Desktop Microphone for VO

[Mark Weaver]

Just found another great site for PODcast/VO equip.

http://www.bswusa.com

I’m looking around it now…

Just wanted to share the info.

MBW

[Blast1]

I think a group bought out a bunch of on-line musicians sites, and you will come up with a least a half-dozen or more of them, I stopped looking when I ran into enough similar(same) pricing and mostly the same products to cofirm this, so I stuck will MF which I think was the original, audio stores that were different were mostly the on-line camera stores like B&H, Adorama, etc. B&H being the most reliable, this is a good site for info for online buying:
https://www.resellerratings.com/

[Ron Moody]

Throwing in my 2cents…

Something that hasn’t been addressed is PC mic level input recording quality. I’ve not been satisfied with the quality I get when I take a 58 or similar and go in on the computer’s mic input jack. Generally, the unshielded nature of the inside of the computer generates a lot of noise, and not good noise either.

As a result, I use an external mic preamp and go into the line in. A second option would be to use one of the external usb or firewire devices that digitize the signal outside the PC. A third option would be to use one of the USB mics. I saw a white “Blue Snowball” mic used for a podcast. It sounded great and sells for under $100 on Sweetwater. If I didn’t already have the AKG3000 and the mic pre, that’s the way I likely would have gone. Especially for the money.

rm