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|---|---|
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| Case | Fractal Design R6 |
| Audio Device(s) | Logitech G560 | Corsair Void pro RGB |Blue Yeti mic |
| Power Supply | Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY) |
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Relevant to this thread, since recording and mics are also audio
Every extra step added for noise reduction helps a little bit more, sometimes to where you aren't sure if it helped - until you compare a before and after with all of it combined when it becomes really obvious.
Not every option helps every situation, a floor stand helps remove any vibration from a desk but could *add* some if its on a hardwood floor someone stomps around on.
I have a thing for blue yetis
My primary mic for gaming has a sock filter, a pop filter and a Steeve for emotional support attached to my monitor bracket.
I game with speakers under the monitors, this allows me to do so without everyone hearing constant feedback.
This setup filters out plosive popping noises, vibrations, and echoes/all sounds from the sides and rear.
The sock and pop filter prevent the Plosive "puh" sound from reaching the mic and resulting in crackling from shitty speakers at the other end (or as a result of compression) like mouthbreathers and a $2 headset mic.
The arm prevents vibrations from reaching the mic - so thuds and whacks from me typing at 9001 WASD's per minute are filtered out if the desk wobbles or gets tapped.
A full sized desk pad also helps here, as it reduces that vibration before it reaches the desk.
The only reason this works so well is the Yeti has a hardware knob for the "Polar pattern" and I use the"cardioid" mode that looks like a butt - the user is at the top of the circle, and the back is filtered out.
The yeti has two? mics facing front and rear, and the cardioid mode ignores the rear mic and tries to filter that noise out from the signal so I'm not getting any reflected wall noise. Cheaper mics, or a Yeti set to the other modes will get echoes from being close to a wall.
Setup 2 is a standalone mic on a tripod with a honking filter to cut down surrounding noise - this is used in a larger living room with a lot more background noise and echoing, especially helpful when we have both VR setups running at once and it's got two people to listen to.
Side by side with the main mic
Due to using a pop filter as well, the sock basically only catches audio that'd sneak in from directly above - echoes from the ceiling, more or less. Since only high frequency sounds do that it'd remove something like the drone of a background air conditioner or similar.
It's important to note that entirely closing the filter all the way barely changes the audio for a person its facing towards - a fair bit leaks in that top and the tiny slit without the foam at the front.
What it does change is the ambient noise and echoes, which are basically removed.
My son's cooler than you, sorry.
Every extra step added for noise reduction helps a little bit more, sometimes to where you aren't sure if it helped - until you compare a before and after with all of it combined when it becomes really obvious.
Not every option helps every situation, a floor stand helps remove any vibration from a desk but could *add* some if its on a hardwood floor someone stomps around on.
I have a thing for blue yetis
My primary mic for gaming has a sock filter, a pop filter and a Steeve for emotional support attached to my monitor bracket.
I game with speakers under the monitors, this allows me to do so without everyone hearing constant feedback.
This setup filters out plosive popping noises, vibrations, and echoes/all sounds from the sides and rear.
The sock and pop filter prevent the Plosive "puh" sound from reaching the mic and resulting in crackling from shitty speakers at the other end (or as a result of compression) like mouthbreathers and a $2 headset mic.
The arm prevents vibrations from reaching the mic - so thuds and whacks from me typing at 9001 WASD's per minute are filtered out if the desk wobbles or gets tapped.
A full sized desk pad also helps here, as it reduces that vibration before it reaches the desk.
The only reason this works so well is the Yeti has a hardware knob for the "Polar pattern" and I use the"cardioid" mode that looks like a butt - the user is at the top of the circle, and the back is filtered out.
The yeti has two? mics facing front and rear, and the cardioid mode ignores the rear mic and tries to filter that noise out from the signal so I'm not getting any reflected wall noise. Cheaper mics, or a Yeti set to the other modes will get echoes from being close to a wall.
Setup 2 is a standalone mic on a tripod with a honking filter to cut down surrounding noise - this is used in a larger living room with a lot more background noise and echoing, especially helpful when we have both VR setups running at once and it's got two people to listen to.
Side by side with the main mic
Due to using a pop filter as well, the sock basically only catches audio that'd sneak in from directly above - echoes from the ceiling, more or less. Since only high frequency sounds do that it'd remove something like the drone of a background air conditioner or similar.
It's important to note that entirely closing the filter all the way barely changes the audio for a person its facing towards - a fair bit leaks in that top and the tiny slit without the foam at the front.
What it does change is the ambient noise and echoes, which are basically removed.
My son's cooler than you, sorry.
