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Hyperx Duocast Review

Last updated on Aug 18, 2024   4 minute read
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HyperX DuoCast

HyperX DuoCast

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Reasons why you might like the HyperX DuoCast

Overall Score 7.6 Represents average audio ecosystem compatibility score.

  • Has Cardioid Pattern
  • Has Rgb Lighting

The HyperX DuoCast is a USB microphone with two selectable polar patterns, cardioid and omnidirectional, and supports 96kHz/24-bit recording, featuring a built-in pop filter, user-friendly controls, and a low-profile shock mount. Its RGB glows in a subtle way without having lights flashing in your eyes.

It offers good features, build quality, and lovely sound, but requires the right recording environment for optimal performance, it is a compromise for gamers, streamers, and podcasters looking for QuadCast quality at a lower price.

HyperX DuoCast is a condenser mic that works by using capacitor plates instead of a coil and magnets. One of the metal plates, known as the backplate is fixed, and the other which is the diaphragm is movable, the distance between the plates adjusts when sound waves hit the diaphragm which produces a change in electrical characteristics HyperX DuoCast is a USB microphone, such microphones are convenient and easy to use they are also typically cheaper, and easy to carry. USB microphones are great for creating voiceovers.

The HyperX DuoCast comes with a shock mount, most condenser microphones come with a shock mount, which is circular and make use of an elastic suspension that helps reduce vibrations transferred by that could cause audio interference. HyperX DuoCast comes with a pop filter, this filter is a great tool for improving your audio. These diffuse the pressure of the air coming from certain vocal sounds, such as, fricatives (th sounds),. Thus capturing a clean recording without annoying ear-piercing exaggerations.

HyperX DuoCast has the cardioid polar pattern, microphones that use this pattern have a wide on-axis receiving area and maximum rejection at 180 degrees off-axis. To further explain, this pattern is more directional and sensitive to the front of the microphone in the on-axis position, with a decrease in sensitivity towards the sides and a null point in the base of the microphone. HyperX DuoCast uses the omnidirectional polar pattern, which picks up sound in all directions.

Omni mics have an equal sensitivity to sound coming from all angles. You do not need to point them in any specific direction to capture the source of the sound HyperX DuoCast has its lowest frequency at 20Hz, a microphone with a low frequency below 50Hz is best for miking, and toms, or if you're in search of a bass drum microphone. HyperX DuoCast's upper limiting frequency is 20,000Hz, which implies that sound waves at a frequency above this won't be recorded.

In a perfect world, a microphone's frequency response should be a one-to-one reproduction, in reality, some vibrations get lost along the way and bits of the information doesn't make it to the output recording. HyperX DuoCast's sensitivity is measured at 501mV/Pa, this tells you what the electrical output of a microphone will be for a given acoustic input. The higher the number, the more sensitive the microphone is.

HyperX DuoCast has RGB lighting, nothing much really to enhance your recording but primarily for style purposes, adding visual flair and customization options to the microphone itself. The HyperX DuoCast has the tap-to-mute feature which allows you to quickly mute the mic by tapping a specific area of the microphone. This is useful during situations where you need to have a conversation say with someone in the room that doesn't need to be transmitted.

HyperX DuoCast includes a headphone output, this enables you to directly check on the audio signal recorded by the microphone in real-time, without any perceptible delay. This is particularly useful in broadcasting, and live performance situations where immediate audio feedback is key. The HyperX DuoCast is compatible with PS4, PS5, personal computer (PC), and mac.

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