I'm really interested in buying the Focusrite Interface, but I was wondering how good is the Microphone for home recording?
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It's a very good mic and it also come with a mic popper which can help it. I've been using mines for almost a year now and I'm satisfied with it each time i use it. I would recommend it if you're just starting in home recording and for the price, it's a great deal!
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This was a great microphone for that. Unfortunately for me the plug end which snaps into the iphone fell apart in about a month of use and although Edutige support answered quickly, things died and I never received the RMA to replace. If you buy, I believe you will be happy with the experience, especially if it stays together. Good luck.
1186227
Yes it's pretty good for any type of recording. Once you use it professional. It's a good pretty!!
1692811
Well with my setup I use an XLR chord (a mic chord) to connect to the interface (your Focusrite) which connects to the computer via Firewire or USB
1899591
This microphone uses the standard XLR cable for connections i use it with a Focusrite when connecting to my computer or my samson studio monitor set this microphone has amazing sound quality for the price point I use it for podcasting and voice overs for video production.
1938133
I believe it has a USB cable and that is it. If you are going to record direct guitars or bass, save your money and get the focusrite scarlett 2i4. It was night and day difference with latancy and actually being able to record my guitars with the volume turned up and not like on 2 just so i wouldn't clip. If someone told me 2 years ago what I'm telling you now. Life would be a whole lot different, well my music recording would be anyway.
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It's a mediocre microphone but it will work for instrumental recordings. You'll need to switch off your autofocus or it will pick it up in the recording. Lenses with internal focus are much better. And you can take it off camera and mount it on a tripod but you'll have to get an extension cable. If you want studio quality sound you'll have to spend more money.
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Id go with the focusrite pro 40. Decent and is about as cheap as it goes for 8 inputs. Comes with some version of USB wire, though im not sure if its the standard one. With 8 channels the speed to harddrive has gotta be fast...Otherwise their is a Motu one that is slightly more and very comparable.
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I would rather have a 2i2 based on the audio quality but the Akai EIE has additional features to justify its price. That being said I would rather have any Scarlett over the EIE. Focusrite's claim to fame is the quality of their converters. All of the Scarletts have the same converters, but the rest of the audio path gets better as you look at more expensive models. If you want really good audio quality for the money buy the 2i2. If you want better audio quality buy a more expensive model such as the Scarlett 18i20.
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I think I read somewhere, or saw a YouTube vid that explained that plugging a Lavalier mic directly into a PC using the mic jack doesn't produce good results because there is no power. Seems odd that connecting to an iPhone works great, but not a laptop, but that's what the article said. I use the Rhode when recording to my iPhone, and it is superb. For recording to Camtasia I use a USB mic.
899031
I found it doesn't have a lot of distortion. Is it pro-level? Not even close, but for a budget and for most people that might listen to recordings done with it, it will be fine. I've recorded performances with it, and as a shotgun mic, it filters out external noise nicely.
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Hey Zach. You definitely need a preamp especially with the SM7B. It's such a quiet mic even compared to 58, 58A. I run mine through a line 6 Toneport UX2 and have to really crank up the preamp. For my money, I'd go with the Focusrite Scarlett 2i4. Actually, just looking at it, I might buy one for the SM7B as a preamp on top of my UX2.
1592121
I'm running Windows 8. This Focusrite is a great machine. So glad I switched from a Tascam box.
880061
I've only used it to create audio clips for mobile programming, but it is really easy to use and connected easily. If you think you may have other uses for a microphone, it's worth it. If you're only using it for gaming, I'm not so sure.
525647
I purchased it to use in live streaming and have not used it yet for that purpose. But, I did run some initial tests with it to see how it sounded with and without it. My results were done using my iPod touch 4th generation. Using the Blue Mikey gave my recordings more clarity with less room noise. I still need to test it with loud music playing in the recording since I want to use it for live streaming worship nights with my band. I think this mic would work for you pretty well for the purpose that you mentioned.
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In my ooinion the microphone works good. For the budget buyer it works great. Use an audio software like audacity to record and tweak and sound problems (which I haven't ran I to) and you got yourself a good microphone.
7972
I would rather have a 2i2 based on the audio quality but the Akai EIE has additional features to justify its price. That being said I would rather have any Scarlett over the EIE.Focusrite's claim to fame is the quality of their converters. All of the Scarletts have the same converters, but the rest of the audio path gets better as you look at more expensive models. If you want really good audio quality for the money buy the 2i2. If you want better audio quality buy a more expensive model such as the Scarlett 18i20.