How to get the right setup ?

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Gideon_

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Hey everyone, I apologize if this is not the right place to post this question, but it would mean the world to me if I could figure this out.

I'm starting my YT channel and like everything, I can't start big (gadget wise). Sony Vegas Pro 13 and new computer, check. Capture card, check. Pair of headsets w mic, check.

This is where it gets tricky for me. I've seen that most people have a mic, whether its Yeti or some other brand. I have some ideas for what I want to do with my content and videos but I'm not sure how to mix them all up to get a final product. I'll be mostly doing console gameplays, so getting chat from me and others recorded is a requirement. My question or questions are how to do specifically, or do I even need the Yeti if my headsets have a mic ? I might be coming across as ignorant and I apologize if you feel that, but all I need is some guidance to help me put all the ingredients together.

Maybe I need some entirely piece of equipment altogether.

Thanks again for stopping by and don't hesitate to help me and/or ask me further questions please.

Have a great day !
 
You don't need a Yeti. By the way, Yeti is not a brand, it is a model. Blue is the brand.

Anyway, as long as you have a decent sounding microphone, with a decent video quality, you should be fine. Syncing them up would be a regular thing, though. What I do to record any gameplay is I press record as close to simultaneous as possible then I do an action on screen while counting. Like for example: I just go up and down on a menu and with each change of selection I count. I start off by just saying,"All right, syncing, 1 2 3, 1 2 3. Kind of fast, like as if you were speaking the speed of you reading words. Other than that, you should be fine. You would need to cut the syncing part out after your done and be sure not to disrupt the sync afterwards.

Anything else?
 
Ps4 captures video for you, I also think the Xbox One does this as well, you just need an external hard drive to transport it from the console to the computer.
 
Gideon_ said:
Hey everyone, I apologize if this is not the right place to post this question, but it would mean the world to me if I could figure this out.

I'm starting my YT channel and like everything, I can't start big (gadget wise). Sony Vegas Pro 13 and new computer, check. Capture card, check. Pair of headsets w mic, check.

This is where it gets tricky for me. I've seen that most people have a mic, whether its Yeti or some other brand. I have some ideas for what I want to do with my content and videos but I'm not sure how to mix them all up to get a final product. I'll be mostly doing console gameplays, so getting chat from me and others recorded is a requirement. My question or questions are how to do specifically, or do I even need the Yeti if my headsets have a mic ? I might be coming across as ignorant and I apologize if you feel that, but all I need is some guidance to help me put all the ingredients together.

Maybe I need some entirely piece of equipment altogether.

Thanks again for stopping by and don't hesitate to help me and/or ask me further questions please.

Have a great day !
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A lot of people use the blu snowball which is cheaper than the yeti and is good for starting out, that being said you don't necessarily need the mic if your headset can produce good quality audio
 
Hey everyone, thanks for the replies !

About the mic..yeah you're absolutely right. I might not need an(other) external mic when my headsets can give me decent to good quality. Then again, the investment now might a good idea to get quality audio for my vids.

Now, my biggest concern besides the mic was the whole setup. I'm not sure how many people will be able to help me figure this out but here it goes. I want to capture game chat, both from me and players while playing online with the capture card. I have a pair of Turtle Beach headsets that have both a USB and a 3.5 jack to plug in. The USB is self explanatory but the 3.5 has an additional cord that can be plugged to it that has the white and red audio that go into the TV.

I've heard that for it/them to work you need a splitter, or that you need to plug it into your computer instead and many many more answers. If I need more equipment, I'll buy it but I need to figure out what is it exactly that I need or that I'm lacking.

I can almost guarantee that this explanation might not be the most clear one and sorry for that, but if you have a slight clue of what I'm talking about and/or know how to help[ me, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thanks again
 
What is your capture card? If it is an HDMI capture card (one that you should have bought in the first place), then you don't need a splitter. If the capture card is analog/component, you will need splitters. If it is component/analog, you need to plug the audio into the capture card and into the headset at the same time. This will require you to plug the 2 audio cable input with splitters, audio into the splitter, then audio out the splitter for both. HDMI cable also carries audio, which means you don't need splitters at all. Just plug and play. Have any more questions?
 
Hey Horary, thanks for the quick reply.

This is what I have:

Capture Card - Elgato HD60 (HDMI)
Headset - Turtle Beach PX22
Video Editor - Sony Vegas Pro 13
 
So, if I plug in everything the way its supposed to go, I'll get game chat captured from the capture card.
Which means that the extra 3.5 jack that has that added white/red add on is completely useless ? I thought they went into the TV plus the HDMI.

(update: the cable I keep talking about is the 3.5 female to RCA audio splitter, more info )
 
HDMI carries video and audio. How else do you think TV's are able to get sound without component and analog cables? To hear game chat, however, you would need to have to set the voice chat to project through the TV so the capture card can hear it. I don't know how to do that on the new gen consoles, but I do know if it was projected through headset then the capture card isn't receiving that data.

The extra cable might be useful to keep in case a friend needs it, or you need it for another use.
 
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