Mic Picking Up Keyboard Sounds

LegitHuman · Nov 25, 2014

I need to find a way to prevent my mic from picking up keyboard sounds...I have a Samson Meteorite Microphone on top of some cube toys (Minecraft) and behind it is a mechanical keyboard (Razer Blackwidow) and it picks up the keyboard sounds and I don't think it's enjoyable to hear keyboard sounds when you're trying to listen to commentary...I need help in eliminating this problem...

Titillating · Nov 25, 2014

Place it further away from the keyboard/lower the sensitivity on the mic/use a quieter keyboard. Alternatively, get a mic/headset that only picks up sound from a certain direction.

LegitHuman · Nov 26, 2014

Titillating :

How do I lower the sensitivity?

BlueJays92-93 · Jan 3, 2015

LegitHuman :

When Titllating says "lower the sensitivity" all they are talking about is lowering the input volume of the mic. I'm not familiar with your mic but generally there are only a few ways this can be done. Your mic appears to be a usb one so if there is some software that came with it then look through it for something called the "gain" on the mic and turn that down (note you will need to talk louder if you do this). Alternatively, there may be a "gain" dial on your mic somewhere (not familiar with your mic so I'm not sure if you have one but some usb mics do so it's worth a look). If you can't turn down the gain either through a dial on the mic or through some mic specific software then the final resort is to either turn it down with your computer's audio manager (Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound (A new window will pop up when you click this) > Click the recording tab > Click the microphone you plan on using > click properties > click the "levels" tab > adjust this to turn up or down the gain on the mic) or through whatever recording software you're using.

Tommy Shiels · Jan 3, 2015

This mic is a 'Condenser' meaning it has a large diaphragm which picks up and wide range of sound and is not transfixed on a particular direction like a 'Dynamic' (using a dynamic mic would be better for vocal use). I would say to help solve this problem, you need to be able to separate your keyboard from the polaroid pattern shown below in the link.

The centre is the mic. The drawn line (the odd looking circle) is the range which can be picked up. positioning the mic in different ways which would help avoiding a direct sound wave from the keyboard (directing the mic away from keyboard) may help this.

http://www.samsontech.com/site_media/cms/collateral_images/samson-meteorite/meteorite_polar-800x840.gif

If you are using this to record instead of live use, I would suggest using Filtering Effects, compressor or limiter to reduce or completely eradicate the tapping noise. Check with a frequency analyser but i would say this would be between 8-10khz.

I hope this helps

Henrik123 · Sep 10, 2016

Changing keyboard won't help with condenser mics, they're supposed to pick up everything. And be placed in a soundproof booth if you want them to pick up your voice and nothing else.

If you get a dynamic mic, be prepared to glue your lips to dat mike. They're for singing, you won't pick up nuances. If you're energetic and shouting while gaming, they could be excellent!

There are 3 solutions:
1. Put a towel over your hands when typing/gaming.
2. Isolate mike from typing surface: put keyboard(+mouse) on a stand not physically in contact with what the mike is on (stacking various objects and materials don't help).
3. Isolate mike from typing surface: desk or ceiling boom with spider shockmount.

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