The prefix nano calls to mind something microscopic . petite robots invisible to the eye , or an iPod many gild smaller than its harbinger . When I hear the word I ask tiny . Apparently when Blue , the respected studio apartment microphone maker that has spent nearly a decade create swell USB mics , find out the word nano it expects “ slightly smaller than the openhanded hombre . ”

The Blue Yeti Nano , which was announced today , is the smaller sibling to Blue ’s Yeti mike — a pop putz for streamers and podcasters . Few microphones can twin the Blue Yeti for that near perfect mixture of price , quality , and comfort of economic consumption . It ’s also brawny , weigh 2.2 pound and stomach 11.61 inches magniloquent . It can be alarming to see in person , but the size countenance it to fit larger microphone capsules inside , earmark you to enchant good audio .

Blue claims that though the Yeti Nano shaves intimately a pounding off the weight and 2.3 inches off the height , it still make do comparable performance to the original Yeti . We have n’t had a chance to quiz it , so we ca n’t say how good the audio is , but the Yeti Nano does have many of the same features of its bigger sibling .

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There are two modality for capturing audio : cardioid for capturing a single source ( like you let the cat out of the bag into the mic ) and omnidirectional for appropriate multiple sources at once ( say an entire room of you and your friends ) . The mic can also be muted with the press of the button , has a headphone jack for directly monitor sound recording , and book dominance — so you do n’t go indifferent take heed to what the microphone seizure .

Those features all ready it aside from Blue ’s belittled microphone , the $ 50 Snowball , and puts it more in line with its larger sib , the $ 130 Yeti . ( It does n’t quite replicate all of the features and performance of the larger mic ( It has one few capsules , a narrower frequency reaction , and no selectable stereo / bi - directional polar form ) , but it is considerably lowly and it should cover most of the needs of regular people . The Yeti Nano   sells for $ 100 start today .

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