Streaming and talking come hand in hand when you’re producing content for Twitch and YouTube. However, to keep an audience, you’ll need the best possible solution to keep your speech clean and understandable. Here are five USB microphones we think may suit you down the line.
Audio Technica AT2020
Blue Snowball
Blue Yeti X
The Blue Yeti X can work in four different situations that can be switched on the fly. Cardioid is for direct talking, Omni Mode collects sounds all around the microphone, Bidirectional mode captures two people in an interview setting who sit opposite each other, and Stereo Mode is a forward-facing pattern that takes in the sounds of the environment along with your voice. There are a lot of options with this microphone, and it’s the best on this list.
Bumblebee II
The Bumblebee II from Neat acts as a great in-between of the Blue Snowball and the Blue Yeti X. While it lacks in patterns, the Bumblebee II provides excellent audio for those who want to pursue streaming and content creation. It’s a cardioid mic (which picks up audio in front of it), and for the price, it provides great quality in voice and tone, especially when the microphone is close to your mouth. There’s an internal shock mount, but it doesn’t do a great job of removing taps from the table. You’ll need to remove the background noise through external audio effects, and we recommend putting the Bumblebee II on a mount, which isn’t included in the box. While it’s not as detailed as the Blue Yeti X, there is a mute button and you can listen back to your audio, and for the price, it’s worth a purchase.
Roccat Torch
The Roccat Torch is one of the best USB microphones you can get in the market right now, and it’s at a competitive price as well. The capture quality of your voice is fantastic for the price, and alongside the microphone comes a control station. It lets you change your mic into three different patterns (Cardioid, Stereo that works with ASMR content, and Whisper, which helps you with late night streaming sessions), the output volume, and your gain to help you get the best sound quality possible for your situation.
Additionally, the lights on the microphone tell you when you’re recording, the gain level, and the audio pattern you have equipped. It’s the best deal out of the five microphones, thanks to its audio quality and the number of options available.
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