You just need to know which one to get and that’s where we come in. Rest assured, you can absolutely make high quality recordings with just a single USB mic. For recording music, it’s an absolute no-brainer and anyone caught using a mic without this essential addition should be court marshalled! You won’t be surprised to learn that every mic in this review has this feature. That’s because the analogue to digital converters are contained within the microphone itself and the conversion process takes a little time – resulting in a horrible delay.ĭecent quality USB mics get around this wholly undesirable situation by featuring a headphone jack in the mic itself that allows real-time monitoring. A big problem with the bargain bucket variants is that there’s a noticeable delay (latency) between the sound going into the microphone (perhaps playing a guitar or singing a vocal) and the sound you hear coming out on your headphones. Just plug in and go.īut not all USB microphones are created equally. USB mics contains all the elements of a conventional microphone but also include a preamp and analogue to digital (A/D) converter so you don’t need an audio interface or mixer. Selecting the best USB microphone however wasn’t easy – but we’ve made our choice: the Samson G-Track Pro.
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In an ideal world, we’d generally recommend a decent quality audio interface/preamp and an XLR microphone over a USB mic – but we don’t live in an ideal world.īecause some people just need to plug a mic straight into their PC or Mac without having to worry about stuff like phantom power and that’s where USB microphones are just what the doctor ordered, but what is the best USB microphone for recording music?Īs you’ll see, every mic in this list will do a decent job for you as they’ve all been selected with ‘musicality’ in mind.
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