Hello, I'm a newbie. In the last few months I've been giving lessons and lectures online through my laptop, using a standard mic (the one in the earphones of my Samsung phone). I want to improve the sound quality by buying a good mic (specially beacuse i've recently moved to a very noisy neighbourhood). I suppose I need to buy a condenser mic and a card to connect it to my laptop, but I don't know if this is the (only) best option. Reading through the internet someone recommended the Neewer condenser microphone NW-700 and the USB 48V phantom power NW-35 (this set is about 70$). Is this what i need? Is this the best option for that price? (I'm looking for something about 100$). My main requirement is to have the most noise isolation possible.
Thanks for your help ^^
You could do that.
Personally I would never use a usb mike. But if your total is 100usd then that may be your least worst option.
You would get better quality with an audio interface than with a usb mike using the realtek built into the pc.
Depends what you are doing and how noisy it is.
Are you teaching live with video in real time or do you record and then post to utoob or other place.
How much noise. From where.
You may want a cardioid to stop noise from behind you and an isolatoin shield to help other noise plus reflections of your voice
https://www.amazon.com/Microphone-A...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=RVSR710WSADFBMJ25S01
Carefully check reviews and ratings on several seller sites as well as amazon.
here is what one list has from
Top 10 Best Microphones for Recording Vocal 2019 – Ultimate Reviews
Rode NT1A Anniversary Vocal Condenser Microphone Package
Shure SM7B Vocal Dynamic Microphone
Sennheiser MD 421 II Cardioid Dynamic Mic
Rode NTK Tube Condenser Microphone
Neumann TLM 102 Condenser Microphone, Cardioid
SE Electronics sE2200a II C Large Diaphragm Cardioid Condenser Microphone
Shure SM58-LC Vocal Microphone, Cardioid
AKG P420 High Performance Dual Capsule True Condenser Microphone
MXL 770 Cardioid Condenser Microphone
Blue Yeti USB Microphone – Silver
For a budget operation this is what is said at this site
How I record voice audio for YouTube – Egee – Medium
My voice audio recording setup consists of this:
Audacity + Plugins (Free)
Shure SM57 ($100)
Shure X2U XLR-to-USB adapter ($100)