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I need help buying a mic (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/pcmasterrace

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I'll be brief. I've been looking for a mic for a long time now. My current one started dying and is really bad.

All I'd like is some shock absorption, for keyboard and stuff to not be earrape.

Some sort of mic arm, I wouldn't like to take space up infront of my keyboard, and to put it behind it would probably be a bad idea.

On another note is: please don't say HyperX, I don't really like that brand.

mt budget is: as cheap as possible, but still not shit quality, AKA whatever you'd buy

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[–] brygphilomena 1 points 1 year ago

A USB audio interface is going to be super useful for adjusting the audio going to the PC. It'll allow you to adjust low, mid, highs and general gain on the mic. If you go for the fancier mics which require phantom power, it will provide this.

There won't be any PCI cards that will allow a XLR connection. Personally, I have a tripod microphone stand with a boom that comes out over my desk and can point a shotgun mic directly at me. Audio quality is great and because of the narrow audio profile of the mic it doesn't pick up as much from sources it's not pointed at, like keyboards and PC fans.