I felt bummed out by this morning’s post and I don’t want this to be a maudlin newsletter so here’s a vlog of me complaining about stuff that’s none of my business in the weight room. I’m afraid the audio is still shitty and I don’t know why; I’m trying to figure out what’s up with that as I have a Yeti Blue USB mic which is supposed to be pretty good, as far as I know.
Tomorrow morning’s subscriber-only post is about the Dave Portnoy situation, and I hope to have the next chapter of The Dawn of Everything written up in the (opt-in) Book Club section, so look out for those. Cheers.
Hi Freddie. re: audio, my armchair advice is as follows. Apologies if you’ve heard it all before.
First, check if your computer’s audio routing is actually inputting from the mic instead of some internal mic on the computer. I don’t think this is your problem, though; the audio quality is fine enough that I think it’s coming from the Yeti.
Second, double-check the pattern on the mic and the direction it’s pointing. I haven’t used a yeti in a while but I think the side with the Blue logo is the “front”. Speak into that on the cardioid setting (looks like a heart, on the dial with the different patterns on it), and I’d recommend speaking a little closer to it.
From there, you can adjust the input gain/volume from the mic (iirc there is a dial on the mic for this, in addition to whatever gain adjustments you can make in the software you use) to taste in order to get a bit more of that public radio host sound. This, combined with (if possible) a gentle noise gate to help mute the current room noise you’re picking up between words, could go a long way towards better audio. Hope any of this helps.
I like Autumn Pumpkin's jaunty cap. But who is the rather intense looking fellow in the background, stage left?