Hey, I hate to be the bearer of bad news or anything ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
But if somebody sent you this video chances are you're talking into the wrong side of your microphone?
Not all of you who got sent this video just know that I am NOT talking down to you
I am not mad at you. I am just severely disappointed in you. So let's go ahead and talk for a second
First up you should not be talking into the top of your blue Yeti like this because it sounds terrible
The reason it sounds terrible is the blue Yeti is a side address microphone
Meaning you should be speaking into the side and on the note of the blue Yeti or any
Multi-pattern microphone for that matter if you're the only person talking into the microphone and you're not doing ASMR
please make sure you're on the
Cardioid polar pattern and what that actually means is it's mainly going to be picking up audio from the front of the microphone
Which is say it with me where you're supposed to be talking into now
I have seen this a couple of times and every single time
It just breaks my heart because I love the sm7b so much
So let me just go ahead and say this the sm7b is not a site address microphone
It is an end address microphone meaning you speak into the end of it. That's where you're gonna get the best sound
So do not do this, please now
I actually saw this error on a pretty large stream where they streamed for over an hour and they were complaining about how bad the
Audio was and they couldn't figure out what was wrong and then about an hour and a half in they realized
Oh, we're talking into the back of the microphone. They flipped it around and it sounded much better
So please just do not do this
It is so easy to determine what the front and the back of the microphone is
So just make sure you're speaking in the front now this last error
I've seen a few times and I've also heard people talk about it
They get super excited because they went out and bought a really nice audio rig because they want to improve their audio quality
They get home they set everything up they start recording and it sounds like garbage. They try to troubleshoot it
They can't figure it out. So they assume well, I guess it's not going to be that great
We'll just roll with it and they continue producing their content a few weeks. Later
They realize that they have not been recording the microphone that they purchased but they've mistakenly been recording the microphone
Their laptop or their webcam the entire time
So let that be a lesson to you whenever you get a new
Audio setup or whenever you go to record for that matter go into your OS audio settings
Make sure the correct microphone is selected and then go into your DAW and make sure the correct
microphone is selected and a really easy way to determine that you're recording into the correct microphone is just give it a little scratch and
By looking at the meters in your DAW, you'll be able to see if you're recording the correct or incorrect
Microphone so in summary, what can you do to make sure you're talking into your microphone correctly?
The first thing would be determine if your microphone is a side address microphone or an end address
microphone the second thing you should do is find out what the polar pattern of your
microphone is meaning what area around of the microphone is going to be picking up the best audio the third thing you should do is
go ahead and record some audio samples with the
microphone in different
Positions to help you determine that you are in fact speaking into the right side of the microphone and the fourth thing you should do
is before you start any recording session or before you go live on Twitch, just give your microphone a little scratch and
Look at the meters in your DAW or your streaming software to make sure you have the right microphone selected
Okay, guys, that's gonna do it for today
I know this was ridiculous and it seems like a really silly topic for a video
But I've just seen one too many people speaking into the top of the blue Yeti or even more
Painfully speaking into the side of the sm7b and I just want to help them out and hopefully improve their audio quality
So I hope that helped you guys out and if you know anybody speaking into the wrong side of their microphone go ahead and send
This video to them and set them straight if you do want more videos like this
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Oh and I didn't say this at the beginning and I need to say it or I'll freak out greetings earthlings
I'll see you next time. Bye