Mic for recording sound demos ?


Looking to get a mic that does a decent job capturing my stereo system in my room. Looking at mic advice under $500. I am looking to record the audio via my PC using audacity. Right now I have a blue yeti mic but it didn't sound very good. I do have 2 shure dynamic mics (SM58 and PG48) sitting around here.
I was thinking a stereo mic, connected to a focusrite 2i2 then to my pc would be the best option? But open to other thoughts on how to capture this. That guy sound sommellier does an amazing job with his recordings but he doesn't mention what he is using.
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Showing 1 response by pragmasi

The Yeti is easily good enough to do the job and will outperform the dynamics especially at high frequencies... the built-in ADC pretty good as well. I suggest you check you're getting the most out of the Yeti by checking your gain settings to ensure you've got a healthy input level and the signal is not clipping. Also check the recording parameters - bit depth (ideally 24) and sample rate (at least 44.1kHz).

By the way, the Yeti has three capsules so is in effect three microphones... these get mixed together to produce the different frequency response patterns. If you don't have a whole lot of experience then a single stereo mic like the Yeti will help you avoid the hassle of trying to phase match a spaced pair of mics (look up xy configuration if you're going to use two mics).