[Hemlocke]

For those of you using audiophile headphones for gaming, what are you using for mics? I have an Arctis 7 headset that I was using, but now that I have my LCD-2 Classics, I prefer using them.

I recently tried the Mod Mic 5, but it was kind of awkward and not great. I’m thinking a desktop mic, which may be overkill, but I do WebEx and Skype meetings regularly for work.

 

[Monstieur]

For those of you using audiophile headphones for gaming, what are you using for mics? I have an Arctis 7 headset that I was using, but now that I have my LCD-2 Classics, I prefer using them.

I recently tried the Mod Mic 5, but it was kind of awkward and not great. I’m thinking a desktop mic, which may be overkill, but I do WebEx and Skype meetings regularly for work.

I bought a ModMic Uni just before NVIDIA RTX Voice was released. RTX Voice with my webcam mic rendered all my headset mics useless. It completely eliminates background noise and picks up my voice perfectly with just the webcam mic.

I had the AT-2020 desktop mic and it was completely unusable for voice communication. It picked up noise realistically as if you were in the room - you could hear a dog barking two streets away. This would probably be usable with RTX Voice.

 

[Hemlocke]

I bought a ModMic Uni just before NVIDIA RTX Voice was released. RTX Voice with my webcam microphone rendered all my headset mics useless. It completely eliminates background noise and picks up my voice perfectly with just the webcam mic.

I run an RTX 2080 Super, but have not looked into Voice. The problem for me is that I don’t have a webcam set up, so maybe I should do that and avoid the hassle...provided I can even find a decent one at this time

 

[Monstieur]

I run an RTX 2080 Super, but have not looked into Voice. The problem for me is that I don’t have a webcam set up, so maybe I should do that and avoid the hassle...provided I can even find a decent one at this time

I edited my post above. It should work with any desktop mic. I would only get the Logitech BRIO 4K webcam which works with Windows Hello. You can cover the camera lens and Windows Hello still works with the IR sensor.

 

[Hemlocke]

I edited my post above. It should work with any desktop mic. I would only get the Logitech BRIO 4K webcam which works with Windows Hello. You can cover the camera lens and Windows Hello still works with the IR sensor.

Well, that takes the Audio Technica off my list, anyway. Since I use a mechanical keyboard, I don’t need something that picks up me hammering away on my keyboard. I type like I’m playing Whack-A-Mole on the keyboard.

 

[Monstieur]

Well, that takes the Audio Technica off my list, anyway. Since I use a mechanical keyboard, I don’t need something that picks up me hammering away on my keyboard. I type like I’m playing Whack-A-Mole on the keyboard.

Any desktop mic and even most directional headset mics would pick up the typing. RTX Voice eliminates it completely.

 

[Hemlocke]

Any desktop mic and even most directional headset mics would pick up the typing. RTX Voice eliminates it completely.

Good to know. I’ll go download it now and start the microphone ordering merry-go-round.

 

[AppleheadMay]

I edited my post above. It should work with any desktop mic. I would only get the Logitech BRIO 4K webcam which works with Windows Hello. You can cover the camera lens and Windows Hello still works with the IR sensor.

I also have the Brio 4k and think it’s great as a mic as well.
I use it with Windows Hello also but didn’t know it could work with IR only. How do you activate that?

 

[Monstieur]

I also have the Brio 4k and think it’s great as a mic as well.
I use it with Windows Hello also but didn’t know it could work with IR only. How do you activate that?

Just cover the camera lens with the included cover.

 

[AppleheadMay]

Just cover the camera lens with the included cover.

I see, will test it out.
I guess both "holes" on the right need to be uncovered? IR led and sensor they are as I see in the manual.

Great tip by the way, thanks!

 

[Rhadamanthys]

Razer released a "new" 7.1 VSS software today called THX Spatial Audio. There's a demo available. Anyone try it yet? Though I expect nothing new under the sun.

 

[Hemlocke]

Razer released a "new" 7.1 VSS software today called THX Spatial Audio. There's a demo available. Anyone try it yet? Though I expect nothing new under the sun.

I haven‘t, and I probably won’t because Razer software is 75% data mining and 25% somewhat useful, but still frustrating.

 

[Monstieur]

It's a virtual sound card with 7.1 channels, not a Spatial Sound provider. One unique feature is it allows you to whitelist certain apps like iTunes to play in stereo without being rendered to the front virtual speakers.

 

[jamng]

Any desktop mic and even most directional headset mics would pick up the typing. RTX Voice eliminates it completely.

Did you just use the default settings for RTX Voice (other than selecting your device that is)?

 

[Monstieur]

Did you just use the default settings for RTX Voice (other than selecting your device that is)?

I guess so. Probably set it to 100%.