Snowball iCE USB Microphone

Yeah, i use those snowball ice one, og price is 50$ but can get for 35-35$ in sales

I have used blue snowball ice for 4 years, now jumped on logitech blue yeti, no problems, clean sound :)

I'd steer clear of stuff with LED strips on it that's branded and marketed towards gaming. Generally speaking this is always rebranded stuff that slaps on some LEDs, call's it a "gaming" thing and then doubles the price. There are two mics that you see EVERYWHERE when you start looking at professional creators doing livestreams, lets play, and reaction content: [Shure SM7B](https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones/sm7b?variant=SM7B) (or SM7dB) [Rode ProCaster](https://rode.com/en-us/products/procaster?srsltid=AfmBOoqbDBqgCTk8jiqVmo0VI9sTE7sj9zHTYlBbhTP29rJbuBMfc3oR) Also occasionally the Electrovoice re20. I own both a Rode ProCaster and a Shure SM7B. Before those, I had a cheap $50 blue snowball ICE. I fought for about a year with the Blue Snowball Ice. Too sensitive, picks up too much room noise/cars outside, etc. If you want to hear how bad that mic sounds, you can look at my channel and sort by the oldest videos (that are like 7-8 years old now). I spent hours per video trying to tweak the audio and it still always sounded bad. When I got the Rode ProCaster, everything changed. Suddenly there was a big enough difference between the room noise and my voice, that I could use an expander effect to make the audio silent when I wasn't speaking, and it didn't cut into my voice. I no longer had to agonize over the audio. It also just makes my voice sound so much better, especially with a little bit of post recording effects added correctly. I got the Shure SM7B last year, and honestly... it's a great mic, but IDK, for double the price of the Rode ProCaster, I expected more. I like my ProCaster better. Gives more warmth to the low end of my voice and makes it shine. The SM7B also picks up more room noise than the ProCaster. Don't get me wrong, it's acceptable, but I prefer the Rode. If you decide to get the ProCaster, you will need to pair it with an audio interface, and you might need a cloudlifter to give it enough clean gain, depending on the audio interface. If you want my exact setup, here's what I use: Rode ProCaster Cloudlifter CL-1 Focusrite Scarlett Solo (gen3, but get whatever is latest gen) Been using this for 7+ years and I've had so many compliments on my voice. Never did I think I had a "good" voice, but I guess a good mic will do that.

If you want solid under $150 mics, for live conferences a clean USB option like the Blue Snowball iCE or Samson Q2U (USB/XLR) works well and won’t pick up every room noise. For podcasts/shows, a dynamic like the Shure SM58 (used can be under 150) or a USB like the Audio-Technica ATR2100x gives better voice clarity. All are easy to use and widely recommended by people starting out.

Go to Target, buy a cheap streaming mic. You DO NOT need anything any better at this point. See also [this microphone](https://www.target.com/p/blue-snowball-ice-usb-microphone-white/-/A-89647118) which has been used to make professional demos and recordings!