Best settings for blue yeti? Or tips for the blue yeti?

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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Hey guys, i’m melideas and have some problems with my mic. I always try to make it sound better, clearer and more professional - sometimes that works, but sometimes not. I always mess around with the setting, because i’m not sure what settings are the best for quality.

Settings on the blue yeti itself:

cardoid or how its called (the butt-icon)
Volume is one quarter or less, not more
I speak in the side of the micro, not in the head or something.

In windows my volume setting from the mic is at 2-10 (change it sometimes) and on 48000 Hz.

I have not much background noise, just a few clicks and stuff, but later on i filter them out of my audioline.

You guys have some tips for me? Some help? I dont know where the perfect “distance” for my head is and yeah…sometimes i’m really in front of it, sometimes 5cm away, sometimes 2,5cm - i cant tell a difference but sometimes when i record a long gameplay…there are 2 chances - i sound like a blurry something…yeah…it sounds like that the sound is… not fuzzy (you can hear what i’m say) but… dull discribe it right i guess.

I tried my best to get a CLEAR voice, but always something ruins it…but i just dont know what.

Here is what i do with the audioline: After i finished my audioline, i do 3 lines - 1 with NOTHING, just the mic recording itself. Then i filter that out of my audioline. THen i do the same with “mouseclicks” (i record them and filter them out) - same for tipping on my keyboard. After that i’m using the compressor (or how its called in ENG - i’m german and my eng is not so good), then bass boost with 6 and yeah…thats all. (its base boost in eng i guess)

That’s all i do…sometimes it sounds good…and another time like a pile of shit. I’m frustrated.

I hope someone can help me with that & i hope i gave you all the infos you could need.

Greetz
Meli

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Post a high quality MP3 on the forum (or any posting service of your choice) of what you sound like immediately after a recording session, but before you make any adjustments or changes.

https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/how-to-post-an-audio-sample/29851/1

There’s a very common problem where inexperienced announcers make adjustments to the recording system by paying attention to the wrong things, frequently leading to noise, volume problems, distortion, etc.

Koz

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…sometimes 5cm away, sometimes 2,5cm

That’s way too close. Around 15- 30 cm would be more-normal for “studio recording”.

If you are too close with a directional (cardioid) microphone, you get the proximity effect (bass boost), and if you move either direction by about 1cm, you’ll probably going to get a noticeable change in level as well a change in the as proximity effect.

You’ll get cleaner, more consistent sound with a little more distance. Of course with more distance, you get a weaker signal and you tend to pick-up more room noise and room reverb. So it is a bit of a trade-off and you need to speak with a strong-consistent voice.

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Thanks for the answers - i do let’s plays, so i’m always 5-6cm in front of the mic.

I just got a negative MP3 for you, the good ones are already mixed up. So i have to wait for a good example.

Here is the bad one. Its a bit of my audioline of a bad one.

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Okay guys, found the problem. I used too much filters and in the end it destroys my whole audioquality. Noise-reduction filters you know.