I've owned the Blue Yeti for years and will from time to time use it for podcast recordings. I prefer dynamics such as the RE320, but the Yeti can give reasonably decent audio quality in the right room environment and when used properly. At zero gain, there's more than enough signal to get usable levels. With any higher gain, you'll typically get too much room / ambient noice. If you buy or already own the Yeti, I suggest downloading and trying out the Blue Voice software. It's free to download for Mac and Windows and gives you a variety of presets and other audio signal options you can tweak to your liking for livestreams or recordings. Using the Blue Voice software can save editing time, particularly if your editing experience isn't strong.
Nice test! Thank you so much. I have a blue yeti and have been trying to decide if the upgrade right now is worth it. FYI my gain does work and I usually have it set at 3/4.
honestly very good review, using the blue yeti rn myself for a couple years and the build quality still holds up. The NT1 blew it out of the water for me though so this did make me think about upgrading mics
Nice, I’ve had the yeti blackout for a couple years and needed to go a step up and I’m looking at the rode nt1 myself and am just trying to convince myself that it’s an actual upgrade from the yeti
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I don't think I have the Gain issue in my Yeti, but I have not used it for a long while. It's just to big, and now I got better sounding microphones. It is however fun to play with the different pickup patterns, and a fast search on google for the pictures of the inside of it, makes it quite unique with it's 3 capsule design I think. The biggest problem for it's reputation, is how many people that uses it wrong I think. Talking into the top, using a random pickup pattern and having it to far away in a untreated room.
I absolutely had the same issue with my Blue Yeti. Even with the gain at zero I reduced it even more in OBS for live streams/ lowered it in post for RU-vid. I would always recommend the same to anyone that asked me about setting theirs up. Start at 0 and see if it's too hot.
Guessed them all James and was 100% correct! Woohoo!! I prefer the NT1 and the 416 to my ears. Oh and the Yeti vs the 416 is 157% unfair, for sure! 😂 And for giggles, it’s a great test! I’m still not a fan of the Yeti. You know my views! 😅 Great video nonetheless!
Guessing first A/B, Yeti on A, Rode on B. Second test, Sennheiser A/Yeti B. I like the Yeti better than the Rode, but the Sennheiser better than the Yeti.
My old video I made years ago on my channel was with a Blue Yeti. People would ask me in my comments what mic are you using. I always got that reaction WOAH keep talking to me omg you sound like a radio host. All I did was turn the gain to zero, increased the levels to around like 40% in windows. It makes me wanna switch off my AT2050 and get that reaction again. Now I just sound meh.
i have **RODE NT1-A and BLUE YETI** first i bought the yeti then i heard alot of noise& reverb in the audio so i thought the problem from the mic and bought a nt1-a but now i'm seeing that the nt1 is very big and pick up alot more noise but it is a little better sounding mic , as i'm a gaming content creator i'm thinking to back use my blue yeti cuz it sounds good and not pick up alot noise as the nt1. 6:11 this issue is just happen in ur mic and i think cuz it's the new version not the og blue yeti. finally thanks for making this video cuz of course will help alot of guys
I had a Blue Yeti before I upgraded to the NT1 and 2i2 and yes, the gain control isn't that good when your software device settings are cranked to max but if you turn it down to 80% or lower, the gain control actually becomes more useful. I do still think the Yeti sounds a bit unnatural but in this demo it's really not too bad.
I've got the yeti nano and I absolutely hate it. And if I put it into cardioid mode on accident I get insane sibilance. Whether I am or not the audio levels constantly jump up and down. And the tone quality is better on my old sony micropphone that was 40 bucks. Definitrly going to get something new but not sure what yet.
The blind test was very easy. The 416 left both in the mud, and the NT1 killed the Yeti. No surprise. I have an NT1, but not the 416, which I will most probably never have. Maybe I should start saving up for one :)
Hey there! The Rode NT1 is absolutely industry standard and could last you for the rest of your career. This will help explain a little: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-40jk-qPQ8TY.html
Lol so ig I’m the only one who likes the Blue Yeti sound better for sure I got the A-B test blue yeti to me..ok the gain makes sense that could be annoying while recording
I did actually get the NT1 but maybe it was a fluke because I could not tell the 416. 🤔 I currently own 2 yeti’s. Logitech sent a replacement because I had an issue. The gain was not the problem. I probably have the knob turned about as far as I do on my Volt for the CAD E100Sx. Which isn’t far but it’s defiantly not zero.
I’ll further add that the NT1 I thought had more low tones in your voice and that’s why I had assumed it was not the yeti. Which is why I prefer the NT1 over the yeti.
Hey man! Hope you're well! Touching in the red in your DAW is totally fine as long as you can maintain the consistency and never actually clip your audio. However, if you're talking about hitting red on the meter of your interface that usually means you did clip your audio and you should definitely try to avoid that because if you clip on your interface there's no way to fix it. It's printed in the audio there after. I could totally be misunderstanding your question though so let me know if I did! 😂
@@JamesYounger That makes sense but I'm not 100% sure what I mean since I heard that from a producer sampling from vinyl. It made me wonder if it can be applied to VO with a limiter at -6 dB in post, for example. Maybe it's apples and oranges (vo vs. sampling) but I'll have to experiment. Interesting recording secret if it's possible tho, don't cha think? It's going Really well James. The ball is rollin so expect that follow-up email soon! 🤞🤞
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_Qnv6_HnT4c.htmlsi=dir0BMQLIfikVkX7 either one of these mics in this video. SE Electronics T2 or Rode NT1 5th gen.
@@plautus-jc8be I'm sorry you feel that way. The NT1 has one of the most neutral/flat frequency curves out there, so there's a very high likelihood that's it's your voice that sounds nasal, muddy and harsh. It could also be the space you're recording in that's causing the muddy nasal sound which is very common is less than idea spaces. Rather than searching endlessly for a microphone to fix these issues, instead take a look at your space and how it's acoustically treated. A microphone makes up a very small amount of how your recorded audio sounds in the end believe it or not. 70% to 80% of your audio quality is how you acoustically treat your space. You'll waste a lot of time and energy testing out and buying microphones trying to fix those types of issues.
I just orderd a blue yeti, I don't have a treated space and probably won't have one. I plan to use it for RU-vid voiceovers and my pc fans are really loud will this be a problem, should I cancel my order
Hey there! In your situation I'd personally have gotten the Shure MV7X XLR Podcast Microphone. You can find it in the description of my (Top 10 Podcasting Microphones video) that microphone will do a really good job of rejecting that fan noise as well as the untreated room.
As someone who lives in New york and had a blue yeti in untreated space for a year straight yes I would cancel my order and find a dynamic usb microphone like a Audio technica At2005 or a samoson q2u or a moano microphone the sounds from those mics are really good, or go the xlr route you can get a cheap audio interface and a shure sm48 or a behringer xm8500 to get started and if your budget is bigger an sm58 or 57 are solid options for voice overs
