Anybody who has been within the content material creation sport for a minute is aware of concerning the outdated Blue Microphones, notably the Yeti. When Logitech bought Blue again in 2018 below the Logitech G model, the way forward for the well-known microphones was in query. Whereas a number of the legacy Blue Mics nonetheless exist on the Logitech web site, the corporate has made an effort to hold on the favored title. Most not too long ago amongst them is the Logitech G Yeti GX, a microphone whose acquainted moniker is the one acquainted factor concerning the mic.
Within the field, you get the Logitech G Yeti GX with hooked up mount, a base, ⅜” to ⅝” adapter for a mic arm, a USB-A to USB-C cable, the documentation and a Streamlabs Extremely redeem code. The design of the Yeti GX seems like an idea of a futuristic microphone in the identical method {that a} idea automobile by a recognized firm feels, in that it’s smooth, fairly and doesn’t bear a lot of a resemblance to any of the fashions that got here earlier than it.
The Logitech G Yeti GX is as well-built as it’s well-designed. The weighty metallic capsule is a strong gadget with well-placed controls, together with its mute button and a achieve dial that makes use of its skinny RGB mild within the centre to point if you end up talking too loudly with the intention to regulate on the fly. Even cooler is the Good Lock characteristic, permitting you to lock the achieve by clicking within the dial (indicated by a blue RGB strip), guaranteeing that you just don’t by accident regulate the achieve when you’ve discovered that candy spot. Extra RGB will be discovered on the mic on the Logitech G emblem and the thick ring wrapped across the backside of the mic.
The arm that may be related both to its included base or a mic arm is a design just like the corporate’s newest mics, just like the Blue Sona (or its up to date model, the Yeti Studio), the place it solely connects to the microphone on one aspect, making it an general cleaner look on digicam. The aforementioned base to the Yeti GX has a pleasant weight to maintain the mic balanced on the desk and its surface-covering rubber footing will hold it from slipping.
Regardless of the Logitech G Yeti GX’s pill-shaped design, typical for a lot of manufacturers’ condenser microphones, this explicit mic is Dynamic. That’s essential to know as a result of it is advisable to be talking into the highest of the mic, not the edges, or you’ll lose numerous audio as a result of Yeti GX’s supercardioid polar sample. From an aesthetic standpoint, it additionally helps characteristic the RGB extra prominently in case you are utilizing the mic on digicam.
“The Logitech G Yeti GX is as well-built as it’s well-designed.”
Talking of the RGB on the Yeti GX, I’m comfy saying that it’s the cleanest, most vibrant RGB on any microphone available on the market proper now. Its neon-like brilliance reveals up nice on digicam and, most significantly, may be very colour-accurate. You’ll be able to management each side of the RGB within the Logitech G Hub software program, utilizing both their presets or creating your personal animations, permitting you to make adjustments to the Brand (one color at a time) or the ring, which will be managed at twelve completely different factors, with among the many smoothest transitions I’ve seen. This degree of management can model your mic to your colors simply and in a method that doesn’t go away you settling.
The sound high quality of the microphone out of the field is… nicely, it’s wonderful. It’s nothing notably particular, notably in case you have any data of the Yeti’s (and, furthermore, Blue Microphones’) repute for high-end sound. However that is the place G-Hub comes again in. The sound of the Logitech G Yeti GX feels form of flat on objective, just like individuals who shoot video in Log, leaving extra room for processing.
You’ll be able to form the sound profile of the Yeti GX utilizing G-Hub (notably the “Blue Voice” portion of the software program) both manually, with an unlimited array of guide processing choices, together with EQ, Compression, Noise Discount/Noise Gate and De-Esser, or any variety of well-thought-out presets which allow you to choose what you need to sound like in any state of affairs.
That is the place the Logitech G Yeti GX begins to sound like its ancestors, however the primary downfall is that you must discover your sound. Individuals not as well-versed in audio processing could also be intimidated by this course of and can simply follow the presets. Different customers could forego Blue Voice in its entirety to make use of processing plugins extra to their liking, taking a number of the worth away from the general package deal that may be a microphone with its software program resolution.
“The RGB and controls through G-Hub make the Yeti GX one of many prettiest mics available on the market in the mean time.”
There’s additionally lots to play with within the software program. A large number of voice-changing presets exist, together with your capability to sound like an alien or robotic, the flexibility to sound like a person, girl or little one and even masks your voice as for those who have been in witness safety. All of this may be modified manually as nicely, with a number of pitch, distortion and reverb choices at your fingertips. Additionally they have numerous sound design choices, with looping environmental sounds, setting you in something from a forest to a haunted home, and numerous sound results and emotes (the emotes being made accessible in quite a few languages).
The massive difficulty with these results on supply is the shortage of capability to entry them through a keyboard shortcut or macro, which you could possibly then apply to a stream deck for simple entry. Streamers aren’t seeking to dig by means of software program to seek out and set off a sound impact. Hopefully, we’ll see this up to date sooner or later.
The Logitech G Yeti GX retails for $149.99 USD. I stay on the fence concerning this value, to be frank. It’s neither among the many higher-priced microphones neither is it among the many most inexpensive mics with comparable options and, most of the time, sounds higher as a plug-and-play microphone. The options it does supply, nevertheless, are premium.
Blue Voice is a top-notch processing software that makes it straightforward for individuals to vary their settings, however even the superior choices could really feel too simplistic for an audiophile’s wants. The RGB and controls through G-Hub make the Yeti GX one of many prettiest mics available on the market in the mean time. So, what you worth in a microphone will decide the worth of the Logitech Yeti GX to you.
In my humble opinion, the Logitech G Yeti GX isn’t a microphone that I might counsel anybody rush out to get. It’s not the Yeti of outdated, which was a typical amongst content material creators as a consequence of its high quality, repute and, frankly, a a lot much less saturated market of high-quality and inexpensive microphones in addition to full-service software program options. Whereas it’s stunning to have a look at, I don’t place my worth solely in seems to be and its sound doesn’t stand out in a crowd.
