Does anyone here use USB condenser microphones?

uddhava · Post by **uddhava** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:53 pm

Hello everybody,

I was wondering if any of you have tried using a USB condenser microphone for recording? Any opinions or favorites? Thanks.

udd

SpaceBoy64 · Post by **SpaceBoy64** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:03 pm

I would like to know about this too. My sound card's phone jack input is horribly noisy.

uddhava · Post by **uddhava** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:21 pm

I changed the topic title slightly. Maybe it was looking like spam......Now we wait.

Yosemite Sam · Post by **Yosemite Sam** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:49 pm

I use this one, and it's great:

http://www.amazon.com/MXL-USB-24BIT-96K ... sbs_misc_1

But there's cheaper ones. The snowball's supposed to be a pretty good bargain mic:

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Microphones- ... pd_cp_pc_0

or:

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Microphones- ... pd_cp_pc_2

It really depends on how much you are willing to spend.

sbtamu · Post by **sbtamu** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:28 pm

These are 2 of the 3 mics I use. But usually I just use a $9 Walmart logitech mic with foam around the pickup. All my short little how to vids are done with the Logitech and it comes out clean. I use these other 2 for recording music or sound fx.

SpaceBoy64 · Post by **SpaceBoy64** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:49 pm

I was wondering if there's some sort of phone jack to USB converter.
I have a fairly decent microphone, but it's got a 1/4 inch phone jack.

sbtamu · Post by **sbtamu** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:00 am

SpaceBoy64 wrote:I was wondering if there's some sort of phone jack to USB converter.
I have a fairly decent microphone, but it's got a 1/4 inch phone jack.

Tons of them for around 10 bucks.

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:37 am

Even a cheap microphone can yield good effects when used correctly. See viewtopic.php?t=16209 for some tips about that.

"phone jack to USB converter": what you need is an interface. Have a look here: http://www.thomann.de/gb/cat.html?gf=us ... ces&oa=pra, it's 10 pages of stuff, from simple to complex. For under 100.- € you get an interface with a gain knob (important!), pre-amplifying, and different types of jacks, even with phantom power (which you need for XLR condensor mics).

uddhava · Post by **uddhava** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:35 pm

Thanks for the replies.
Yosemite Sam, does the microphone you use pick up a lot of background sounds?