![]() Especially interesting is that last thread where a filter plugin is shared that is able to remove the annoying sound without damaging the audio too much. In the Audacity community, the phenomenon is commonly called USB Whine, Frying Mosquitoes or the Yeti Curse, named after the popular USB microphone Blue Yeti. In particular the Audacity forum has a couple of threads on the topic. ![]() Looking around online, it turned out to be a widespread issue, not only with this but with different USB microphones. However, for Linux users this is of no use and also I wanted to understand where the noise is coming from. First aid: Filtering out the noiseįor Windows and older versions of macOS, Samson provides an additional software called Sound Deck that among other features provides live noise filtering. Interestingly, these harmonics seem to disappear at 7, 8 and 9 kHz and reappear at 10 kHz. We can clearly see a peak at exactly 1 kHz as well as corresponding harmonics. Let’s have a look at the spectrum of the recorded noise, using Audacity and its spectrum analysis (i.e., an FFT): FFT of recorded noise (please excuse the bad contrast) ![]() The other is a high-pitched noise which you really do not want to have in your recordings. We hear two things here: One is relatively normal microphone hiss. Have a listen: Example of background noise Same example as before but amplified However, when testing the microphone I was rather disappointed by the annoying background noise that is clearly audible when turning up the volume of the microphone. I recently got my hands on a USB microphone, namely the Samson Meteor Mic, a large diaphragm electret condenser microphone that not only looks cute but also has overall good reviews online.
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