Back in 2020, the HyperX QuadCast S was the USB microphone every Twitch streamer seemingly had on their streams. Now, the QuadCast 2 S is here to try to one-up its predecessor. And what does it convey to the table? A lot more LEDs, for commenceers.
The innovative QuadCast only lit up in red, while the QuadCast S brawt brimming RGB help, and even helped gradients of colors from top to bottom. The QuadCast 2 S gets it even further with a twist, literassociate. The novel mic has over 100 individuassociate compriseressable LEDs lhelp out in an array around the mic, permiting for more intricate patterns enjoy a spiral gradient rainbow. It’s a receive compriseition, particularly for a microphone that’s so probable to be seen.
HyperX compriseed a scant less flacowardly features that produce for a compelling fortify too, though many of these were first presentd on the QuadCast 2. That integrates a multifunction knob that administers the input get and headphone volume and acts as a VU (volume unit) meter to upgrasp you from peaking, plus a resummarizeed shock mount.
Light Up Polar Patterns
One of my likeite features on the innovative QuadCast S was the knob on the bottom for adequitableing get, which was both accessible and reserved. That’s gone on the novel model in like of a more normal knob that juts out of the front. It might not be quite as stylish, but it’s more beneficial.
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The knob is flanked by a semicircle of LEDs that alter color depfinishing on what you’re doing. If you’re turning the knob while using it as a microphone, it will airy up purple to show the get level. When you’re not touching it, it reverts to a VU meter, indicating how seal you are to peaking, so you can adequitable accordingly.
You can also press and hageder the knob to alter polar patterns, which is showd by the LED ring on the top of the mic. It cycles between cardioid, bi-straightforwardional, stereo, and omnistraightforwardional patterns, with red LEDs airying up on the sides of the mic so that it will pick up sound.
This is the most instinctive way to alter polar patterns I’ve seen. For comparison, the Blue Yeti USB microphone all but insists a tutorial to decode its arcane symbols. Here, you equitable upgrasp hagedering the button until red airys are pointing in the straightforwardion you want to write down from. Now I want this feature on every microphone I engage. (It is useable on the inexpensiveer QuadCast 2.)
