For the teenagers of today, the pinnacle of achievement is to have your own YouTube channel, to be a gamer or a podcaster … or even to make your own videos or have an internet-based radio station. No matter which of these they aspire to, they need good kit. And one thing on the wishlist has to be a really good microphone. The best microphones around for these purposes are undoubtedly the Yeti USB microphones from Blue. These have been around for a good few years and are really good, robust, reliable and also truly plug and play. You can use it literally anywhere. This microphone is the ideal piece of kit for my children, who both aspire to internet greatness by singing and sharing their gaming knowledge.
Stylish and space saving
Blue designed the Yeti Nano with the media student or techy kid in mind, This new microphone, based on the popular Yeti, is ideal for podcasting, YouTube productions, game streaming, Skype/VoIP, and voice-overs. The Nano is essentially a slimmed-down version of the Yeti. It comes in a variety of different colours (Shadow Grey, Vivid Blue, Red Onyx, and Cubano Gold).
The Nano and its table stand weigh about 1.39 lb and have a height of 8.31”. It is totally compatible with both Mac OS and Windows 10. For Millie-Mae and Toby the Yeti Nano is their favourite accessory for use in the ‘Kid Cave’. (They have their own personal games room and the Yeti is ideal for the acoustics of this space. They swear it is just like having their own recording booth in a studio.)
The Nano
The Nano has two Blue proprietary 14 mm condenser capsules, which support sample rates of up to 24-bit/48 KHz. It’s a side-address microphone, meaning that you must have the Blue logo pointing towards you. And you must not talk into the top of the microphone. On the front is a headphone volume dial, which is also a mic mute button. When the light is green, the mic is hot and red is muted.
On the back is a button to switch between the two record pickup patterns—cardioid (one person) and omnidirectional for a group. The bottom of the mic also has a standard ⅛”, no-latency headphone port. The Nano has a sample Rate of 48 kHz, a bit Rate of 24 bits, a frequency response of 20 Hz – 20 KHz and a sensitivity of 4.5 mV/Pa (1 KHz).
Millie-Mae is an aspiring recording artist and the Nano allows her to record voice tracks and then mix tracks and make songs on her laptop with ease. Toby on the other hand is currently in the process of making a series of gaming videos with his friends and the Nano helps there as well.
The Use
The Nano microphone is ideal for the budding recording artist or YouTuber. It is very easy to use and is truly plug and play. The Nano can be used on a huge variety of computers and consoles. It is highly affordable and has a funky and colourful design. Any student or school user would be proud to have it in their bedroom recording or broadcast studio. The Nano is convenient, versatile, inexpensive and highly adaptable.
You can use it on a standard mic stand, a suspension mount or a boom arm. Ideal for media studies – every student who might have to make videos or audio recordings needs this piece of kit. Don’t rely on condenser mics; get the proper deal.
Comment
The Comments from Millie-Mae, our very own budding singer and You Tuber:
“Very true to the sound you are putting into it … Very clear and very easy to use with games consoles and laptops and it’s very portable because of its smaller size … it has a very appealing design”.
Toby, when he can borrow the Nano for his video production, loves the microphone as its so convenient to use. He says:
I think its a nice small size and I can set it up really easy, the sound is good as well.“
Disclaimer
Blue kindly sent us a Yeti Nano for the children to try out. All our opinions are our own, and have not been influenced in any way.
