Product Review: Yeti Mic from Blue

Blue Yeti Mic (front)

One of the biggest mistakes that I hear people make when they start a podcast is using their laptop's onboard microphone as their recording device.  Sure, it's free and available to you but the sound quality is awful.  You can't get up close and personal with that mic, therefore you sound like you are 20 feet away, which results in really poor audio.  Unfortunately, (and predictably), bad audio quality can be an instant turnoff for your potential audience, no matter how good the content is. 

If you plan on taking your podcast (or any home recording) seriously, you need to invest in a microphone.  But that doesn't mean spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars on a studio quality mic, preamp, mixer, phantom power source, etc, etc.  Enter the Yeti USB microphone from Blue.  

Now if you are an audiophile, you may be cringing at the mere mention of a USB microphone, but for amateur/beginner podcasters out there, this one stop solution is perfect for when you are getting started.