USB Mic?

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Hey guys.

Can you tell me, is a USB Mic good enough for recording vocals? Or do I have to buy a 'proper' one and an external soundcard?

What Mic should I ask mum to get me for christmas? Remembering that drunk, loud and wanna be MC's will be shouting into this aswell so I think it needs to have a good 'pop filter thinggy'


Thanks in advance

[deadly_habit]

take a look at the blue yeti, snowball and the at2020usb

[th@-pu$$y]

take a look at the blue yeti, snowball and the at2020usb

Yeti. Only like $150- very highly rated.

[lowpass]

- Problems with latency
- Problems with high noise
- Problems with limited frequency bandwidth

If you are happy with the above then go for it

I would get a dedicated audio interface and a chaper/er mic, you could then at a later date upgrade to a better mic without having to buy an interface again

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What interface would you suggest? I literally have no knowledge when it comes to hardware

[ddia]

i've got a samson G Track mic (USB) to an iMac which works nicely for vocals. quality is great, and I can't tell any difference in latency compared to an external sound card (USB). saves a lot of room and cabling which is good, but you limit yourself a bit with it compared to an audio mic. and if your using with a PC, ASIO drivers can be really difficult with different USB inputs and outputs.

[Sharmaji]

heard lots of demo recordings from blue yeti's and apogee mono's (uno's? whatever the single-channel apogee is). nearly all useable.

at that level of microphone, having a controlled room environment helps enormously. Even just hanging packing blankets and creating a small, deadened space will give the vocals more heft.

[lowpass]

What interface would you suggest? I literally have no knowledge when it comes to hardware

Value for money = Focusrite (the saffire 6 is £140)

if you need cheaper I would choose a Lexicon alpha over usb-mic anyday (around £60)

[deadly_habit]

What interface would you suggest? I literally have no knowledge when it comes to hardware

Value for money = Focusrite (the saffire 6 is £140)

if you need cheaper I would choose a Lexicon alpha over usb-mic anyday (around £60)

don't touch a lexicon alpha over a usb mic, least the ones i recommended
they're seriously POS

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So would no one recommend a USB that wont pop etc?

[ddia]

well the pops nothing to do with the microphone itself, its the filter you buy separately. and you would want a microphone that picks everything up anyway, not one that cuts things out.

[beatbum]

http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h2/

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Looks like USB is for pod casting

[tavravlavish]

get a fake SONY ECM-DS70P, they go for around five bucks, haven't tried one myself yet but I'm sure it can't be a horrible deal, apparently they break really easily and sound a lot different then the real ones (which in this case isn't a completely bad thing.) it isn't usb it's 1/8 inch. Probably worth a shot hahahah

[Trebek]

Get a Shure SM57, incredibly strong microphone, cheap, and you can pretty much record anything with it.

[Brisance]

http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h2/

This is great for sampling random stuff, my mate hyas this and we have sampled quite a bit weird noises, with good quality.

[symmetricalsounds]

Get a Shure SM57, incredibly strong microphone, cheap, and you can pretty much record anything with it.

yeah but he would still need an interface to go with it.

[futures_untold]

Samson CO1U has good reviews on Amazon and Harmony Central

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Just remembered that I own a hercules rmx controller. It has an inbuilt soundcard. Will that work well with a mic?