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I'm aware many people don't trust USB microphones but this one is impressive. In addition to being a studio quality microphone, it also has a high impedence instrument input, line level input and midi in. The cost (around $650 US) is outside my price range but it definately would otherwise be worthy of consideration. ++ Lewitt DGT 650 USB Microphone ++
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Thanks Jim. There isn't any technical reason why a USB microphone has to be cheap quality. It's just that vendors seem to have gone for that while taking advantage of the convenience of USB.
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That is an impressive unit.
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I've got a Blue mic at home, I'm not sure why there's a misconception about USB Mics being poor.
That being said, I do miss the XLR port.
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The snowball line from BLUE uses electret style condenser mics.
I paid way less than 600 for a combination of my Focusrite 18i8 and a good quality condenser. I don't want all of that stuff in my mic.
I do have a cheap Samson USB D amid mic that also has XLR out and a headphone out. Paid $39 for it at Target. It's a decent SM 58 clone. I've used it one time via USB.
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What looks attractive is that it is iOS.
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I've got a Blue mic at home, I'm not sure why there's a misconception about USB Mics being poor.
That being said, I do miss the XLR port. I think the reason is that the first USB Mics were terrible. They sounded like manufacturers took those $5 computer mics and put them into a real mic case!
I want my last spoken words to be "I hid a million dollars under the........................"
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I've got a Blue mic at home, I'm not sure why there's a misconception about USB Mics being poor.
That being said, I do miss the XLR port. I think the reason is that the first check these guys out USB Mics were terrible. They sounded like manufacturers took those $5 computer mics and put them into a real mic case! That's because they did!
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$400 will get you two very nice MXL phantom powered XLR mics and a Focusrite Scarlett 212 interface.
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