So you can keep it further away from your face, but then you have to up the volume knob on the mic itself. But that makes it a bit more sensitive to other noise

So you can keep it further away from your face, but then you have to up the volume knob on the mic itself. But that makes it a bit more sensitive to other noises (like breathing, typing on keyboard etc). The kit also comes with a little tri-pod to mount the mic. So instead of having the mic hang in front of you face/camera, you can put it between your hands in front of you, the same way you can put a cup of coffee between your hands/arms while typing. Then just speak downwards toward the mic instead of stretching your neck towards the mic on the arm and looking like a podcaster/streamer. You also don't really need the extra pop filter in the kit - the mic sock works fine enough on its own. Then I'd recommend using a recording app (pulsecaster on fedora) and record yourself! Listen to what the mic does to your voice at different volumes (always leave the pulseaudio volume at 85%, use the knob on the mic). If you want to loop you own voice back through your headphones (and typing noises), run the following command: pacmd load-module module-loopback latency_msec=5 and to unload it: pacmd unload-module module-loopback Sometimes I would just sit alone (not in a meeting), without any music and just listen to my typing while I code (looping the mic back into the headphones). Feels like you are sitting underneath the keys! It's soothing in a way.