Get Your Streaming Career Started Now
Have you ever thought you had good commentary skills when you were gaming? Or perhaps there’s a certain opinion you have on a certain genre or fandom that you want to get out there? Well no matter what you decide you want to do, sometimes trying to figure out what the best equipment there is out there that won’t break the bank too much without losing any kind of stream or broadcasting abilities. Today we’ve compiled some must needed essentials to get you started on your content creation from mics with crystal clear audio to a capture card. Scroll on through to see what items we reccomend!
HyperX QuadCast USB Condenser Mic – $96.00
Grab your audience’s attention immediately with this colorful and powerful microphone. Whether you’re using this for podcasting, streaming, voice acting, or more, you can select four different polar patterns to fit your needs. Need to mute quickly cause your sibling burst into your room? The quick tap-to-mute sensor is easy to use and easy to know when you are in the clear to save your stream from some embarrassing conversation.
Razer Seiren V2 USB Condenser Mic – $82.24
It may be small, but it packs a punch! The Razer Seiren V2 is 25mm and the sleek pill like designs really saves you some space on your desk. And despite it’s small size, it still gives you that superior broadcast quality with it’s supercardiod pattern to drown out background noises. It also features an easy to get to mute and gain controls for on the fly audio adjusting.
Elgato Stream Deck – $111.00
Change everything with a single button. The Elgato Stream Deck is an incredibly useful piece of hardware for streamers. Each key is fully customizable and can even chain a string of commands. There are also a ton of plugins you can use that’s accessible from the Stream deck PC app. Apply sound effects, games, counters and so much more to make your streams more unique.
Elgato HD60 S+ Capture Card – $155.00
For the streamers who may want to stream from your console, this is the tool for you. With this external capture card, you can broadcast those games you can’t play on PC with ease. The HD60 S+Â can stream at a native 1080P60 and you can even record your game play at 4K60 with pretty low latency when you’re using your PS4 or Xbox Series X.
Razer WolverineWired Game Controller – $104.95
There are some games that are just more comfortable being played with a controller. And now you can do it with comfort and with some remappable buttons. You can customize this controller further with the internchangeable D pads and thumb sticks to play your games the way you want to. You can also play in style with a ton of different colour profiles to set yourself apart.
There is a wide array of items out there that can help you with your stream or broadcasting jobs, the list never ends! But the accessories here is a sure fire way to start you off on that journey with ease – and without spending a fortune. Is there anything on this list that you picked up or were considering getting? Let us know in the comments below!
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