The Blue Snowball USB microphone at $40-$60 is the best budget pick for YouTubers. Place it about one foot away, then use Audacity to reduce noise and boost treble and bass for professional sound without spending over $100.
What's up guys, in this video we're going to be talking about the best microphone for YouTube, and I'm not going to beat around the bush, it is the Blue Snowball microphone, which I'm using right now. Blue Snowball, not Yeti Snowball. If we're taking price and quality into consideration, it is definitely the Blue Snowball. You want to know how much this thing costs? It costs between $40 to $60. $40 for a used one, $60 for a brand new one, and it's free shipping. All right, $60 for this microphone. I have gotten millions of views on YouTube, millions of views, And no one's ever complained about my mic quality. No one has ever complained about my mic quality. And it's because I use a Blue Snowball, man. It's, uh, it's cheap, it sounds really good, and tons and tons of big YouTubers use this microphone. Please do not spend over $100 on a mic if you're a brand new YouTuber. Just buy this, man. It's cheap, it sounds great, and no one will ever have— just no one will ever complain about your audio quality. Alright, so Blue Snowball, get that if you want a good microphone. So yeah, if you want a good mic, Blue Snowball. Now I'm going to try to give you guys a little bit of tips and stuff. So, uh, let me just— oh, that was— all right, ignore that. This is my Blue Snowball right here. It's not really on a stand. Um, one of the questions a lot of people have is, how far away should I hold the microphone? Or how far away should the microphone be? Uh, where it is right now is probably not a good distance, but you want it approximately a foot. But if you talk really quiet and you're really monotone or whatever, you you want it closer. If you talk really loud, you want it further away. It really depends on your voice, and that's something not a lot of people understand. If you're really, really loud, it's okay to keep the mic further away, but if you're really quiet, you have to kind of move the mic closer. And I don't even use a pop filter on mine. So just keep that in mind. People, if you look, tons of people search and ask, how far away should I keep my mic? It depends on how loud or how quiet you are, and that will tell you how close your mic, yeah, got that. Next, now I'm going to tell you how to edit your vocals and how you should record your vocals and all that. So we're going to switch to Audacity. Now this might not be the best way to edit the audio, but this is how I do it and it works really well for my videos. It might just be my voice, but this works well for me, so I'd recommend you guys do it. The first thing you want to do— you're going to want— yeah, yeah, pie. The first thing you're going to want to do is you're going to want to go to noise reduction And you're gonna wanna highlight a space where you don't say anything. So just don't say anything for a couple of seconds, highlight that, and then you wanna double-click and highlight the entire track and click Remove Audio. And what that's gonna do is if you're recording beside your PC, kinda like I am, or you have a fan or something, it's gonna remove the background noise and that will help you a lot. No one likes background noise, plain and simple. I don't really gotta explain that. And then next you're gonna go to Equalization, or actually you're gonna go to Effect, Equalization, and you're gonna boost the treble and do that. And then after you do that, go to Effect, Equalization, and boost the bass. Do those two things and remove the background noise, and your commentaries will sound so much better. Please do it for the sake of your viewers. It'll make your audio sound so much better, and it's really simple. Takes like 5 seconds to do. And yeah, Blue Snowball is the best microphone. I gave you tips on how far away it should be, and And that's how you edit it. Hopefully I helped teach you guys something, and that's the video.
