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If you want to enter the world of content creation, you’ll eventually need a microphone.

buy whatever mic you want.

Adobe Podcast AI enhancing microphones

The fantasticRØDE NT-USB+uses a modern USB-C port.

I hate spending money; there’s no getting around it.

It’ll remove background noise and make your speech sound like it’s being recorded with professional equipment.

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Rode NT-USB+ microphone USB-C connection port.

The fantasticRØDE NT-USB+uses a modern USB-C port.

Just because I ‘graduated’ to the so-far-unbeatableEarthworks Audio Ethos XLRmic doesn’t mean you should avoid USB models.

Above all, I won’t stand for slander against my precious Blue Yeti.

Plug-and-play, this reliable option offers broadcast-quality sound.

Earthworks Audio Ethos connected via XLR

TheEarthworks Audio Ethosis a fantastic XLR microphone, but you probably don’t need it.

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Blue Yeti USB microphone

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The HyperX QuadCast 2 S mounted on a microphone boom arm.

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