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A USB Microphone with Studio-Quality Specs

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January 24, 2008 - 3:51pm — duncan

Marshall Electronics unveiled "the world's first USB 24-bit/96 kHz studio microphone," the MXL USB.009.  This mic offers an easy way for home recording enthusiasts, podcast producers, and anyone else who needs to capture high-quality audio onto a computer to do so at 24-bit resolution, as opposed to 16-bit.

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/01/a-usb-microphon.html

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January 24, 2008 - 3:55pm — delnieve
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Re: A USB Microphone with Studio-Quality Specs

$400

January 24, 2008 - 4:05pm — Ronaldo
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Re: A USB Microphone with Studio-Quality Specs

Don't worry, Behringer will have a $100 klone version in two weeks, in light of this product.

I'm sure it will be called ULTRA-usb.mic.thingy  or EURO-mic.usb

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January 24, 2008 - 4:08pm — duncan
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Re: A USB Microphone with Studio-Quality Specs

$400 for a 24/96 large diaphragm condenser mic doesn't seem like a bad deal at all, especially if it sounds decent.

January 24, 2008 - 4:32pm — rodgre
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Re: A USB Microphone with Studio-Quality Specs

I agree with Duncan. For $400, if the mic sounds good, plus a decent 24/96 A/D converter, it's really trying to bridge the gap between the podcaster who isn't so much concerned with the ultimate in fidelity with the rest of the hi-fi recording world. 

I've yet to find a situation where a USB microphone would be useful to me, but in a case where you just want to do vocal tracks at home, and you don't have a fancy preamp, you can probably do a lot worse than something like this.


Roger

January 24, 2008 - 7:12pm — Louie
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Re: A USB Microphone with Studio-Quality Specs

I guess Lo-Fi is dead, eh?

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January 25, 2008 - 9:39am — duncan
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Re: A USB Microphone with Studio-Quality Specs

Quote:


Louie wrote:
I guess Lo-Fi is dead, eh?

Lo-fi is just last years greatest sounding equipment.