Im not entirely satisfied with using adobe audition or vsthost for compression and was thinking maybe a mixer would be a better route.
Blue yeti mixer.
This is an easy step by step guide.
I picked up a blue yeti for 50 which in canada is sweet from amazon during their amazing sale however its driving me a bit nuts.
High res led metering visualize your voice level with the yeti x microphone 11 segment led meter.
8 1 windows 7 windows vista xp home edition and xp professional.
The yeti is a side address microphone.
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Buy blue yeti usb mic for recording streaming on pc and mac 3 condenser capsules 4 pickup patterns headphone output and volume control mic gain control adjustable stand plug play silver.
It is a usb microphone.
If you are not happy with it and would like to change up they usually have a decent local resale value though so you should be able to not take too much of a loss on it and get something better for what you want.
Simply connect the yeti directly to your computer with the supplied usb cable avoid usb hubs or multipliers and you are good to go.
And record in comfort with yeti s side address operation just speak sing or play into the yeti on the same side as the blue logo to capture pro sound.
Yeti is plug n play with mac and pc systems and is compatible with mac os x 10 4 11 or higher windows 8 incl.
The blue yeti does not have an audio out out.