A GREAT USB Microphone for Podcasting

I recently purchased the Blue Yeti and am giving it a top rating. Its very well made and generates near perfect recordings. It picks up a tiny bit of hum off my desktop but this was easily removed 100% in Camatsia. Its easy to use, no software needed and works 100% on my Windows 7 64 bit computer. The quality is obvious and its certainly not a toy.

Awesome Mic !!

Im not a professional but I do make a lot of video and I also do my share of webinars and Every time I have to use this mic I love it its a great microphone and at this price it cant be beat!!

Great for voiceovers!

I bought this as an addition to my tool box of equipment to replace my cumbersome USB mixer/mic combo. My mic was actually too sensitive and would pick up my computer fan. The Yeti is discrete enough in cardioid mode to miss 99 percent of background noise yet give me a clean representation of my voice. The latency-free headphone jack and volume control are also helpful. The desk stand allows you to fold the two together for portability. I look forward to taking with me on the road sometime.

Working great for me

I needed something in the USB category for recording voice overs. So far this is fitting the bill nicely. I wasn't sure when I bought it if the cardioid setting would block out my loud desktop, but so far I am very pleased with the results.

Took half a star off because when it's sitting on my computer desk, it picks up the keyboard key hits and mouse clicks a little too much.

Anyway, overall a great product for what I'm using it for.

Nice. Just a Darn Nice Mic

I'm really happy with this. It replaced a Samson G-Track which suffers from a high circuit noise level and also dreadful mechanical noise isolation. The multi-pattern feature is a winner, and you can do some nice narration/voice over with the cardioid mono setting. It does transmit some vibes through the base, but you can set it on a small foam pad to deal with that (if you tried that with a G-Track, the G-Track would tip over).

Great Mic, be careful with cable

It is a good overall microphone. I only had an issue. The USB cable plug in the base of the microphone is very flimsy. Not only the usb cable end will bend easily when the cable is pulled, but the connector itself will become loose over time.

Good mic

I read all the other reviews, and bought this after having good experience w/ Blues and an awful one w/ the Studio Projects USB mic. I will say, it's clear like the Sweetwater advice says, but don't fool clarity and brittleness. It's almost to that tinny/brittle point, but not so much that a little EQ can't fix. Low noise as well. I'd recommend this for anyone looking for a USB mic. It's probably the best on the market now. Although I'd never use it in a studio, it will definitely get a lot of use in my bedroom setup. If you're willing to spend the money for this, I'd almost venture to say go get a USB/XLR adapter and a MXL mic or a straight-up cheap condenser mic. I had a MXL 990 and it sounded great for the money in a blue icicle. But if you NEED multiple polar patterns and/or want to impress people, just get this and take about 15% of the quality of recordings off.