Blue Yeti Review

Here’s a Blue Yeti Review for you guys! Whether you are a streamer, or just looking to get a better sound from your mic I think you should read this. I’m a photographer and trying to record some videos to help others out. I watch a few people on twitch also like Tazed and Confused, Sumodeluxe and Squnts where they use all kinds of mics. Sumo uses a Shure SM7B and Tazed Blue Yeti Pro. If you enjoy streaming check them out! While I wasn’t ready to spend the money for a pro series mic, I think that I did not make a mistake for the purchase. I actually purchased a CAD Audio U37SE-W U37 Mic initally, but then did the buyers regret. I didn’t even get it in hand and canceled the order. Previously with audio recording and having condensing microphones you would have to have a phantom power to supply the microphone in order for it to properly work.

Fast-forward 10 years to the last time that I had purchased a mic for sound and you’ll learn that there’s no need for the phantom power from a mixing board. The USB power to the mic supports enough power to get amazing sounds. That’s where the Blue Yeti comes in to play, it’s powerful, sensitive and creates great sound. The quality build of it feels great for a 95.00 purchase in today’s throw-a-way society. When I opened it the typical electronics smell filled the air. Pulling the mic out of the box wasn’t difficult but it was just heavy. The construction of the stand and mic are solid. The round compression screws that lock the mic in place could have be a different shape slightly, either triangular or oblong so that you could tighten and loosen a little easier. When I plugged it in, I was expecting to have to go to a website, download software etc. Well it was truly plug and play nothing hard. The hard part was figuring out how to get it to work outside of just a mic with Adobe Audition.

The stock sound from windows is pretty good, the background noise without any software is average, it picks up vibrations of the computer on the desk and translates to a hum. Noise reduction takes care of that and moving it just a bit away, 2 feet away actually. The microphone has several options stereo, cardioid, bidirectional, & omnidirectional.  A must have with this is getting the Dragonpop filter wind screen. 7$ out the door and you’ll have an decrease of hiss and pops.
 

Features via amazon:

• Tri-capsule array – 3 condenser capsules can record almost any situation
• Multiple pattern selection – cardioid, bidirectional, omnidirectional & stereo
• Gain control, mute button, zero-latency headphone output
• Perfect for vocals, musical instruments, podcasting, voiceovers, interviews, field recordings, conference calls
• Plug ‘n play – Mac OS X (10.4.11 or higher) and PC (Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP). Bit Rate: 16bit

If you’d like to hear some audio from the head on over to my youtube channel any videos after 1/16/2015 are with the mic. I hope you enjoyed the video below!

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So as a photographer that enjoys doing some tutorials I recommend the blue yeti for pretty much everyone that has a budget 120.00 or less.