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    Hi guys !!

    I want to make some Let's play since a few months, but there's a problem.

    I got an headphone/microphone Plantronics 355, but quality is pretty bad, I also have basic sound card into my motherboard so I'm thinking about buy a new mic' or new sound card, or both, so, can you give me some information about those ? Like, a good microphone/sound card, not too expensive, or is it better to buy a new microphone, or a new sound card ? Or even, is there some microphone which can filters some sounds, like breathing, or the sound that make saliva when you open your mouth ^^

    Actually I want to have a clear voice in my video, like PewDie in his videos, but I have no idea where to begin.

    Thanks
    (I'm french, so sorry, but don't blame my english xD)

  • If you're getting a new headphone, I suggest you to look over for Sennheiser.
    It is really, reaaaaally good. Better than Beats or any other overrated brand I'd say.
    Some headphone set from Creative is a very good alternative.

    Soundcard? If you're using an on-board HD Realtek sound card, don't bother to install some mediocre ones.
    Get an Asus Xonar or one from Creative X-Fi Fatality series.
    If you get a new soundcard but still using some crappy audio system, you won't notice any different. If you're getting both like I suggested, you'll have an eargasm a lot

  • Here's a trick for reducing noise in your vocals:

    1. Download Audacity (It's free, and you'll need it for video production anyway)

    2 Load up your vocal track into Audacity

    3. Click and drag a section of your vocals that has no dialogue, just the noise you want to remove.

    4. Click on on "Effects", then "Noise Removal", then click "Get profile".

    5. If you want all the noise in the track removed, select the audio track, and press Ctrl+A to select all of the audio in that track.

    6. Go back to Effects > Noise Removal, and click "Remove Noise" Voila

    There's methods of fixing artefacts by reamplifying the silent bits and repeating the process, but that's mainly for a recorded piece of music, for simple spoken vocals this trick should do the... trick >.>

    Once you have the money for recording equipment, you won't have to use this trick anymore (warranted that you are in a fairly quiet environment with noise cancelling headphones)