Turtle Beach Streaming Mic Review: Awesome

November 2, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Video Games 0

Sound clarity and comfort are the keys to producing an awesome audio or streaming podcast and for many gamers and multimedia curators, a headset, regardless of the fancy cushions, light-weight or any other bells and whistles, isn’t the same as just playing and talking.

Turtle Beach’s new streaming mic, for those gamers or anyone else looking to try something new and unique, has created something that has solid sound production and can capture a moment just as well as any headset. For many, it could become they’re new favorite podcasting or streaming tool.

Connecting easily to the PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox One, the Steaming Mic has to be relatively close to you to work best, preferably on a table, or even a boom without three to five feet. If it’s farther than that, you’ll have some volume issues, especially for you low-talkers, but even that is nothing that a free sound editor the likes of Audacity can’t fix. If you’re making videos that aren’t live, Final Cut Pro or any other video editor can help you tighten things up as well. For these types of videos, ones that are about production, this mic is one that is more comfortable and easier to use. Once it’s plugged in and turned on, it’s good to go. There’s no worry in forgetting if you pressed anything, as many headsets have volume and mute buttons on the wires.

While the Streaming Mic has these things as well, there’s little reason to touch them in a situation where you’re not playing live. For ease of use alone, the Streaming Mic is a win for anyone looking to create professionally-sounding podcasts or videos.

In a streaming environment, the mic is awesome because it’ll allow as many voices that are in a room and close enough to play a role in the production. Only two headsets and four people playing? Not a problem. For this reason, the Turtle Beach Streaming Mic is a handy tool, great at capturing fun streaming moments in a local gaming environment.

Another interesting use is for retro gaming tournaments. Using the El Gato, gamers can capture video and sound, but using the Streaming Mic with your Mac or PC, you can capture all of the ambient noise and that of the competitors.

Again, while the mic does what it claims to do well, the bevy of other uses and plug and play nature make it a great tool for anyone looking to get a peripheral that can perform a ton of different uses.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13878 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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