Egg cartons are absolutely perfect as such anechoic coverings. The music room of a military school in Brasília is entirely lined with that, walls and ceiling alike, made by the students.
Ha! Love it… 
Ya, the mic is good. Really considered to be top notch for a usb mic. I’m not really looking for effects. I just want to get it as pleasant sounding as possible. Most of the issue I “think” I’m having is getting the right equalizer mix… Maybe…
To be honest I’m not 100% sure either. I can’t figure out if I truly just dislike the sound of my own voice, or if I’m really just bad at this…
I started out having distortion issues ( This was my first vid with the Yeti).
My voice just sounded really “Scratchy” and rough. Backing a bit further away from the mic seemed to help a little. But even in later vids it doesn’t seem quite right. Maybe that’s just really how I sound?
This is my most recent vid where I feel like a good bit of the scratch and distortion is gone.
Yes. This too is an issue. I am looking at better sound gear, but just the though of barfing up yet another hundred plus dollars (and probly still not getting what I need) is wearing me slick. Sound card? DAC? Speakers? Headphones?
Well, I do hear some echo, so today I put some foam up on the walls. I guess if you guys see me lookin’ like fryer tuck in my next vid we’ll know the foam wasn’t enough.
There may be hope for me yet then. I just listened to one of his vids and hear a similar scratchy sound in his….
A decent set of earmuffs will help. I always liked Sennheisers, and you can get a decent set of Senns for 60bux.
Avoid the “bass boost” ones as they artificially, well, boost the bass response (duh). Good sound from an mp3 player, but not if you want accuracy in how the track actually sounds.
Bose are great, but a bit overpriced by maybe 50bux. Love my QC15s, though.
beats are decent quality with good sound, but way overpriced. (Eg, instead of 250bux I’d put them more at about a 125-150buk price-point. You’re paying for the name.)
My cheapie Senns (60bux, like I said) that I use for listening at work… can’t recall the model #… look kinda cheap (brown plastic all around), but sound great and are so comfy that after a while I forget I’m even wearing them (and often get yanked off my head entirely when I get up to go somewhere).
They’re a bit soft on treble, so if that’s what you like you may be a little disappointed, but I find that for prolonged listening, softer treble is a lot less fatiguing vs the pronounced, almost shrill, treble that I like. And I’ve got hearing like a bat, so I’m sensitive to 10kHz-20kHz sound and can hear it quite well.
Nb: I don’t attribute that to the oft-cited “Sennheiser veil”, just the soft construction and “tuned” response from them. They sound… warm.
Oh, and whichever brand you settle on, get over-the-ear ’muffs, not on-the-ear. They just “seat” better and more consistently, and insulate the sound better from the outside world.
I don’t know if buying anything is necessary, your viewers are listening on the same quality stuff you have. Just be sure to listen to yourself on every set of headphones/speakers you have and be sure you reach a good compromise with those equalizer settings we talked about.
Ages ago I worked with an economy recording studio for awhile. Their sound stage was a room with acoustic tile ceilings and the walls were draped with heavy carpet and old quilts hung a few inches away from the solid walls. It worked excellently to reduce sound reflections. When we did road shows we covered offensive hard surfaces likewise to ‘pink in’ the sound. I also learned that it was very important to match the mic to the vocalist or instrument but I never learned how to select them. The owner had about 20 mics to choose from. I credit a lot of my current deafness to those days of loud rock and roll 
I’ve seen your vids but with my bad hearing all I can offer you is 1- cover the hard surfaces and the wall(s) opposite or near your mic position; anything is better than nothing and it needs to hang loose. 2- try different mics till you get the one which works for your voice. You need the best sound you can get to start with or the results will sound like modified junk 
The studio is long gone as is my friend who ran it or I’d have better input for you. Had I not been ‘deep in my cups’ during those years I’d remember more 
Phil
If you want i can pimp your audio too, using Audacity.
Just provide a link to download the audio and i’ll have a go at it.
Having the microphone close to you helps a LOT in reducing room reverb and background noise by the way.
Actually, the “effects” may be exactly what you need (if you’re looking for a simple fix for your recordings). Effects aren’t just for making stuff sound weird. Some effects are made specifically to make stuff sound less weird. Anyway, send me a file if you’d like, and I’ll see if I can figure out the simplest, most effective fixes for you to implement, since you’re talking about doing this from now on yourself.
Since you guys have some experience, I would like some feedback on my settings. Have a listen to this video clip.
It plays:
- Laptop Microphone (The reason I bought the Lavalier Mic)
- Lavalier Microphone (The reason I bought the CAD Mic)
- CAD Microphone (Finally. But a little off.)
- CAD Mic, Realism Adjusted (with equalizer settings I think sound more like me)
So of course you have not met me, but does #4 sound the best on your speakers?
send me a link
wle
“Getting sound to sound radder”
(some profanity)
Both 3 and 4 sound pretty good to me. 4 sounds a little fuller due to bumped up low end, I guess.
Can you post a link to your CAD mic?
Here’s the raw audio incase that’s what you wanted the link for Wle. Suggestions welcome.
CAD mp4 Recording
Thanks!
What program/settings did you use to get from #3 to #4?
Thanks Angler, I will have to try audacity.
For anyone wondering, that line I read is from the CAD user manual. It was sitting right in front of me when I hooked up the mic for the first time. I’m not trying to sound like and advertisement!
I used Cyberlink WaveEditor2. It’s a lame program, but I can apply custom equalizer settings to a file and save it. I played with the bars for many hours, and that was the result. To re-create it, you can pull the 2K frequency down to –4 and pull the 125 frequency up to +2. Then shape the rest of the bars into a smooth wave look around them. Ending at 0 at both ends of the equalizer.
Alright, just like going to the eye doctor, I made some adjustments. Please tell me if A or B is best on your speakers 