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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.

The HyperX DuoCast is a condenser mic that works by using charged metal 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 two plates adjusts when sound waves hit the diaphragm which produces capacitance HyperX DuoCast is a USB microphone, such microphones are convenient and easy to use they are also typically cheaper, and easy to carry. USB mics are great for making voiceovers.

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 can 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, for example, plosives (p sounds),. This helps capture a cleaner recording without those ear-piercing exaggerations.

HyperX DuoCast has the cardioid polar pattern, mics that use this pattern have a wide on-axis pick-up 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 in the sides and a null point in the rear of the microphone. HyperX DuoCast uses the omnidirectional polar pattern, which can receive sound from all sides.

Omni mics are equally sensitive to sound coming from all sides. You don't need to position them in any specific direction to capture the source sound HyperX DuoCast has its lowest frequency at 20Hz, a mic with a low frequency below 50Hz is best for snares, and toms, or if you're looking for a bass drum mic. HyperX DuoCast's upper limiting frequency is 20,000Hz, which implies that sounds at a frequency above this will not be captured.

In an ideal situation, a microphone's frequency response would be a one-to-one reproduction, however, some vibrations get lost along the way and some of the info 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, there is not much really to enhance your recording but primarily for look and feel purposes, adding visual flair and customization options to the mic. The HyperX DuoCast has the tap-to-mute feature which allows you to quickly mute the microphone by touching a marked area of the microphone's body. This is useful in situations when you want to have a conversation say with someone in the room that doesn't need to be transmitted.

HyperX DuoCast includes a headphone output, this feature enables you to directly monitor the audio quality captured by the microphone in real-time, without any perceptible delay. This is valuable in broadcasting, and live performance situations where instant audio feedback is key. The HyperX DuoCast is compatible with PS4, PS5, personal computer (PC), and mac.

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