Logitech G Yeti GX Microphone Review

Anyone who has been in the content creation game for a minute knows about the old Blue Microphones, particularly the Yeti. When Logitech purchased Blue back in 2018 under the Logitech G brand, the future of the famous microphones was in question. While some of the legacy Blue Mics still exist on the Logitech website, the company has made an effort to carry on the popular name. Most recently among them is the Logitech G Yeti GX, a microphone whose familiar moniker is the only familiar thing about the mic.

In the box, you get the Logitech G Yeti GX with attached mount, a base, ⅜” to ⅝” adapter for a mic arm, a USB-A to USB-C cable, the documentation and a Streamlabs Ultra redeem code. The design of the Yeti GX feels like a concept of a futuristic microphone in the same way that a concept car by a known company feels, in that it is sleek, pretty and doesn’t bear much of a resemblance to any of the models that came before it.

The Logitech G Yeti GX is as well-built as it is well-designed. The weighty metal capsule is a solid device with well-placed controls, including its mute button and a gain dial that uses its thin RGB light in the centre to indicate when you are speaking too loudly so that you can adjust on the fly. Even cooler is the Smart Lock feature, allowing you to lock the gain by clicking in the dial (indicated by a blue RGB strip), ensuring that you don’t accidentally adjust the gain once you’ve found that sweet spot. More RGB can be found on the mic on the Logitech G logo and the thick ring wrapped around the bottom of the mic.

The arm that can be connected either to its included base or a mic arm is a design similar to the company’s latest mics, like the Blue Sona (or its updated version, the Yeti Studio), where it only connects to the microphone on one side, making it an overall cleaner look on camera. The aforementioned base to the Yeti GX has a nice weight to keep the mic balanced on the desk and its surface-covering rubber footing will keep it from slipping.

Despite the Logitech G Yeti GX’s pill-shaped design, typical for many brands’ condenser microphones, this particular mic is Dynamic. That’s important to know because you need to be speaking into the top of the mic, not the sides, or you will lose a lot of audio due to the Yeti GX’s supercardioid polar pattern. From an aesthetic standpoint, it also helps feature the RGB more prominently if you are using the mic on camera.

“The Logitech G Yeti GX is as well-built as it is well-designed.”

Speaking of the RGB on the Yeti GX, I am comfortable saying that it is the cleanest, most vibrant RGB on any microphone on the market right now. Its neon-like brilliance shows up great on camera and, most importantly, is very colour-accurate. You can control every aspect of the RGB in the Logitech G Hub software, using either their presets or creating your own animations, allowing you to make changes to the Logo (one colour at a time) or the ring, which can be controlled at twelve different points, with among the smoothest transitions I have seen. This level of control can brand your mic to your colours easily and in a way that doesn’t leave you settling. 

The sound quality of the microphone out of the box is… well, it’s fine. It’s nothing particularly special, particularly if you have any knowledge of the Yeti’s (and, moreover, Blue Microphones’) reputation for high-end sound. But this is where G-Hub comes back in. The sound of the Logitech G Yeti GX feels kind of flat on purpose, similar to people who shoot video in Log, leaving more room for processing.

You can shape the sound profile of the Yeti GX using G-Hub (particularly the “Blue Voice” portion of the software) either manually, with a vast array of manual processing options, including EQ, Compression, Noise Reduction/Noise Gate and De-Esser, or any number of well-thought-out presets which let you pick what you want to sound like in any scenario.

This is where the Logitech G Yeti GX begins to sound like its ancestors, but the main downfall is that you have to find your sound. People not as well-versed in audio processing may be intimidated by this process and will just stick to the presets. Other users may forego Blue Voice in its entirety to use processing plugins more to their liking, taking some of the value away from the overall package that is a microphone with its software solution.

“The RGB and controls via G-Hub make the Yeti GX one of the prettiest mics on the market at the moment.”

There is also a lot to play with in the software. A great number of voice-changing presets exist, including your ability to sound like an alien or robot, the ability to sound like a man, woman or child or even mask your voice as if you were in witness protection. All of this can be changed manually as well, with several pitch, distortion and reverb options at your fingertips. They also have a lot of sound design options, with looping environmental sounds, setting you in anything from a forest to a haunted house, and a number of sound effects and emotes (the emotes being made available in numerous languages).

The big issue with these effects on offer is the lack of ability to access them via a keyboard shortcut or macro, which you could then apply to a stream deck for easy access. Streamers aren’t looking to dig through software to find and trigger a sound effect. Hopefully, we will see this updated in the future.

The Logitech G Yeti GX retails for $149.99 USD. I remain on the fence regarding this price, to be frank. It’s neither among the higher-priced microphones nor is it among the most affordable mics with similar features and, more often than not, sounds better as a plug-and-play microphone. The features it does offer, however, are premium.

Blue Voice is a top-notch processing application that makes it easy for people to change their settings, but even the advanced options may feel too simplistic for an audiophile’s needs. The RGB and controls via G-Hub make the Yeti GX one of the prettiest mics on the market at the moment. So, what you value in a microphone will determine the value of the Logitech Yeti GX to you.

In my humble opinion, the Logitech G Yeti GX isn’t a microphone that I would suggest anyone rush out to get. It’s not the Yeti of old, which was a standard amongst content creators due to its quality, reputation and, frankly, a much less saturated market of high-quality and affordable microphones as well as full-service software solutions. While it is beautiful to look at, I don’t place my value solely in looks and its sound doesn’t stand out in a crowd.

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