Blue Yeti mic and speakers... please help

[papajo]

Hello, I am a newb and roaming around the internet I found out that there are people that know their stuff here in this forum so I figured maybe you could help me with my issue...

To be clear.. my aim is not to have a professional result what so ever I have other uses for my blue yeti and I use headsets so that my recording sound is as good as I can make it..

This topic though its an entirely different situation.

I would also like to use my mic while gaming.

So is there a way (software what so ever) to minimize/filter out the background sound of the speakers in order for my ingame voice messages to be clear?

I know that its not possible to make a perfect or even good recording having speakers playing while recording all I am asking is that for some seconds every now and then (when I am required to say something to my teammates in game ) that they hear my voice and be able to understand it while not having their ears blown out by echoing or the game sound effects caused by the speakers.

So is there a solution to my problem?

 

[Tadpui]

A few people have asked this question around here, and there's really not much that you can do. You've got a condenser microphone, and it's doing what it's designed to do: be sensitive and pick up even subtle sounds.

The mic has the highest rejection at the back of the capsule, so pointing it away from unwanted sound will help a little bit. Flipping the phase 180 degrees on one of your speakers might help a little if the mic is equidistant from both speakers. But the improvements will be minimal.

Honestly, it's best to just get a gaming headset.

 

[mjbphotos]

Put a momentary contact switch (normally closed) in the speaker output line - push it when you're speaking, let go when you want the speakers to work.

 

[papajo]

Thank you for your answers... I just hoped there is software out there that could filter voice frequencies or something with an equalizer so that I could mute most of the channels my voice is not on like lower frequencies etc.. or something of that sort. I have a gaming headset but sometimes when friends come on random time while I am in a gaming session its kinda boaring for them to watch without sound also with headsets on its hard to me to have a conversation with them... and hoped that I could find a solution for that

 

[Bobbsy]

No filters or anything but a few things you can do to help.

-As previously mentioned, put the speaker directly behind the mic. This may mean angling things different from you normal set up. If you can live with only one speaker this helps a lot--you can't get two speakers in the dead spot.

-Distance. The physics of sound is such that every time you double the distance to a sound source you quarter the sound you get from it. If you can get yourself closer to the mic and push the speaker farther away, it can help.

-Absorption. Hang something soft on the wall behind you. Since the speaker (in the first point) is in the dead spot of the mic, the sound still reaching it is reflected off the wall. Any reflections you can kill will help.

None of this will give you a perfect result but, taken together, should help a bit.

Alternative suggestion: I'm assuming you want to use speakers because you don't want big headphones on...but maybe try small earbuds...maybe even just one ear...and turn the speakers off entirely