If you’re a musician or make ASMR videos, this is not the blog post for you. Have good sound even with noisy backgrounds, and without having a sound booth
Give other important online presentations (e.g., job talk and teaching demo) Give online webinars or conference presentations This blog post is for academics, scientists, educators, and similar professionals who need to:Ĭreate online course videos (asynchronous teaching)ĭeliver live classes (synchronous teaching) Let’s start by making sure this blog post applies to your situation. …Option B is basically the TL DR version of this article, by the way. (b) you already have a Blue Yeti and you’re wondering why it picks up everything, has lots of background noise, and/or otherwise sounds bad.
(a) you’re ready to buy a mic and you’re wondering if you should get a Blue Yeti, or
There is a big learning curve, and one of the main challenges is finding the right microphone.Ĭhances are you’ve stumbled onto my post for one of two reasons: Now that online courses and virtual conferences are commonplace, more people than ever have been (and will be) presenting from their office.