For cooking videos, specifically, no. Yeti mic is best if you can sit very close to the microphone (or have two people sitting across from each other, for podcasting).
It's not good once you are 2-3 feet or more from the microphone because it picks up a lot of "room noise" and for cooking especially, that means sizzling grease + clanking pans + machinery noise.
For cooking shows, you want to be wearing a lavalier. You can find some decent cardioid USB lavalier wireless lavs that will fare you much better.
Used a yeti for years. I would get a cheap USB interface and a cheap dynamic mic like an XM8500 instead. Yeti picks up way too much background noise.
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Not worth getting a microphone without usb-c these days. This one has micro-usb which is already obsolete. Better off with the Elgato Wave:1 for about the same price.
Surprising to me that all these Yetis still use micro USB (which is the only thing I've ever heard that breaks on them). For just $15 more you can get an Audio-Technica mic that has USB-C and XLR and that's regular price
Came here to post this. I've had two of thses and the micro USB is not a stable connection out of the box. Beware of this...yes, you can alter it a bit (YouTube videos) but it is a known issue and extremely frustrating.
Not worth getting a microphone without usb-c these days. This one has micro-usb which is already obsolete. Better off with the Elgato Wave:1 for about the same price.
While I agree with you on being an old connector, I wouldn't call the connection 'obsolete'. It's not like you're connecting other devices to this microphone. I just viewing it as having a proprietary power connector, not a big deal IMO.
This microphone is fantastic and I've been using it for ~6 months or so with zero problems. Perfect for WFH / casual gaming; I have it freestanding on my desk about 2-3 feet in front of my face with gain at 0 and windows levels at 100, running through Nvidia broadcast with room echo removal and noise removal at max strength. My [4] dogs could be barking in the next room and nobody hears it on a Teams call (which also has noise suppression on high)
Surprising to me that all these Yetis still use micro USB (which is the only thing I've ever heard that breaks on them). For just $15 more you can get an Audio-Technica mic that has USB-C and XLR and that's regular price
The Yeti pro is both XLR and USB for a connection. I personally own both the black out mic and the pro. Both are very good mics for what they are. The USB is nice because it is literally plug and play with the included cord. Good sound and easy to use. As long as you remember it is a side pick up array and not one to be talked into from the top. For the XLR setup, you still need to get something with phantom power to provide power to the audio signal for sound. There are plenty of decent in-expensive units for that, but at the same time, you can spend a ton on line filters, and other devices if you want premier sound quality from your mic. At that point, there are better mics than the Yeti or that Audio Technica as well. Again not that they are bad mics, just there are other mics that will get that extra 1% of better sound quality for those looking for it and are willing to pay for it.
Literally for $85, if you are tired of gaming headset microphones, then get this. It is a no brainer. It is significantly better than their snowball one that sells for less in terms of sound quality.
I've had this exact same mic for over 6 years, and the paint has rubbed off a bit at the edge of the base, but other than that, it's worked great. It's a premiere usb mic, maybe the best you can get at this price.
The Yeti has over the past decade been so popular, that there's the predictable backlash that I would disregard. Also, there's now a lot of great mics that compete with it, though most are twenty to forty dollars more than this sale price.
Here's the cons. It's a condenser mic, so like most condenser mics, it records a full, rich sound at the cost of great sensitivity. Like others have said, it picks up background sounds. There's technical ways to deal with this, or you could just get a dynamic mic and worry less about background noise. The other con is that you're paying a little more to get the different polar patterns, which seems like a great thing, but most people don't use them.
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It's not good once you are 2-3 feet or more from the microphone because it picks up a lot of "room noise" and for cooking especially, that means sizzling grease + clanking pans + machinery noise.
For cooking shows, you want to be wearing a lavalier. You can find some decent cardioid USB lavalier wireless lavs that will fare you much better.
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It depends on your environment. I have to turn off my pretty quiet fan that's five feet away.
listen to the virtual haircut on YouTube. that is what you can do with this microphone.
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Came here to post this. I've had two of thses and the micro USB is not a stable connection out of the box. Beware of this...yes, you can alter it a bit (YouTube videos) but it is a known issue and extremely frustrating.
This microphone is fantastic and I've been using it for ~6 months or so with zero problems. Perfect for WFH / casual gaming; I have it freestanding on my desk about 2-3 feet in front of my face with gain at 0 and windows levels at 100, running through Nvidia broadcast with room echo removal and noise removal at max strength. My [4] dogs could be barking in the next room and nobody hears it on a Teams call (which also has noise suppression on high)
Literally for $85, if you are tired of gaming headset microphones, then get this. It is a no brainer. It is significantly better than their snowball one that sells for less in terms of sound quality.
The Yeti has over the past decade been so popular, that there's the predictable backlash that I would disregard. Also, there's now a lot of great mics that compete with it, though most are twenty to forty dollars more than this sale price.
Here's the cons. It's a condenser mic, so like most condenser mics, it records a full, rich sound at the cost of great sensitivity. Like others have said, it picks up background sounds. There's technical ways to deal with this, or you could just get a dynamic mic and worry less about background noise. The other con is that you're paying a little more to get the different polar patterns, which seems like a great thing, but most people don't use them.
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