Reddit reviews Focusrite Scarlett Solo USB Audio Interface Bundle with XLR Cable and Austin Bazaar Polishing Cloth

Just project with your voice, and keep the mic about 6" away. If you get farther from the mic, you will pick up a lot more reverb from the room, and have a higher noise floor (the gain would need to be higher, and so everything else would have a raised volume too).

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As far as interfaces go, the Behringer U-Phoria UM2 is the cheapest I know of that will still give you a good sound, or there is the UMC22 which has slightly better preamps (which shouldn't be an issue unless you are using a dynamic and need high gain to get a good volume). The Focusrite Scarlet Solo is also really popular, if a bit more expensive (~$100). As far as the mic goes, the AT 2020 is very popular, although I prefer the MXL V67G which is also a bit cheaper, or the Lewitt 240 Pro if you have the money (I use the 440 Pure, but it's more expensive, so not the best place to start). Hopefully that helps, at least to get you started. I know I listed a lot of gear here, but it isn't the gear that makes you good, it's lots of practice that will really make the difference. While you will need some gear to get going, there are plenty of pros that use the AT2020 and the scarlet solo for all their recording, so don't sweat about all the high-priced stuff. The top end products do have benefits over the "beginner" gear, but not so much that you need the high end stuff to record professional sounding audio.

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So the cheapest setup will run you around $100, although you will also need a mic stand, XLR cable, and pop-filter (which are all fairly cheap), and a shock mount is recommended. You will also want to make sure your space is acoustically treated well, as a good XLR mic will be sensitive and pick up any extra reverb, but I didn't hear anything out of place and echo-y in the demo you posted, so you may have enough treatment already (you will have to play around with it).

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Here is a test-track I threw together that hopefully demonstrate the tone and pacing I mentioned in my first reply, and also give an example of how focal fry can be used to good effect (I don't have much in my voice, but when used properly it can add a lot to a performance). It's just my voice, no extra effects (slight EQ was applied), to be as clear as possible about the difference in tone quality. I was going to throw it in an edit of my original, but it will fit just as well here. It's not an actual demo, just a piece I did to cut in as part of a demo, but hopefully it gives you a better idea of what I was talking about.

The quality of your PC is more important for editing work than it is for actually taking input from a microphone. Any computer nowadays can do the task of recording input from an audio device.

That said, the quality of the microphone does impact the quality of the information that the computer receives to record.

The Newwer 700 appears to have an XLR output. This kind of connector is not typically compatible with consumer computers; the only computers I've ever seen with the ability to connect to an XLR cable with no converter were made explicitly for stage work.

Microphone output is analog data. As such, you will need an audio interface (Scarlett is a common manufacturer of these, but far from the only one) to convert the analog output of the microphone to a digital signal that your computer is equipped to work with.

Take the advice of others here. Don't buy a Yeti microphone. You already bought a microphone, and you can make it work with the money you would spend on the Yeti.

Finally, consider your recording environment beyond the microphone in your calculations. I have a setup at home, but it is generally not ideal for actual professional work as my apartment is located on a major roadway. I do most of my work out of a local recording studio which has real sound booths. If the background noise in your space is above a certain level, or you have too much of an issue with echo, you will need to find a solution (which may cost you some more money). You could have the nicest voice in the world, but your work will be unusable if the recordings aren't clean.

All that said, you have the information you need to build a setup that will enable you to learn about how to record, even if it isn't quite suitable for recording at the present time. Get familiar with your audio editing program of choice; if you do audiobooks, you will be spending a lot of time using it, more time than you actually spend on the recording step. Start making some of your own recordings; listen for potential problems with your speech that you don't notice when you're speaking. Find an author whose work you enjoy reading (quietly) and start reading their work aloud. Test your vocal endurance; your recording sessions, if you "make it", will be several hours long.

Don't forget to have fun with it.

For a single PC with a Dynamic microphone I'd use a Cloudlifter (to power the Shure SM7B), an XLR microphone interface (Focusrite is highly recommended around here), and Voicemeter banana for controlling all your audio sources.

Voicemeter banna is a software mixer that will give you the functionality of a hardware mixer you just won't have the physical controls on your desk, but with it you'll be able to adjust the EQ, Compression and more to get you the same crisp sound.

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