher

[Philosobyte]

My cardioid Samson Meteor microphone set to 10% and located inside my piano, can pick up sound from the fish tank in the next room behind the microphone. Heck, I never even notice the fish tank noise in real life.  So no, your microphone isn't defective. It's just that cardioid microphones are not directional enough. 

 

I don't think you can do anything to get rid of the unwanted noise except for sound absorption foam, or getting a dynamic microphone or shotgun mic. 

[TheGrim123321]

try making your mic volume in windows sound settings lower and then having the yeti higher

I suppose I should of added that in my original post as well. I read a lot of threads on this subject and in my test I also tried that. I'm just gunna give up, my viewers can deal with background voices. Or I'll just record when no ones home.