Microphone Layout

[PB3]

Where should I put my microphone? It's a little inconvenient where it is now. 

[tp95112]

That probably is the most optimal spot unless you want to get a mic arm and put it a bit farther away with a bit of gain or be the one jackass with there mic on the over side of the room with gain set to max(Atleast thats how it sounds most of the time :P)

[Bwithnewcast]

At the left behind your keyboard

[PB3]

44 minutes ago, tp95112 said:

That probably is the most optimal spot unless you want to get a mic arm and put it a bit farther away with a bit of gain or be the one jackass with there mic on the over side of the room with gain set to max(Atleast thats how it sounds most of the time :P)

What's a good microphone arm? Keep in mind I also want to get a second monitor at some point.

[tp95112]

7 hours ago, PB3 said:

What's a good microphone arm? Keep in mind I also want to get a second monitor at some point.

Not a audio guy so no idea. Might want to either wait for more post to come in or make a post about mic arms and if its worth it

[AAJoe]

So what is going to happen with your setup, most likely, is because your mic is on the desk, sounds are going to travel through the solid surfaces and be much more audible, so while the positions is "good" - ignoring the fact you cant type effectively where it is - you'll get a lot of ambient noises from the mouse, keyboard, and even potentially the vibration from the PC fans.

 

The "cheap" solution is to put the mic off to your left and put it up on a book or stack of papers or really anything that will put a little air between it and the desk. You could probably use sound insulation boards too.

 

The right way is to mount your mic on a boom arm, but I don't know which arms work best for the Yeti. Again, if its mounted on the floor it will isolate sound better.

Begs the question of course, what are you using this mic for? Sometimes the simple answer of "nothing much" means you shouldn't worry too much about any of the above and just place it behind your keyboard and not in front of your monitor and be done with it.

[NinJake]

Hey you have my monitor and mouse. (I think)

 

I would go for an arm mount as well, works wonders for me.

[PB3]

On 3/17/2017 at 3:25 PM, AAJoe said:

So what is going to happen with your setup, most likely, is because your mic is on the desk, sounds are going to travel through the solid surfaces and be much more audible, so while the positions is "good" - ignoring the fact you cant type effectively where it is - you'll get a lot of ambient noises from the mouse, keyboard, and even potentially the vibration from the PC fans.

 

The "cheap" solution is to put the mic off to your left and put it up on a book or stack of papers or really anything that will put a little air between it and the desk. You could probably use sound insulation boards too.

 

The right way is to mount your mic on a boom arm, but I don't know which arms work best for the Yeti. Again, if its mounted on the floor it will isolate sound better.

Begs the question of course, what are you using this mic for? Sometimes the simple answer of "nothing much" means you shouldn't worry too much about any of the above and just place it behind your keyboard and not in front of your monitor and be done with it.

Talking in a ton of voice chats and recording videos.

[AAJoe]

In that case - for recording, I'd try to get a nice boom arm... though you're more than welcome to try my "stack of paper" method and see how it sounds