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frontpage Posted by StrifeZero • Mar 22, 2023
Mar 22, 2023 5:24 PM
Audio-Technica AT2020USB+ Cardioid Condenser USB Microphone
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i prefer it over all of the blue mics and the ability to use it as an audio output as well is a big plus for me.
for gaming, i plug my headphones into the mic itself for playback from the computer. the mic also has 2 simple thumbwheels for headphone volume and the mix control between the mic itself vs. computer sound output. this is great for adding just a touch of "yourself" to your ears when gaming with closed-ear headphones and on comms.
i've also used it for a fair number of webinars for work as the voice-over and live moderator and it never disappoints.
only cons imo are the sometimes quirky ASIO drivers, but I prefer that to a vendor that just drops support, which happens far too often.
they're blowing these out as the new usb-c version has just been released with higher quality A>D conversion using the same capsule.
fwiw i am a professional sound engineer and have always thought this mic in it's xlr version is a total cheap sleeper. sure, it's not my "first" choice when i have a deep mic locker, but in a pinch this little dude sounds pretty damned good on most any source, especially with a stereo pair.
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Samson Technologies Q2U USB/XLR Dynamic Microphone Recording and Podcasting Pack (Includes Mic Clip, Desktop Stand, Windscreen and Cables), silver https://a.co/d/c9ZYLGl
i prefer it over all of the blue mics and the ability to use it as an audio output as well is a big plus for me.
for gaming, i plug my headphones into the mic itself for playback from the computer. the mic also has 2 simple thumbwheels for headphone volume and the mix control between the mic itself vs. computer sound output. this is great for adding just a touch of "yourself" to your ears when gaming with closed-ear headphones and on comms.
i've also used it for a fair number of webinars for work as the voice-over and live moderator and it never disappoints.
only cons imo are the sometimes quirky ASIO drivers, but I prefer that to a vendor that just drops support, which happens far too often.
they're blowing these out as the new usb-c version has just been released with higher quality A>D conversion using the same capsule.
fwiw i am a professional sound engineer and have always thought this mic in it's xlr version is a total cheap sleeper. sure, it's not my "first" choice when i have a deep mic locker, but in a pinch this little dude sounds pretty damned good on most any source, especially with a stereo pair.
fwiw i am a professional sound engineer and have always thought this mic in it's xlr version is a total cheap sleeper. sure, it's not my "first" choice when i have a deep mic locker, but in a pinch this little dude sounds pretty damned good on most any source, especially with a stereo pair.
I have a FIFINE Dynamic Microphone and I like it so far.
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However after a couple of years we started having trouble with them starting to make a horrendous digital garbage noise while tracking for long periods of time (we were a very long-form gabfast show) which oddly didn't record, but made for unlistenable monitoring.
AT support denied there were any problems and it wasn't happening in Audacity, but we used REAPER to record. It also took at least 10 minutes to manifest so testing and reproducing the glitch was too difficult.
Ended up converting our setup over to a Focusrite Scarlet 18i8 4-pre interface and XLR AT2035 and AT2020 mics which allowed for more guests. I'm not sure if there was actually a problem with the USB mics and I'm about to restart the show with my cohost coming in remotely so I'm going to give him one of the mics to see if it works now under that setup.