Mine died nearly two years in and I barely touched it after setting the darn thing up. Somehow the USB port stopped working for me, but thankfully it was still under warranty. The customer support was the best I've ever seen and they shipped me a replacement after going through a few debug steps to ensure it was a hardware problem and not something software related. Funny enough, the replacement got lost in shipping and they had to send me another, but have been using that ever since. A couple months later the first package showed up out of the blue too! Called Logitech again and they told me to keep it, so looks like I'm stuck with the Yeti for years to come. Apart from that, I have to agree, these are great mics. My only peeve with them though is that they don't reset properly from a low power state with Linux. Have to unplug and re-plug the device after every shutdown, unless I disable ERP power modes in the BIOS. Which I hate to do since I use my USB ports for charging my phone and powering other devices. As far as I am aware it's something that needs to be fixed on Logitech's end, but sadly Logitech is a bit hit or miss with Linux support.
Would the blue yeti be worth buying still even now that it's so old? or is there aa different mic I should get for small music production and streaming?
I've had my eye on the Blue Yeti for years but never felt I needed it enough to justify the price. Recently I took on a role in a podcast and thought I could justify the purchase now. Lucky for me I found a used one on eBay in Very Good condition (paint on the screen is a little scuffed) And I only paid $35! It didn't come with any literature so I was looking for videos about its features. That's how I found you. TY for the very informative video.
I don't believe the microphone still using mini-usb is justifiable because Logitech bought Blue in 2018 and changed the entire internal components, other than the capsules, but just decided to keep the mini-usb I guess. I think they totally could've switched it to usb-c if they wanted to.
Why would they change to USB-C? Considering standard USB connections has been and still remains the standard among most PC systems it wouldn't make sense to switch to USB-C. For example my PC doesn't support C so it would be useless for me, and many others too since PCs supporting USB-C (especially for audio input) really isn't as popular as you might believe. USB is the best so far since it is a digital input making analogue inputs obsolete. So considering most people are requiring a USB standard connection I would say not making the switch to USB-C is quite justifiable actually.
@@RonanMcKeown-dz6qd I don't mean to part that plugs into the PC or laptop, that's USB-A. I mean the part that plugs into the microphone. Basically nothing, at least that I use, uses anything other than USB-C or USB-A to plug into itself or other things, because they are just better.
I just bought one. I got tired of headphones with a mic that would break often. I even got a boom arm for my desk. This review makes me feel better about my purchase.
Just bought one today new in the box at an auction for 28 dollars. Didn't even know what it was till i looked it up online. Sadly, i'm not a youtuber or skyper and have absolutely no need for this thing whatsoever. But hey, at least i got a great deal on a product that will likely never even be taken out of its box!
What microphone is worth it now? I've been looking for a microphone that's long term, is able to use shock mount, pop filter, and arm stand. any suggestions are appreciated thank you.
Cardioid actually is heart-shaped, picked up some of the sounds from the peripheral and not a cone-shaped pattern like your graphic indicates. Great review overall, thanks.
found one at a goodwill for $24usd bought a boom arm and pop filter for the price of a new yeti. going to get a nice set of headphones to replace my Articus 3 Steel series
Hi guys, I connected my Blue Yeti microphone to the Lumix G7 camera. On the camera I set the microphone level to - 12 , then I removed the microphone limiter and turned off the wind noise corrector. On the microphone I set the gain to zero and the volume to a quarter of the total. the voice can be heard very well but I keep hearing white noise in the background even when I put the volume to zero. I think could be a G7 output issue or the USB cable with which I power the microphone from the laptop. Also, the audio jack cable I used to connect the camera to the microphone is off low quality. Any ideas? Thanks
Oh man imo e yeti or get a fifine AM8T they are amazing and sounds like a Shure SM7B that cost $400 it's a amazing mic for the money and has USB and XLR and will come with a boom arm for $60 it's a absolute steal
Yep just found mine in box at Walmart for $60 with a $50 uvisoft discount code that sir is called winning now i can use my high end headphones on ps5 most likely my beyer dynamic dt1770 pro and campfire audio cascade or Sennheiser hd650 and Audeze LCD2's im pretty excited this will also replace my fifine setup for a bit on my pc
Part of it is your acoustics probably. If you don't have sound foam all around, you'll get more echo without a low pass filter or limiter or something added. My tips: keep the gain as low as you can while still getting a usable volume out of it, try all four of the patterns and see which one works best in your space (You might be surprised to find which ones work best for you), and get some kind audio editing software if you have to to put filters on it. Audacity is acrually quite good for a free program if you need it. If you're willing to buy software, there's a whole lot of good options
Same here. I can hear a static/shhhhhhh noise. I have tried a room with No noise & mic covers & have it set correctly. I tried the noise reduction in CapCut Pro & it did nothing. I'll keep trying other software.
I would absolutely stay away from Blue yeti microphones or logi as they are called today. They simply don't support the microphones they are not repairable by Logitech. So if you want something that holds up I would go with another brand like Shure, Rode, or Mackie. Go with a company that repairs their own microphones.
How has anyone ever even managed to get windows to register input from this thing? Def my worst buy ever. And I'm no easy quitter. I'll try customer service, but wow - was not expecting this at all.
Does that fake voice come with it? Sorry bad joke. Yeti is amazing, I have the Nano which is still working perfectly but I am looking for a reason to buy the bigger one...maybe getting that weird half American, half Manly, half Girly voice is enough...
It's called being a professional and versatile voice-over artist/actor. Why are all Marc with a "C" narcissistic azzholes? Enjoy that extra 75 pounds on you in that profile pic, sorry, bad joke.
Boiler up! Thanks for the video.
My brother gave me his Blue Yeti when he got a newer one and this video helped a lot to tell me about it's features. Thanks for the help!
Mine died nearly two years in and I barely touched it after setting the darn thing up. Somehow the USB port stopped working for me, but thankfully it was still under warranty. The customer support was the best I've ever seen and they shipped me a replacement after going through a few debug steps to ensure it was a hardware problem and not something software related. Funny enough, the replacement got lost in shipping and they had to send me another, but have been using that ever since. A couple months later the first package showed up out of the blue too! Called Logitech again and they told me to keep it, so looks like I'm stuck with the Yeti for years to come.
Apart from that, I have to agree, these are great mics. My only peeve with them though is that they don't reset properly from a low power state with Linux. Have to unplug and re-plug the device after every shutdown, unless I disable ERP power modes in the BIOS. Which I hate to do since I use my USB ports for charging my phone and powering other devices. As far as I am aware it's something that needs to be fixed on Logitech's end, but sadly Logitech is a bit hit or miss with Linux support.
great video, i’ve had mine for about 4 years
Would the blue yeti be worth buying still even now that it's so old? or is there aa different mic I should get for small music production and streaming?
I've had my eye on the Blue Yeti for years but never felt I needed it enough to justify the price. Recently I took on a role in a podcast and thought I could justify the purchase now. Lucky for me I found a used one on eBay in Very Good condition (paint on the screen is a little scuffed) And I only paid $35!
It didn't come with any literature so I was looking for videos about its features. That's how I found you. TY for the very informative video.
I don't believe the microphone still using mini-usb is justifiable because Logitech bought Blue in 2018 and changed the entire internal components, other than the capsules, but just decided to keep the mini-usb I guess. I think they totally could've switched it to usb-c if they wanted to.
Why would they change to USB-C? Considering standard USB connections has been and still remains the standard among most PC systems it wouldn't make sense to switch to USB-C. For example my PC doesn't support C so it would be useless for me, and many others too since PCs supporting USB-C (especially for audio input) really isn't as popular as you might believe. USB is the best so far since it is a digital input making analogue inputs obsolete. So considering most people are requiring a USB standard connection I would say not making the switch to USB-C is quite justifiable actually.
@@RonanMcKeown-dz6qd I don't mean to part that plugs into the PC or laptop, that's USB-A. I mean the part that plugs into the microphone. Basically nothing, at least that I use, uses anything other than USB-C or USB-A to plug into itself or other things, because they are just better.
wait, unless you mean just using anything that uses USB-C doesn't work with your computer, which I don't know anything about that.
I can’t even find the cord for this lol like I wanna connect it to my Camera but seems impossible to find a usb and ear phone jack adapter
Everything uses type c. Nothing uses micro usb anymore@@RonanMcKeown-dz6qd
I just bought one. I got tired of headphones with a mic that would break often. I even got a boom arm for my desk. This review makes me feel better about my purchase.
Extremely reliable. I've had mine for around 6 years now and it hasn't broken.
Thank you for this video. Very good quality, too.
Just bought one today new in the box at an auction for 28 dollars. Didn't even know what it was till i looked it up online. Sadly, i'm not a youtuber or skyper and have absolutely no need for this thing whatsoever. But hey, at least i got a great deal on a product that will likely never even be taken out of its box!
I bought this microphone in 2015, and it's still working perfectly. I highly recommend it to any UA-camr.
Thank you for this video !
Boiler up great video
Mini usb to usb c cables are available on Amazon. I got one for $7. Works great
What microphone is worth it now? I've been looking for a microphone that's long term, is able to use shock mount, pop filter, and arm stand. any suggestions are appreciated thank you.
How to connect with your mirrorless camera
You can't
@@thesog3692 we can I know the process. Already using it
I was playing apex and my teammate’s voice sounded so good and he said he had a blue yeti
I’ve had my microphone since 2018 and I couldn’t be happier.
Cardioid actually is heart-shaped, picked up some of the sounds from the peripheral and not a cone-shaped pattern like your graphic indicates. Great review overall, thanks.
found one at a goodwill for $24usd bought a boom arm and pop filter for the price of a new yeti. going to get a nice set of headphones to replace my Articus 3 Steel series
Banger video, just picked mine up for £30.
i got mine for $22
Blue Yeti is my primary mic as well. Boiler up! Stevan Speheger, BSEE, ‘68
Hi guys, I connected my Blue Yeti microphone to the Lumix G7 camera. On the camera I set the microphone level to - 12 , then I removed the microphone limiter and turned off the wind noise corrector. On the microphone I set the gain to zero and the volume to a quarter of the total. the voice can be heard very well but I keep hearing white noise in the background even when I put the volume to zero. I think could be a G7 output issue or the USB cable with which I power the microphone from the laptop. Also, the audio jack cable I used to connect the camera to the microphone is off low quality. Any ideas? Thanks
My blue yeti mic that I've had since 2020 sounds like I'm recording from my phone for some reason. Why is that?
do I need a converter to hear anything? When I plug it in directly to the laptop everything seems muted even if the mute button is not muting. Ugh
Yeah, I really have to ask… do you really talk like that normally with your friends….? (Asked in the Same hyperbolic vocal inflection you use)
How do you connect this to the camera
You could just buy a usb mini to usb c cord. That way it runs directly in your macbook using just 1 cord.
What would be better, this for 45 used or a solocast brand new for 45
Oh man imo e yeti or get a fifine AM8T they are amazing and sounds like a Shure SM7B that cost $400 it's a amazing mic for the money and has USB and XLR and will come with a boom arm for $60 it's a absolute steal
Hi! It has zero latency?
Yep just found mine in box at Walmart for $60 with a $50 uvisoft discount code that sir is called winning now i can use my high end headphones on ps5 most likely my beyer dynamic dt1770 pro and campfire audio cascade or Sennheiser hd650 and Audeze LCD2's im pretty excited this will also replace my fifine setup for a bit on my pc
i dont know why mine sounds no where near as good as yours
Probably because he edited the audio.
He edited his mic in the logitech g hub
Part of it is your acoustics probably. If you don't have sound foam all around, you'll get more echo without a low pass filter or limiter or something added. My tips: keep the gain as low as you can while still getting a usable volume out of it, try all four of the patterns and see which one works best in your space (You might be surprised to find which ones work best for you), and get some kind audio editing software if you have to to put filters on it. Audacity is acrually quite good for a free program if you need it. If you're willing to buy software, there's a whole lot of good options
Put a sock over it
Same here. I can hear a static/shhhhhhh noise. I have tried a room with No noise & mic covers & have it set correctly. I tried the noise reduction in CapCut Pro & it did nothing. I'll keep trying other software.
It's funny you advocate for this in one of the most echoey rooms I've ever heard
just picked one up at amazon bins for 5$
I would absolutely stay away from Blue yeti microphones or logi as they are called today.
They simply don't support the microphones they are not repairable by Logitech. So if you want something that holds up I would go with another brand like Shure, Rode, or Mackie.
Go with a company that repairs their own microphones.
The mute button indicator is stupid.
I got one on Amazon used for like 65
lol mac user problem for the ports brother.
You can buy an adapter
@@AnaPerezGP92 yea it is a solvable problem still doesn’t mean it’s not annoying
I would leave a like but that 444 go crazy
There is a lot of echo throughout the video. Is that intentional or the microphone is unable to filter out the echo?
i just buy it now, because i refund my hyperx quadcast. hope i satisfaction on this
Team Note 10/2019 Mac
How has anyone ever even managed to get windows to register input from this thing? Def my worst buy ever. And I'm no easy quitter.
I'll try customer service, but wow - was not expecting this at all.
Sounds tin e to me 😮
Just got one. It sounds like total garbage
Does that fake voice come with it? Sorry bad joke. Yeti is amazing, I have the Nano which is still working perfectly but I am looking for a reason to buy the bigger one...maybe getting that weird half American, half Manly, half Girly voice is enough...
It's called being a professional and versatile voice-over artist/actor. Why are all Marc with a "C" narcissistic azzholes? Enjoy that extra 75 pounds on you in that profile pic, sorry, bad joke.