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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 known as the diaphragm is movable, the distance between the two plates changes when sound waves hit the movable plate which produces capacitance HyperX DuoCast is a USB microphone, such microphones are plug and play and easy to use they are also typically affordable, and easy to carry. USB mics are great for creating podcasts.

HyperX DuoCast comes with a shock mount, most condenser mics come with a shock mount, which is circular and make use of an elastic suspension that helps reduce vibrations transferred by any contact surfaces that have equipment that could cause audio interference. HyperX DuoCast comes with a pop filter, pop filters are a great tool for improving your audio. These diffuse the pressure of the air coming from certain vocal sounds, such as, sibilants (s sounds). This helps capture a clean recording without those ear-piercing exaggerations.

HyperX DuoCast uses the cardioid polar pattern, mics that use this pattern have a wide on-axis receiving area and max 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 zero point in the back of the microphone. HyperX DuoCast has the omnidirectional polar pattern, which can receive sound in all directions.

Omni mics are equally sensitive to sound coming from all angles. You do not need to position them in any specific direction to capture the source of the sound HyperX DuoCast has its lowest frequency at 20Hz, a microphone that can pick a low frequency below 30Hz is best for miking, and toms, or if you're looking for a bass drum microphone. HyperX DuoCast's upper limiting frequency is 20,000Hz, which implies that sound waves at a frequency above 20,000Hz will not be recorded.

In a perfect world, a microphone's frequency response should be a one-to-one reproduction, however, some vibrations get lost along the way and some of the info never makes 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, there is not much really to add to your recording but primarily for aesthetic purposes, adding visual flair and customization options to the mic itself. HyperX DuoCast has the tap-to-mute feature which allows you to quickly mute the mic by tapping a designated area of the microphone. This is advantageous during situations when you need to have a conversation say with someone in the room that needs not be recorded.

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

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