Everyone suggests Snowball and Blue Yeti, but... (More questions here)
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:50 pm
Okay. I've made a thread from before. I wanted to voice act. I don't intend to go professionally, full time, but I just want it to be a hobby. I thought that I could record my voice with just using a computer software such as an Audacity, but because of the previous thread I made, I think that what I really need was a decent mic. However, I was still a student at that time who had no part-time job because I wanted to focus on my studies, so I didn't have enough money to buy a microphone.
Time goes by so fast, and as soon as I graduated, I quickly looked for a job, got hired, earned money, yay, and now, I want to buy a decent mic because I can. Of course, I need to budget, too because there are other bills to pay which are much more important than hobbies.
Before I want to buy my own mic, I want to list down some of the things that I know about Voice Acting.
Things I Know (based on the previous thread I made):
- You need to have passion, determination, the talent or experience of acting skills (I'm not confident that I have the 'talent' but no one can stop me, I'm gonna do this bwahahaha), and you have to be ready to take any criticism, anyways, pretty obvious.
- I absolutely have to buy my own mic because recording my voice with just a computer software won't be enough. A lot of people are suggesting to buy Snowball mic or Blue Yeti cos they said it was the "cheapest, yet most decent mic' there is.
- Some of the worst mics are laptop mic, headset mic or USB mic because they're just used for chatting, not used for voice acting, BUT there are also some better USB mics that are used for Voice Acting, that's what they said.
- You need an 'interface' along with the mic or else you'll get a lot of noise (I don't know much about interfaces tho), but I should def consider buying a mic with a "built-in" interface.
- Someone said a "headphone" is secondary needed in Voice Acting.
- Some characteristics of mic (cardioid mic, condenser mic, dynamic mic)
- I'm going to need a pop filter to filter the /P/ or /B/ sounds or breathing sounds etc., but this pop filter can also be made just at home (but I wanna buy one cos I'm not talented in making stuff).
- Putting a sheet over you and the mic can reduce the additional noise if you live in a noisy place.
- To cut and edit your recorded voice, you can use Audacity (I still need to learn more about Audacity, tho).
- CDR King's mic sux.
Here's my situation right now.
- Our house has a lot of people living in it and it's noisy (dad wants to watch TV 24/7) so the only time to record is when everyone's all asleep :/
- Lazada is the only site I know that I can buy from :/ delivery is free, Cash on delivery is available, what more can I ask for? (I don't have any of these cards that are available for payment in Amazon).
- I'm willing to pay
- They say you have to at least pay 30$ to get a decent mic, and that's okay for me, but the lowest I saw on Lazada is 130$! Plus, I don't know if this is the cheapest best mic I can have. Here's the link of the mic in Lazada that I saw.
Now, there are questions that I want to get answered. They may be dumb, cos I'm a slow learner (haha )
My Questions:
- How do you record your voice?! For example, you have your mic with a built-in interface, headset, pop filter, your own booth, etc, so you have everything you need! All you need to do is just speak. And then what? Do you need to record with your phone's built-in recorder app? Or your laptop's built-in recorder software? Or Audacity? Or if it's a good USB mic, do you just speak and it gets recorded via USB? I heard that a good USB mic has a built-in "preamp" but you can't adjust the preamp since it's inside the mic already, so what others do is just to buy non-USB mics and buying a different audio interface.
- I'm just a newbie, Lvl 0, no experience in VA, just wanting to do this for a hobby. Is it more reasonable for me to buy a USB mic instead of buying a non-USB mic with a different audio interface?
Time goes by so fast, and as soon as I graduated, I quickly looked for a job, got hired, earned money, yay, and now, I want to buy a decent mic because I can. Of course, I need to budget, too because there are other bills to pay which are much more important than hobbies.
Before I want to buy my own mic, I want to list down some of the things that I know about Voice Acting.
Things I Know (based on the previous thread I made):
- You need to have passion, determination, the talent or experience of acting skills (I'm not confident that I have the 'talent' but no one can stop me, I'm gonna do this bwahahaha), and you have to be ready to take any criticism, anyways, pretty obvious.
- I absolutely have to buy my own mic because recording my voice with just a computer software won't be enough. A lot of people are suggesting to buy Snowball mic or Blue Yeti cos they said it was the "cheapest, yet most decent mic' there is.
- Some of the worst mics are laptop mic, headset mic or USB mic because they're just used for chatting, not used for voice acting, BUT there are also some better USB mics that are used for Voice Acting, that's what they said.
- You need an 'interface' along with the mic or else you'll get a lot of noise (I don't know much about interfaces tho), but I should def consider buying a mic with a "built-in" interface.
- Someone said a "headphone" is secondary needed in Voice Acting.
- Some characteristics of mic (cardioid mic, condenser mic, dynamic mic)
- I'm going to need a pop filter to filter the /P/ or /B/ sounds or breathing sounds etc., but this pop filter can also be made just at home (but I wanna buy one cos I'm not talented in making stuff).
- Putting a sheet over you and the mic can reduce the additional noise if you live in a noisy place.
- To cut and edit your recorded voice, you can use Audacity (I still need to learn more about Audacity, tho).
- CDR King's mic sux.
Here's my situation right now.
- Our house has a lot of people living in it and it's noisy (dad wants to watch TV 24/7) so the only time to record is when everyone's all asleep :/
- Lazada is the only site I know that I can buy from :/ delivery is free, Cash on delivery is available, what more can I ask for? (I don't have any of these cards that are available for payment in Amazon).
- I'm willing to pay
- They say you have to at least pay 30$ to get a decent mic, and that's okay for me, but the lowest I saw on Lazada is 130$! Plus, I don't know if this is the cheapest best mic I can have. Here's the link of the mic in Lazada that I saw.
Now, there are questions that I want to get answered. They may be dumb, cos I'm a slow learner (haha )
My Questions:
- How do you record your voice?! For example, you have your mic with a built-in interface, headset, pop filter, your own booth, etc, so you have everything you need! All you need to do is just speak. And then what? Do you need to record with your phone's built-in recorder app? Or your laptop's built-in recorder software? Or Audacity? Or if it's a good USB mic, do you just speak and it gets recorded via USB? I heard that a good USB mic has a built-in "preamp" but you can't adjust the preamp since it's inside the mic already, so what others do is just to buy non-USB mics and buying a different audio interface.
- I'm just a newbie, Lvl 0, no experience in VA, just wanting to do this for a hobby. Is it more reasonable for me to buy a USB mic instead of buying a non-USB mic with a different audio interface?