Noisy neighbourhood - What should I pay attention to?

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Hey everyone,

I'm about to buy my ever first microphone.
It will be used for vocal recording, podcasts, streams, yt videos... that sort of thing.
Now, I live in a very busy street (actually, there's a trolly line passing my house not even 10m away.....), so I have quite a bit of background noise here.
With the windows closed it's pretty quite though, relatively speaking.... as quite as it gets in one of the more busy streets in one of the more busy capitals in Europe. :P

I read larg diaphragm mics are the way to go for vocals - but they apparently also catch a lot of quite noises... which wouldn't be ideal for me I figure.

Any advice what kind of mic I should be looking for?

I'm a university student, always on a budget.. so I want to chose carefully, no room for experiments. :p

I was looking at the Audio-Technica-AT2020-USB-Condenser-Microphone (can't link yet), but I'm unsure if it would pick up too much noise for the environment I'll be recording in...

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Well, if I go for the XLR route, I will need an audio-interface aswell.
Which will cost another ~120€.
My budget is pretty tight with around 200€. :|

The YETI looks pretty good.
I'm just worried about background noises being picked up too easily.
Really not living in the right neighbourhood for recording, but I can't move for at least 2 years. ^^
 
There has to be an inner room at your place.

Different times of the day has better recording times when considering the noise factor.
 
If you're recording environment is noisy, I don't think you should be looking at condenser mics. They will capture all that noise. I suggest looking at dynamic mics and there are plenty to choose from that will fit the bill. Not too long ago, Moresound recommended an EV N/D767 to me for live work. It has plenty of gain but a very tight pattern and you have to be right on top of it. That is a good thing if you want to reject background noise. You will need an interface with it, but you don't have to spend a lot of money on one.

good luck,
 
Thanks everyone.
A dynamic one it shall be then I guess.

arcaxis said:
First mic on the cheap for a not quiet environment? Maybe a >>>> Amazon.com: Audio-Technica ATR2100-USB Cardioid Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone[/url]

Has both USB and XLR outs plus headphone jack. If you upgrade to an interface later you can use the XLR connection and then upgrade to a better mic later.
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This one sounds pretty good in that podcasting-review "R320 vs ....:", at least for such a small price.
I could even afford an entry level audio-interface then.... but dammit, there's no one selling this thing in Germany. O.O

The next best thing to it I found is the Audio Technica Pro 31, which has no USB connection.
I'd probably buy the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 along with it and would be set until I can move on to something in the $300 department....
 
Though it's still an USB condenser microphone ... the new Blue Nessie is very impressive.

And maybe more appropriate for your "vocal recording, podcasts, streams, yt videos... that sort of thing".


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