A year ago, between the 3DJuegos and iGamesNews teams, we began the journey of having a channel in Twitch in which we could enjoy the games and the gossip of the industry in your company from a completely different perspective.
I, who was completely alien to the world, have had to learn between stumbles and stumbles not only to host the program that we do from Monday to Thursday from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., but also to control all the technical aspects of a format of which, as you already know, advance, I had no idea.
Between tests and gadgets, I recently faced one of the most difficult challenges for me, that of trying to improve the quality of the sound with the help of an audio interface with the help of the Creative Live! Audio A3 And, for those of you who are considering taking the leap to recording a podcast, streaming or creating content for YouTube, this has been my experience.
This is Creative Live! Audio A3
Accustomed to seeing those immense sound mixing tables that all of us inexperienced in this subject have in our heads right now, what has surprised me most about Creative Live! Audio A3 are its dimensions. Ideal for finding space on any table, no matter how small, with just 10 x 5 x 1.27 cm, you can imagine my face when I was expecting a considerable mammoth and finding that small gadget inside.
Hand in hand with a metal cover that has turned out to be a magnet for fingerprints, its 810 g weight offers the necessary robustness so that, together with the lower pads, the interface is always within reach for Play with your options without fear to slip every time you touch it.
While on the front we have two ¼ headphone jacks, on the back there are two balanced and unbalanced stereo outputs to eliminate possible interference that dirty the audio, two combo jack connectors to which we plug the microphones (also valid for instruments, hence the switches that accompany them), a jack to plug in the phone, in case you use it as a microphone or want to monitor a mobile recording, and a USB-C port that serves as power and connection to the PC.
At the top, the controls, the controls for the mobile input port and the two audio inputs with their respective power indicators to adjust the volume, the buttons to mute and monitor the direct audio without latency together to three other volume controls, one for each main mic/instrument track and one general.
Creative – Live! Audio A3
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My experience with a sound interface
Taking a brief look at its controls is the simplest way to understand how using it as a control interface is much easier than any beginner in this field could think. Zero problems when connecting it and getting the recording program you use, from Audacity to Audition, to capture the sound without problems.
The jump to OBS for streaming had a little more substance because each main audio input jumped to its respective ear separately, but looking for a quick solution with the option to switch to mono audio, instead of the stereo that comes by default on the application of retransmissionto solve the problem.
Used to always recording with the classic Blue Yeti, which requires an additional connector to plug in via jack, they let me borrow an the audio arrived.
Despite my inexperience, and a notable reluctance to put more gadgets and cables on the table, the experience of having the audio control so close at hand in a gadget as small and accessible as the Creative Live Audio A3 It has been quite a surprise.
With him in mind more in the Video recording what in streaming, to raise the sound quality a couple of notches, the test has been more than enough to invite me to use it and start looking for a good XLR microphone with which to get even more out of it. If you are in a similar situation and are looking for something nice and small to place on your table and level up your podcasts, streaming or content creation without the price getting out of hand, it is worth taking a look.
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