Blue Yeti Tutorial: How To Use The Blue Yeti Microphone To Get Clear Audio For Your Videos
This is part 4 of 5 of my Crushing It With Video series on how to create awesome videos for your online business.
- A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating & Recording Awesome Videos For Your Business
- How I Got Over My Fears & Recorded My First Video
- The 5 Best Microphones Recommended By Entrepreneurs For Online Video Creation
- Blue Yeti Tutorial: How To Use The Blue Yeti Microphone To Get Clear Audio For Your Videos
- How to Edit Your Videos With Screenflow
I LOVE the Blue Yeti Microphone.
This is gonna be a short but comprehensive tutorial about how to use the Blue Yeti Microphone.
When I first bought this microphone, I honestly had a rude shock. Along with my voice, it also took in loads of background noise, so you’ll have to record in a quiet place.
It turns out that you’ll need to adjust some settings for it to work nicely.
It IS the best value for money microphone and works awesomely. If you turn up at any forum or discussion about microphones for video creation, there’s a 95% chance that you’ll be recommended this microphone. It’s that good.
Bonus: It looks fabulous too!
Check out the Blue Yeti Microphone here: Blue Yeti Microphone (aff).
I highly recommend this microphone because it will give you high quality audio at an affordable price!
Here’s What You’ll Learn:
- The Blue Yeti’s 4 modes and adjusting the gain settings
- The optimal setting for your Blue Yeti Microphone to get better sound quality
- Everything you need to know to get clear audio for your Blue Yeti Microphone
The Blue Yeti is a Side-Address Microphone
The microphone captures sound from the sides of the mic grill, not the top.
Using the 4 Modes of the Blue Yeti Microphone
The Blue Yeti has 4 modes: Cardioid, Stereo, Omnidirectional & Bidirectional mode.
I typically use the Cardioid mode, which is the mode you should be using. When you put it on Cardioid, you will sound better as it eliminates a lot of other noises that comes from the back/ sides of the microphone.
If you’re interviewing someone, the bidirectional mode would be best. Here’s an image that describes each mode which would be super useful to you.
Check out the Blue Yeti Microphone here: Blue Yeti Microphone (aff).
Setting the Gain of Your Blue Yeti Microphone To As Low As Possible
The Blue Yeti captures a lot of irrelevant noise. To curb this, turn the gain to as low as possible.
You can find the technical definition of what a “gain” is, but the simple way to explain what a “gain” is how loud you’ll sound on your microphone/ how much sound your microphone is gonna absorb.
If your gain is too high, you’ll hear loud & distorted audio. If you turn it to zero gain, you won’t hear anything.
Crank the gain down to as low as possible (but make sure you don’t sound too soft)
Don’t Speak Too Near The Blue Yeti Microphone
There was once I was recording the audio for a new product I was gonna launch. After recording 3 hours of video, I opened it on my computer and realized that the audio was distorted and a pain to listen to.
I had to rerecord everything. It was such a pain!
Lesson learnt: Don’t ever put your mouth too close to your microphone! Give it a few inches at least.
Check out the Blue Yeti Microphone here: Blue Yeti Microphone (aff).
How To Get Better Blue Yeti Microphone Sound Quality – The Optimal Setting
- Eliminate any background noise possible (Eg turn off the fan, turn off your Xbox etc)
- Make sure you’re speaking into the Mic from the side
- Put it on Cardioid mode.
- Turn the gain down to as low as possible without muting yourself.
Now That You Know How To Record Videos, Let’s Learn How to Edit Them
Continue to part 5 (the last installment!) of this series: How to Edit Your Videos With Screenflow!
This is part 4 of 5 of my Crushing It With Video series on how to create awesome videos for your online business.
- A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating & Recording Awesome Videos For Your Business
- How I Got Over My Fears & Recorded My First Video
- The 5 Best Microphones Recommended By Entrepreneurs For Online Video Creation
- Blue Yeti Tutorial: How To Use The Blue Yeti Microphone To Get Clear Audio For Your Videos
- How to Edit Your Videos With Screenflow
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