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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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
Using the 4 Modes of the Blue Yeti MicrophoneThe 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
OMG Thank you sooooooooooo much this is I think better than videos on YouTube for the same thing this help me out so much I had my gain almost half way and always had to turn the volume twist thing on the front of the yeti to get my voice louder and was confused why I had to turn the switch so low and thought there is no way I have to turn it this low by regular but anyways this helped me out sooooo much and I would have tons of more things to say about how helpful this was but I need to do stuff lol. Mrs. Raeylan Tan you are my best friend who i’ll probably never meet in person but if I did there would be lots of hugs to give in appreciation much props to you and good bye and thank you.
You’re welcome, Chaca! 🙂
Hi – thanks so much for the guide! I was wondering if you could help me with some advice? I am expereincing sound distortion with my blue yeti. The issue is on the “S”, “T” and “eng” (as in challenge) sounds. Those sounds do not record at all. I am using audacity, which worked fine with my previous $10 mic. I’ve tried using the yeti a) with and without a pop filter, b) recording in various different rooms and c) varying the distance I am from the mic and varying the gain.
Sound quality is great apart from this but the distortion is making my recording unusable. Do you have any advise for this problem?
Hey Freya, I don’t experience that issue with my Blue Yeti… seems like you tried everything, it could be a product defect?
Perfect answer to my question! Great tutorial Raelyn!
Thanks, Ricardo!
Very helpful! Thank you!
You’re welcome! The Blue Yeti is awesome when you’ve got the right settings! >_<
In some recording software you can enable suppression that will cancel out any sounds that are too soft basically elimination background sound. This is an option if you are not able to record in a completely silent location.
Oh yes, definitely!
Thank you, was easy and simple to understand. For months, i would shy away from recording stuff under the impression that my yeti mic was bad. I have always been trying to speak into it from the top. Hope life goes your way and thanks for this again.
Thanks for stopping by, Carlo!
Great post! I’ve been using my Blue Yeti for a while now, but recently got a new laptop that has fans that are as loud as jet turbines when I’m screen recording… No amount of noise reduction can make the audio sound as good as it should.
Ah,then you definitely need to turn the gain down!
Hello,
I’m making a tutorial on how to use the blue yeti microphone for my school.
I’m wondering if i can use your website as a reference point for the tutorial.
Thank You, If you could email me back that would be greatly appreciated
Trinith Anstine
Sure you can!
I was going crazy. Normally I have great audio.
Today, my audio sounded like I was in a box.
I tried adjusting dials and the cord. It turns out I had the microphone backwards. Made a huge difference.
Make sure the logo is facing your face!
This might be a helpful tip for another careless reader. 🙂
Ahhh! 🙂
Great tutorial! Dumb question — which is the “front” of the mic for Cardioid mode?
The side with the knob & logo! 🙂
THANK YOU! I was searching all over the internet for this answer!
How do you change the modes? This might be a dumb question but I was confused as to how you could change and see the different modes on the mic. Thanks!
There’s a knob at the back of the mike! (Opposite the volume knob)
The info on the Yeti Microphone was insightful. Thank you!