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Jean-Michel Plourde

Hey Emma! I really liked your article, satisfies the gear nerd I am. I really enjoyed how friendly it is written. Always a pleasure to read you.

I bought myself a blue Yeti some time ago and I searched a lot to tweak it properly, so here is some advices if that can help someone else: it's a very good microphone that's plug and play out of the box. There is 1-2 things to know before hand: if it sits on your desk, you will hear every vibrations coming from the desk while typing on the keyboard or any other vibration really. Second, while the mic is good, you'll quickly notice the raw sound is very limited and isn't too great. I highly recommend Voicemeeter: it's a free software that act as a console for your audio input and outputs. You can easily apply a gate (only activate the mic for certain frequencies, blocking background sounds) and filters. The sound upgrade is insane. If you still have a lot of background noise and have a Nvidia graphic card, I highly recommend Nvidia RTX Voice. It's a software that does magic by using AI to remove backgroun noise. Like I can vacuum clean near the mic and it's not picked up.