Reddit reviews Rode NT1 Condenser Microphone Cardioid (Discontinued)

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u/Limro · 2 pointsr/voiceover

Most of us will make the argument, that USB microphones are worse (as in really audible worse) than XLR microphones. For XLR microphones you need an audio interface. Then you buy a microphone. You can hear how this advice is getting expensive, right?

In most cases the XLR microphones gives a better sound, though you can find USB microphones which matches the low level XLR. I always recommend this video when people asks what to get (watch it to the end!).

To make a TLDR of my own advices:

Find somewhere quiet to record - we don't want to hear the washing machine, or the kids playing outside.
Get something to kill echoes. The room might be quiet, but in bathroom-like conditions (or other echo rooms) the quality of the record will suck.
You can also make a box which is still an improvement, though it gives a bit of a different characteristics. Even cheaper is a walk-in closest.
Get a microphone - huge topic, but you (and your budget) have a few options:
- Almost everyone starts out with a Blue Snowball - it's $50, usb, and the goto for clean sound where nothing fancy is needed. Nobody is proud of using it, but it does the job most of the time.
- Stepping up is the Blue Yeti - $120, and still USB. Most people find their happiness with this on, and are not afraid to say they record with it.
- Does it get better in USB - the Røde NT-usb (in my opinion) takes it to level you need to be. Now at $170, but still USB.
  
  But I mentioned XLR?
  
  Yeah, now you need an audio interface - a box that does what the USB microphones did for you (convert and transfer audio through a USB cable) - just that better. This allows the microphone manufacturers to create better microphones and let the audio interface sample what must be sampled. This is better (in most cases).
  
  You need the box, and I'd say the Focusrite Scarlett Solo (2. gen) is the one to get - $100 and you are set.
  
  Now you need a microphone (I mentioned 'pricey' earlier, right?).
  
  As the first video explains, $50 vs. $1000 is not really something you can hear when the room is right. I use a Røde NT1 myself ($250), and I'm not planning on changing it, cause people will not notice my sound quality has gone up, unless I send my recordings to professional audio engineers.
  
  Last, you need to record the audio. This will have zero influence on the outcome, so go with the free version of DAWs (Digital Audio Workstation - the software you record with), Audacity. Select your microphone in the top, and hit the fat, red circle to record.
  
  Remember, the better your raw recording is, the less work you must do to make it sound good in the end. You can fix a lot in post-production, but nothing is better than a clean recording.