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Duncan Robertson

REVEALED: This usb microphone failed me but i hope its rivals steal its best feature | Rare Historical Photos

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I'll admit it; I like the sound of my own voice, because I think the most important feature on a microphone for streaming and gaming is live monitoring. Some people are really uncomfortable hearing a feed of themselves talking, others aren't bothered by it, but I think if you're trying to manage the audio of a livestream on the fly, it's massively important so you can keep things balanced.

The good news is that in the highly competitive USB end of the microphone market, there are loads of options that cater to this need. Even going back to four or five years ago, when the Blue Yeti and Blue Yeti Nano were ruling the roost, live monitoring was included as standard when you plugged in a headset. But there's an issue if you're trying to integrate a wireless headset into a streaming gear setup today, and it's getting your microphone's audio to feed through without a cable.

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