Your favorite podcaster’s favorite microphone simply acquired a severe improve – and a cute animated Yeti

The Blue Yeti is a podcasting and YouTube legend. The unique plug-and-play USB microphone is inexpensive, simple to make use of, and reassuringly hefty. It’s the 17-year-old the mic that launched a thousand pods.

Now Logitech – after just a few spin-off fashions down the years – is launching a real sequel. The Blue Yeti 2. The brand new mannequin provides just a few new options befitting of the fashionable age, which is able to assist with cleaner and extra constant audio, however maybe cut back the appeal of the sound. The additions embrace a 3D proximity sensor, AI noise discount and a 1.5in show to brighten up any video podcasts or vlogs you could be cooking up.

Logitech says the proximity sensor might help “creators preserve constant, broadcast-quality sound with out handbook adjustment” and that the Blue Yeti 2 additionally “tracks the speaker’s place in 3 dimensions and dynamically adjusts achieve, EQ, and pickup patterns in actual time.” The AI “de-noiser” will then assist creators to isolate voices from background distractions.

That new color LED display screen lets customers management settings, voice profiles and extra instantly on the microphone, and likewise encompasses a Yeti delivered to life inside the UI. The Yeti’s character alters his expression in keeping with the audio settings, from ‘mute on’ to ‘clipping audio’.

“Once I first began sketching the Yeti character, I knew proper off the bat that I didn’t wish to simply design a personality however make a operate that goes together with it. So the Yeti isn’t just playful, however offers function to that character,” mentioned Suguru Ogata, Lead UX Designer for Yeti 2. “The purpose then grew to become clear: How can we alter the Yeti’s facial features to indicate the audio state?”

The Yeti 2 retains that iconic form and the stand appears very acquainted. Inside, a redesigned 3-capsule mic array guarantees “trustworthy & nuanced audio copy” at as much as 24-bit/48kHz constancy.

It’s already obtainable now in each black and white and prices $160/£140.