Looking for a good microphone!

[krupty]

Hi!

 

I've been looking for a good microphone for a while now but I can't come to any conclusion. I've been looking at the Røde NT USB, AT2020 USB and the Blue Yeti.

 

I have price range on max $350 (including boom arm and maybe a shockmount.)

 

Anyway I will wait until Black Friday until I purchase any microphone, what microphone/boom arm do you recommend?

 

Addon: I will play FPS games like CS:GO and H1Z1. I don't want my keyboard to get to loud when I play. (I'm using Corsair K70 RGB.) That's pretty much it.

 

 

 

[Enderman]

at2020

[AverageHardware]

AT2035

[Mr.McMister]

You could add the AKG perception 120 usb to your list of options. It's comparable to the at2020.

[DarkBlade2117]

What are you doing? Getting a mic highly depends on what you're doing and how the area around you is. Lots of background noise like are you near train tracks, a highway, live in a city? ect

[krupty]

1 minute ago, AverageHardware said:

AT2035

Isn't that a XLR microphone. And how much will a compressor cost?

[AverageHardware]

2 minutes ago, krupty said:

Isn't that a XLR microphone. And how much will a compressor cost?

Yes it's XLR. You'd need a USB audio interface. They range in price.

Here's a 30$ and 100$ one.

https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-U-PHORIA-UM2-BEHRINGER/dp/B00EK1OTZC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1476982611&sr=8-3&keywords=audio+interface

https://www.amazon.com/Focusrite-Scarlett-Audio-Interface-Tools/dp/B01E6T56CM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1476982611&sr=8-2&keywords=audio+interface

[krupty]

3 minutes ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

What are you doing? Getting a mic highly depends on what you're doing and how the area around you is. Lots of background noise like are you near train tracks, a highway, live in a city? ect

I'll talking with friends in Discord and maybe starting a podcast or something similar. 

[krupty]

2 minutes ago, AverageHardware said:

Yes it's XLR. You'd need a USB audio interface. They range in price.

Here's a 30$ and 100$ one.

https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-U-PHORIA-UM2-BEHRINGER/dp/B00EK1OTZC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1476982611&sr=8-3&keywords=audio+interface

https://www.amazon.com/Focusrite-Scarlett-Audio-Interface-Tools/dp/B01E6T56CM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1476982611&sr=8-2&keywords=audio+interface

But what's the difference? Will the microphone sound better with a more expensive one?

[AverageHardware]

1 minute ago, krupty said:

But what's the difference? Will the microphone sound better with a more expensive one?

The AT2020/Yeti have great quality. I only recommended this microphone because of your huge budget for a mic setup.

[EminentSun]

It very much depends on what your doing, if your like me and you need it to stream/record youtube videos, then I would highly recommend the samson meteor; 3kliksphilip also uses it to record his videos (https://m.youtube.com/user/3kliksphilip)

 

If your going to be doing something like recording vocals or instruments you may need a different microphone, its a good idea to explain what you will be doing when you ask for hardware recommendations.

[krupty]

4 minutes ago, EminentSun said:

It very much depends on what your doing, if your like me and you need it to stream/record youtube videos, then I would highly recommend the samson meteor; 3kliksphilip also uses it to record his videos (https://m.youtube.com/user/3kliksphilip)

 

If your going to be doing something like recording vocals or instruments you may need a different microphone, its a good idea to explain what you will be doing when you ask for hardware recommendations.

Okey so I will play FPS games like CS:GO and H1Z1. I don't want my keyboard to get to loud when I play. (I'm using Corsair K70 RGB.) That's pretty much it.

[AverageHardware]

6 minutes ago, krupty said:

Okey so I will play FPS games like CS:GO and H1Z1. I don't want my keyboard to get to loud when I play. (I'm using Corsair K70 RGB.) That's pretty much it.

Most of the microphones recommended will pick up the click clack of the keyboard. I've found it easiest to set up a noise gate in Windows.

[EminentSun]

If your just gaming there is no reason to pay more than the meteor/yeti. What you need to pay for are accesories to reduce the noise, I know there are things you can get to quiet a mechanical keyboard a bit, but if all else fails just find a wireless membrane keyboard to use while recording/streaming. 

 

I use this one and it is undetectable in my audio: https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-2LF-00001-Wireless-Desktop-800/dp/B003SVSJ1K