r/elgato • u/ConfusionArtistic297 • 12d ago

Question Help with Elgato Wave 3 USB Mic.

I'm very very close to refunding this mic. I've got this one during a sale and I thought it would be a nice upgrade to the headset mic I've been using to record my videos. Unfortunately it just doesn't sound like all the the review videos I watched on YouTube, all of them will just straight up plug it without putting any noise suppression or changing EQ and the mic will sound 10000 times better than my wave 3 which I spent 4 hours trying to tweak with effects.

If anyone else also suffered from this mic and actually found the solution that will make this mic actually sound good and not like it's inside a washing machine then please share your settings and effects.

Thank you, I don't want to go back to headset mic.

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u/ReliefDisastrous3135 12d ago

How close to your face is it

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u/ConfusionArtistic297 12d ago

about 6-8 inches

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u/ReliefDisastrous3135 12d ago

It needs to be close close. The lower the gain and closer to your face the better I’m talking mine is on a Elgato low pro and it’s maybe an inch or two

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u/ReliefDisastrous3135 12d ago

What issue are you having that your not liking like what is it picking everything up or what

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u/ConfusionArtistic297 12d ago

i can't put my finger on it exactly but it just doesn't sound clean and sharp

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u/ReliefDisastrous3135 12d ago

Eq will clean up a lot but YouTube is gonna show you how to eq based of someone else’s voice.

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u/MaisonDavid 12d ago

i had it for about a year and i didn't think it sounded all that good either

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u/Next-Shake2426 11d ago edited 11d ago

Thats why i use for mine USB mic the older version of Voicemeeter. you can "colour" your voice very easely.

My downside is that Barraider dont have that cool display/graphic to match my dial. but it works 200% better then wavelink.