What Type of Microphone do You Use?

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Originally Posted by Inhibitor

I haven't messed around with VR software much, so I'm not sure about the "18" rating you're getting. I believe you get a higher rating with a better-quality microphone, but I would be willing to bet that you'll reach a point of diminishing returns sooner rather than later.

To answer your other questions, yes, I would recommend getting a mixer to run your mic through...it'll give you more control over the sound you get, and you'll get a "cleaner" sound. Also, as you get into the upper-end of mics, you'll find quite a few that require "phantom power", which a mixer will provide. (This is usually the case with a good condenser mic.)

As far as how far up you want to go, mic-wise...I wouldn't go too high-end for VR...a good condenser will pick up a cockroach sneezing three rooms over. If someone's running the television too loudly in the next room, it might give it false input.

And the Radio Shack model is their standard little workhorse mic...this little fella. (Again, as I said in my first post...your mileage may vary. )

Thanks Inhibitor,

Being the picky impossible to please guy that I am (j/k). I'm curious if you can recommend one that would have similar quality to the one you recommended but also be hands free? Then again I'm also assuming that this one comes with a stand or does it?

Thanks in advance,

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Originally Posted by PaulR

Finally opened this up. Just got camtasia for free recently so I have been playing around a lot. I don't know if it's the mic or my voice, but I don't sound good .

LOL! Get used to it we all sound like whacko's to ourselves yet totally "the same" to everyone else. It's a real eye opener or should I say ear opener hearing our actual voice compared to our perception of what we sound like.

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Besides RadioShack... What types of places have high end microphones? Futureshop, Bestbuy etc... They have nothing!

[Inhibitor]

Your best bet for a higher-end mic would be a music store, although you have to be careful...something designed to mic a base drum (or even a singer on stage in a packed auditorium) might not give you the best sound.

Best Buy, etc, usually have crap at best when it comes to mics. I do all of my mic shopping online.

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Originally Posted by Inhibitor

Your best bet for a higher-end mic would be a music store, although you have to be careful...something designed to mic a base drum (or even a singer on stage in a packed auditorium) might not give you the best sound.

Best Buy, etc, usually have crap at best when it comes to mics. I do all of my mic shopping online.

You are a radio guy, if you wanted something that was clear and concise where would you shop online?

[PaulR]

Originally Posted by PaulR

I just purchased this microphone.
Amazon.com: Logitech Premium USB Headset 350 ( 980374-0403 ): Electronics

I will give a review once I receive it and get to using it.

I have finally gotten around to playing around with this microphone. So far I feel it has been a worth while investment. My voice comes across a lot clearer and it doesn't pick up any of the background noise that my old mic did. Plus it's really comfortable to wear. Now to work on my speech patterns so I could start podcasting.

Good luck

[alanlest]

I have a $25 Logitech microphone we use for our healthy diet podcast and it works great. I record right into the usb port using Adobe Audition and save it at a sample rate of 44k as an mp3 and it sounds great. I do some editing through Audition to take out the low level hum. For what we do, it wasn't worth spending any more for a mic.