AVerMedia is relatively new to us here at TechNuovo, but we hope not for much longer as their products are super impressive. We’ve just checked out their GC515 Capture Dock for our Steam Deck videos, and now we’ve got an audio solution from them, their new Versati Go microphone and Flexi Go boom arm, which could suit live streamers and content creators down to a tee because both products are super small and would suit limited spaced gaming setups down to a tee.
The AVerMedia Versati Go microphone is nice and stubby measuring at 2.24 x 4.6 inches without using the included desktop tripod. It’s classed as a cardioid microphone due to the pickup pattern available here though it’s classed as a condenser microphone. It uses USB TYpe-C to connect to your PC and it can also be connected to a mobile phone using a Type-C to Type-C cable if you want to create content there though a cable is not included for this kind of thing. For some technicals, the microphone produces a sample rate of up to 96kHz and has a resolution of up to 24-bit and a frequency response rate of 20Hz – 20kHz. It’s sensitivity sits at -36dB and a max SPL of 110dB.
Around the back, you can find a big mute button which once pressed, not only turns the light around the back to red, but also turns off the red LED light inside of the grill at the front so you’ve got a better visual of if the microphone is on or not. You can also find a 3.5mm aux input your headphones so you can monitor your audio and voice at the same time, and finally a scroll wheel for volume. The microphone has a smooth texture to it and it’s quite lightweight coming in at 292 grams.
As it stands from plugging it in straight away and then connecting it to OBS Studio to record some gameplay, it sounded good. Check this out. But that isn’t the only way this microphone can be used. If you’re plugging into a PC, you can use AVerMedia’s Streaming Centre to aid with audio quality. Once added to the Streaming Centre you’ve got loads of options to run through from noise suppression, a noise gate, a de-esser, a compressor, an EQ reverb and various effects. There’s loads to really dive into. Just to let you know to use the noise suppression option, you’ll need an Nvidia RTX-compatible card for the Audio Effects SDK.
Now this little Versati Go microphone comes with a small stand for the desk, which if you’re using this for calls on Teams or similar from your laptop is fine. But if you wanted something a little bit more premium and a bit of a nicer setup, then you can also opt for the Flexi Go boom arm which measures at 68 x 8.5 x 6 centimetres. It isn’t that large, and much smaller than my Rode boom arm I’m currently using, which is why I said at the start that this setup will be perfect for tiny desks.
The stand itself is capable of 360-degree horizontal rotation, with the lower arm at 180-degrees and upper arm again at 360-degrees. It offers a superb level of positional customisation whether you’re pairing with the Versati Go microphone or a tablet or camera or other device. You connect it to your desk using a C-clamp which is included and supports mounting threads at the other end of 1/4-inch and 5/8-inch threads. Holding weight of this thing sits at 1.5kg which is pretty much in line with most DSLR cameras if you’re going to be using one of those for content creation, and it’ll EASILY hold the Versati Go microphone without a doubt. It’s made from aluminium so it’s nice and strong too. One strange thing that I didn’t quite get though, and this I think is more of a criticism of the odd thread hole on the Versati microphone, but to connect the Versati microphone to the Flexi arm, I had to include the ball head mount supplied with the arm, as well as the ball head mount supplied with the microphone, as the ball mount on the arm was too small for the mounting thread on the microphone. So I had two ball heads in use. Something that might not be a big issue, and could also offer more positional choices, but I just found it a little strange that two products from the same manufacturer were not exactly compatible with each other.
But that’s about all there is too it really. The AVerMedia is a decent little microphone that sounds good and has a decent level of customisation for the sound, and the Flexi arm gives users a nice option to get their microphone off of the desk mount, especially if you’ve got a mechanical keyboard. The USB cable could be longer, but again that’s splitting hairs, and also why show in your online marketing materials users plugging it into their phones to record content, and not supply a cable so people can do that from the box? Odd. Anyway, pricing wise I have no idea. I tried finding it on the AVerMedia website and I clicked the ‘Wear To Buy’ button and it didn’t work. Also Google didn’t show up much either at the time of making this review so I can’t talk about price. I can however though leave a link below to the AVerMedia website for these products so you can find out if the website works for you. Anyway, a pretty decent product all in all I think.
