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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 charged metal 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 adjusts when sound waves hit the movable plate 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 microphones are great for creating voiceovers.

HyperX DuoCast comes with a shock mount, most condenser microphones include a shock mount, which is circular and make use of an elastic suspension that helps reduce vibrations transferred by through the floor that could cause audio interference. HyperX DuoCast comes with a pop filter, pop filters are a great tool for upping your audio. These diffuse the pressure of the air coming from certain vocal sounds, for example, fricatives (th sounds),. This helps capture a cleaner recording without annoying ear-piercing exaggerations.

HyperX DuoCast uses the cardioid pattern, microphones that use this pattern have a wide on-axis reception area and max rejection at 180° off-axis. This means that this pattern is more directional and sensitive to the front of the microphone in the on-axis position, and reduces in sensitivity towards the sides and a zero point in the rear of the mic. HyperX DuoCast has the omnidirectional polar pattern, which picks up sound from all sides.

Omni microphones have an equal sensitivity to sound coming from all sides. You don't need to position them in any particular direction to capture the source sound HyperX DuoCast has its lowest frequency at 20Hz, a mic that can pick a low frequency below 50Hz is best for snares, and toms, or if you're looking for a bass drum microphone. The HyperX DuoCast's upper limiting frequency is 20,000Hz, meaning that sound waves at a frequency above 20,000Hz will not be captured.

In a perfect world, a mic's frequency response should be a one-to-one reproduction, however, some vibrations get lost during the process 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, there is not much really to enhance your recording but primarily for aesthetic purposes, adding visual flair to the microphone. HyperX DuoCast has the tap-to-mute feature which allows you to quickly mute the microphone by tapping a specific area of the microphone's body. This is useful during situations when you need to have a conversation say with someone in the room that needs not be transmitted.

HyperX DuoCast has a headphone output, this feature enables you to directly check on the audio signal captured by the mic in real-time, with no delay. This is valuable in broadcasting, and live performance situations where instant audio feedback is essential. HyperX DuoCast is compatible with PS4, PS5, personal computer (PC), and mac.

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