Hello all!
I recently just finished building my new pc and am looking to start live streaming seriously. I want to be able to give my viewers the best experience possible through both audio and video. I believe I have both the pc and connection to do so.
I want to improve my audio quality as it is terrible!
First, my microphone quality. I have an audio technica at2020 with a cheap adapter that allows me to connect it to my pc - some xlr to ubs phantom power thingy idk it was like 30$. Anyways the problem is their is a lot of static background noise, not sure if that's the best way to explain but that's what it sound like. I'm not positive but I have a feeling that the cheap audio adapter is whats causing the static noise but I don't want to go and buy a new one just to find out it wasn't the issue.
Second problem is it picks up background noise too easily. When I play back my stream I find that its mainly my keyboard that sets off the noise gate and not me talking. I have the microphone positioned slightly in front of my face which is above my keyboard. I'm a bit of a soft talker so I have it pretty close. Has anyone found a way to work around this? or will I have to deal with my mic picking up my keyboard.
I find hearing a persons keyboard while they are streaming (depending on how often they press their keys / how loud their keyboard is on stream.) really un-enjoyable. For example, trying to watch someone with cherry mx blues with bad mic settings is awful in my opinion and I don't want to deliver that same experience to my viewers.
Third problem: still working on this one but 3 is better than two right.
Should I look into buying a new microphone? Or is their other audio equipment I can buy the help alleviate the problem.
Test Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/kziim/b/512884456
Not the best video to show an example of problem #1 but rest assured it's there!
I recently just finished building my new pc and am looking to start live streaming seriously. I want to be able to give my viewers the best experience possible through both audio and video. I believe I have both the pc and connection to do so.
i7 4770k
MSI GTX 770 OC (although I plan on returning this soon and getting a 780)
8GB DDR3 1886
25 down and 5 up
MSI GTX 770 OC (although I plan on returning this soon and getting a 780)
8GB DDR3 1886
25 down and 5 up
I want to improve my audio quality as it is terrible!
First, my microphone quality. I have an audio technica at2020 with a cheap adapter that allows me to connect it to my pc - some xlr to ubs phantom power thingy idk it was like 30$. Anyways the problem is their is a lot of static background noise, not sure if that's the best way to explain but that's what it sound like. I'm not positive but I have a feeling that the cheap audio adapter is whats causing the static noise but I don't want to go and buy a new one just to find out it wasn't the issue.
Second problem is it picks up background noise too easily. When I play back my stream I find that its mainly my keyboard that sets off the noise gate and not me talking. I have the microphone positioned slightly in front of my face which is above my keyboard. I'm a bit of a soft talker so I have it pretty close. Has anyone found a way to work around this? or will I have to deal with my mic picking up my keyboard.
I find hearing a persons keyboard while they are streaming (depending on how often they press their keys / how loud their keyboard is on stream.) really un-enjoyable. For example, trying to watch someone with cherry mx blues with bad mic settings is awful in my opinion and I don't want to deliver that same experience to my viewers.
Third problem: still working on this one but 3 is better than two right.
Should I look into buying a new microphone? Or is their other audio equipment I can buy the help alleviate the problem.
Test Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/kziim/b/512884456
Not the best video to show an example of problem #1 but rest assured it's there!