Whether you’re an online content maker or an aspiring recording artist, you need a good microphone, and Cyber Monday is the perfect time to get one. These are the best Cyber Monday microphone deals available right now, with constant updates as new deals become available.
The Blue Yeti is hands-down the most popular microphone for online content creation in the world today, and it’s available right now at a significant discount: $10 off with a free copy of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey on PC.
The reason the Yeti is so popular is that it gives you everything you could want in a microphone in an affordable, easy-to-use package. The Yeti records crystal-clear audio that is perfect for podcasting, ASMR, and just about anything else you’d like to use it for. The Yeti also has flexible polarity options that allow you to record however you want, including in stereo, cardioid, and omnidirectional patterns.
Best of all, the Yeti comes at a super low price and is extraordinarily easy to use. Simply plug it into your computer via USB and you are ready to begin recording.
While the Yeti is great right out of the box, if you want to get the most out of it, I would recommend getting a pop filter and possibly a suspension stand, which will make for even clearer recordings.
If you’re tempted by the Blue Yeti but want something a little more compact, then the Blue Yeti Nano USB Mic is a good option that is still available at a significant 30% discount. The Yeti Nano comes with many of the same features that make the full-sized Yeti so great, including a no-latency headphone output for monitoring, a built-in stand, and a plug-and-play design.
The main difference is that the Yeti Nano has two microphone capsules compared to the full-sized Yeti’s three. The Yeti Nano can still record in cardioid and omnidirectional pickup patterns but does not record stereo or bi-directional. This makes the Yeti Nano slightly less flexible for some applications such as ASMR, but it’s still a great option if you primarily plan on using it for single-person podcasts or whole-room recordings.
As was the case with the full Yeti, I would recommend getting a pop filter and possibly a suspension stand if you want to maximize your Yeti Nano’s sound.
The Blue Snowball iCE Condenser Microphone is Blue’s most affordable USB microphone and is currently on Cyber Monday sale for 11% off. The Snowball iCE offers fewer recording options than the Yeti and the Yeti Nano in that it only has one pickup pattern: cardioid. This is a directional pattern that emphasizes sounds directly in front of the microphone over sounds to the sides and rear—making it perfect for single-person podcasts and streaming.
If you’re a budding content creator who doesn’t see themselves using the additional flexibility offered by the Yeti or the Nano Yeti, then the Snowball iCE is a solid entry-level microphone. To get the most out of the Snowball iCE, I would definitely recommend getting a pop filter and possibly a suspension stand.
The Samson Meteor Mic is another hugely popular USB microphone available at a major discount: 36% ($25) off.
The Meteor Mic’s claim to fame is that it is remarkably portable without skimping at all on sound quality. Recordings using the Meteor Mic are super clear, and the cardioid pattern is perfect for live streaming and other single-person recording types. And it’s so small that you could easily bring it with you in a bag for on-the-go use, something that would be a bit of a hassle with a larger microphone like the Blue Yeti.
The Shure MV5 Digital Condenser Microphone is unique compared to all of the other microphones on this list in that it is Apple MFi Certified, meaning it is built for direct connection to any iOS device (iPod, iPhone, and iPad) without the need for any external adapters or connectors. This feature alone may make the Shure MV5 the right microphone for you if you have ever wanted to make on-the-go recordings.
That said, the MV5 can also be used with a computer like a regular USB microphone. Regardless of what you plug it into, the MV5 produces excellent-sounding audio. Moreover, it has three built-in DSP presets that each gives your recordings a different sonic character, which could be a fun tool for content creation.
