Headset Mic Picks Up Breathing

For some reason it sounds like i am blowing in my headset like every soft breath can be heard loud by friends over skype.

Headset mic picks up breathing. Try plugging a dedicated microphone or headset into your pc. I record commentary after the video and then put it together later. Its a fata1ity gaming headset. Is there a special position the mic has to be in to stop picking up my breathing.

I have asthma so i do breathe quite heavy. Many laptops have pretty low quality built in microphones. Sure they work but that s about all that can be said for them. Mic windshield or windscreen is basically used for outdoor work to block the noise that is produced by the wind.

Mic picks up breathing. Im using a razer kraken usb headset. This prevents wind interference as well as heavy breathing and pop noise. I find that i get a good acoustic tone however the sensitivity of the microphone means that it also picks up the sound of my breathing.

I am trying to do commentary but my headset keeps picking up my breathing. Use a dedicated microphone or headset. So i got a new corsair headset looked really nice and had rgb leds didnt work the first day since i plugged it in through the case usb ports now through the motherboard it works so now i got that outta the way the actually headphone audio is amazing 7 1 sounds cool but echoy now my mic picks up breathing and for. My headset s mic is picking up my breathing and my voice.

While using headphones check whether they are fully plugged in or not into the microphone jack of your computer. This was just normal breathing and my old headsets skullcandy slyr s didn t pick up anything like this. Is there any windows setting i can change to reduce the noise picked up by my mic. It should be placed over the microphone s head.

Usually your laptop mic picks most of the unwanted sounds. Windshields offer up to 12db wind noise rejection and also will deliver a cleaner sound. Same happens with general purpose mic. This can become noticeable when recording solo guitar pieces where there are no other instruments in the mix to mask the sound particularly quieter finger style pieces.

After getting the headset i played around with the mic in audacity a bit and noticed that my voice was extremely quiet however the headset was instead picking up my breathing. Lower the sensitivity of the microphone so it will only pick up when the noise is above certain level. So choose a relevant mic for your purpose to pick up even the subtle tones.