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so maybe the teacher never called on you when you were a kid or maybe you're that

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person who's always dropping zesty jokes in a group chat that no one seems to

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laugh at anyway whatever the reason you've been

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searching for a platform where people might finally listen to you so you turn

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to game streaming and while you might have watched our previous episode on the

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kind of pc you need to stream one detail we left out was the importance of having

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a proper audio setup starting of course with a microphone now odds are that if

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you're looking at the streaming you probably have a webcam with a mic built

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in or a gaming headset lying around now you can use these in a pinch but i

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strongly recommend against it as the quality difference between a built-in

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solution and a proper standalone mic will be as clear as night and day to

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your viewers so one of the primary decisions you'll have to make when

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shopping for a microphone will be whether you want an xlr or a usb

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connection usb microphones have built-in analog to

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digital converters that obviate the need for any other hardware to process

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whatever you're saying into the mic this makes them simpler to set up and

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more convenient but while there are some great usb options out there their

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integrated dacs and apps can sometimes be lower quality or cause undesirable

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electrical noise so in the same way that people who are really serious about

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music might use a separate headphone app rather than relying on their

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motherboard's audio jack the audio nerds on the streaming side of things are all

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about that xlr xlr microphones are usually preferred in professional audio

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settings they require a separate audio interface to plug it into one good idea

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is a mixing board or mixer many of which can handle the conversion from analog to

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digital for you but they also allow finer control over your microphone so if

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you want to adjust the equalization settings monitor how loud your voice is

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without getting an echo change the sensitivity or gain so that your mic

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won't pick up too much background noise or hook up a second mic if you're

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streaming with a friend a mixer board provides a convenient control center on

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your desk that's easy to access during your stream without having to tab out of

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the game many mixers can connect to your pc via usb though you can also use an analog

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connection in case you'd like to let something like a sound card handle the

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conversion but i wouldn't recommend it do note though that you might not notice

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a huge difference in sound quality just because of microphones xlr it's just a

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different type of connection and you might have to shell out some serious

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coin if you want something that will blow away a usb model however even a

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lower end xlr mic can give you more options down the road since you'll be

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able to upgrade other parts of your audio setup without having to buy

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another microphone of course the actual electronics

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themselves are only part of the story to prevent unpleasant scratching or bumping

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noises when you mash your keyboard a little too hard you'll want something to

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stabilize your microphone such as a stand or a boom ARM with the latter

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being preferred by many streamers because it can be mounted to your desk

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to keep your mic super stable above you to save space while also allowing you to

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move it around freely and you also won't want to forget a pop

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filter which is an inexpensive disc that goes in front of your microphone to

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prevent ploses the unpleasant popping sounds that can be caused by saying

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words to start with b or p and finally consider what's around you

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are you streaming from a rather bare room with hardwood floors or somewhere

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where an air conditioner is constantly humming these things might be easy to

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forget about if you're wearing headphones so try to stream from a

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quieter environment with minimal echo and invest in some rugs or squishy

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acoustic panels if need be it'll be hard to attract viewers if you sound like

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you're streaming from the end of a sewer pipe and speaking of streaming are you a

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streamer that's looking for more control over your broadcast at your fingertips

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then check out the elgato stream deck an easy to use accessory with 15 totally

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customizable lcd buttons that allow you to access the streaming commands you

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need with just one touch it's compatible with twitch youtube xsplit and obs

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map whatever you'd like to the tactile buttons anything from thanking a donor

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to switching a lower third to displaying a gif the options are only limited by

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your own creativity and customization is incredibly easy just drag and drop your

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actions onto the buttons throw on whatever icon you'd like and you're

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ready to go and you could even turn buttons into folders and create multiple

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profiles if 15 buttons just isn't enough

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we use stream deck with the WAN Show here at Linus media group we love it and

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we think you will too so check it out today at the link in the video description okay guys thanks for

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