It's good for situations like chronicling a face to face conversation. The effect is subtle but creates a more intimate feeling recording than the omni does. The bidirectional setting picks up sound in front of and behind the mic (rejecting everything else). Both formats achieve nuanced results that would otherwise require multiple microphones. Not so fun if you have a couple of hours worth of voiceover to lay down.īut what really sets the Yeti apart are two new recording patterns: bidirectional and stereo. We managed to attain excellent audio with both settings, although the cardioid option can sound thin unless you're recording right on top of the mike. Like the Blue Snowball before, the Yeti has settings for the two most common types of audio recording patterns: A directional ( cardiod) pattern that picks up only what's right in front of it, and an omnidirectional pattern that picks up sound from all angles.
Better yet, it also soaks up fantastic, professional-quality vocal recordings, and its flexible settings make it a viable tool for a smattering of audio apps like recording music. But unlike its Himalayan counterpart, Blue Microphones' newest USB podcasting mike is most definitely real. As its name suggests, the Yeti is big, imposing, and has near mythical abilities.
