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Yes I agree, great review, great voice.

Which microphone did you go for in the end? And how is it keeping up? I doubt that you'll even see this reply, but it would be great if you could reply.

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•UltraGamerAlex | Gʀᴀᴘʜɪᴄs ∂εsιgη• does it have delay when you want to hear playback from the PC? like when singing over an instrumental song.

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This is a very simple recording, so it really doesn't matter what DAW you pick. I happened to pick Apple Logic Pro, since it has a decent automatic drummer for the song. On the voice recoding, I added nothing but the Channel EQ, Compressor, and Reverb that shipped with the software. Keeping it simple.

the Rode NT USB and At2020 are what the hype about the lifeless Blue Yeti is all about

The AT2020 is really great value for its price, and honestly, all those three mics were usable and I was surprised by the quality, I don't think you can go wrong there. :) Why do you care about the CC license, do you want to use some of the video? Just curious... I try to publish in CC whenever I can. :)

Florian Fahrenberger No, just wanted to note that as I enjoy free content and and free culture work. Anyways I've got to try the Rode NT-USB at my local audio store and it sounded a bit better than the AT2020.

Does it? I'm planning on getting one of these myself, and i mostly have alot of background noise..

Well, it is a Rode. They don't muck around.

:/

if you have 2020 go for Rode, Yeti would be a step down imo...

+Chrisson There is usually a monitoring function within your recording software where you can adjust what tracks (including the one you are recoding to) you can hear. However, if you do this via two different sound devices, it will result in a short time delay and might irritate the singer. In my case, since it was a very slow song, I had no trouble with it. If you use the Rode NT-USB, this option is built in: You can just plug your headphone into the mic, and there are two nobs: One to adjust the general headphone volume, and one to smoothly mix between the computer playback and the microphone input (without any delay). So if this is important to you, this is certainly the easiest option to do it. If you have a different mic, it depends very much on your recording software how to achieve this.

***** The Rode NT-1A is a great microphone, but it needs an additional sound device to work. With a crappy sound card with bad preamps, it's gonna sound worse, so it's tough to compare...

That was Apple's Logic Pro X. But honestly, it isn't much better or worse than other DAWs, it depends what you want to do...

+Revem Music FIrst of all: I can not tell you which one is the best for you. First, I have never tried the Blue Yeti, but more importantly, I don't know what your voice sounds like, and a different mic might be best for you than for me. That being said, here are three tips: 1. The background noise a microphone can influence is never the one you get from your living room! This is only about if the mic adds some more background hiss or noise to that. And in that respect, all three of these are pretty good. To reduce background noise from your room, the best way is to get very close to your mic while recording. This will also add some bass to your voice, which might be beneficial for rap. 2. If you decide to get at AT2020, be sure to get the new version "AT2020+" (the plus at the end is important). The old version is deprecated and definitely of lower quality. 3. I would probably recommend the Rode, not for sound but for practicality, since it offers a headphone jack for direct monitoring. This will reduce the lag when recording and actually helps the timing for rap.

That helped a lot! Thank you. Now I'm actually going to buy me the Rode mic next week and give it a try :)

Sadly, I have very little knowledge when it comes to Windows. I would suggest contacting Rode. They are apparently quite responsive and are the most likely to have heard of that problem before. Don't be shy, you paid those guys money! :-) Sorry I only answer now, your comment was marked as spam for some reason.

Exactly, you nailed the point. Another nice thing that I didn't mention about having this headphone plug is that usually you need the headphone plug where your singer is, and that is usually close to the microphone. I try to put my computer far away from the mic for serious recordings to avoid fan noise. But even if your headphones have a very short cable, it will usually be enough from the mic to the singer. :)

Florian Fahrenberger Awesome, thanks for replying so quickly! :)

DaTux91 Also the AT2020USB+ (Plus) has the same mic monitoring connection and dials if needed.

to be completely fair, Rode has an integrated pop filter which has only one position - exactly the right distance from the mic. If your pop filter is too close to the capsule it doesn't work as well, and I think that's why the AKG and AT mics picked up heavier plosives and breathing sounds in this review. They're all good mics, but you can hear the difference in their dynamic range. I agree with you, I think the Rode is out in front, the AT2020 a very close second (doesn't pick up bass as well) and the AKG a medicore third.

GoatPvP Spinne brauchst Du eigentlich nur, wenn Du den Ständer oder das Mikro handhalten willst, oder wenn Du stark übertragende Böden hast und davor rumhüpfst. Ständer wäre schon wichtig, selber halten kannst Du eigentlich kein solches Mikro. Aber es ist bei allen drei ein kleiner Tischfuss dabei, der erstmal reichen sollte. Popschutz ist aber unbedingt eine gute Idee, wenn Du näher ans Mikro ran willst! Bei mehr Entfernung ist es nicht so kritisch. Wenn es eine heikle Entscheidung ist, gibt es eigentlich nur eine Antwort: Bestell alle drei und probier sie (vorsichtig) aus, dann gib zwei zurück. Welches zu deiner Stimme passt, kann ich aus der Ferne echt nicht feststellen.

Florian Fahrenberger Vielen Dank ;)

Mustis1524 I had to go back and check the original files, since I didn't pay attention to this. Funnily enough, I hear the least background on the Rode (it was really mostly my laptop's fans), but the difference is tiny and I could hardly tell. Sorry, I didn't really test them in a noisy environment...

Thanks, Jon! See, that's why it's opinions! :) If you know this much about audio, you will probably want to order your own mics anyways and compare them with your voice and really listen to them closely. I have to admit that after I mixed the video and am listening to it now, I really don't like the AKG as much anymore. But during mixing, it really felt terrible in comparison... that's how much can change just when mixing, exporting and re-encoding things. :) I just though I'd do the comparison since I hardly found anything on the new Rode mic and was very curious myself...

As it says in the description, I am using Apple Logic Pro X. But that's really just because I know how to use that one, you can use any DAW available for what I am doing here.