Looking back, I just wasn't used to a microphone being able to record what my true to life voice sounded like. It didn't sound like I wanted it to either. I remember being unhappy the first time I heard a recording of my voice on this mic. The C01U does tend to record flat, you could try messing aroudn by boosting some low end (or whatever you're looking for)with an EQ in post. I'm not sure what you're unhappy with but as a fellow Samson C01U user i'm going to guess that you'd like some of the lower range to come through more. Always better to record at a low volume and turn it up later. Adding a pop filter will make place you back another inch or so anyway, which is a good thing. Normally I'd say that you're too close to that particular mic but it sounds like you do a good overall job of keeping your volume in check so you'll probably avoid clipping. Audio quality is very important to me in my videos. In fact, I think I will be jumping directly to an XLR mic setup instead of using a USB mic (just not right now, so I want to use the mic I currently own). I understand the Yeti isn't that great, but it's at the point where the audio would be acceptable to me. Here's what I think I should sound like (but with slightly less striking bass): I don't have a raw clip right now, but here's what it sounds like after I edit it to remove the noise and add normalization:
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I don't know how to set the gain-staging besides for messing with the sensitivity in Windows (if that even answers the question). It's fairly cleanable in the audio editor but if I want to raise the volume of the clip then all the noise comes back. I don't think I use compression? I haven't messed with any settings like that.